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Sunshine S. Sykes

Judge · Superior Court of Riverside County · 2014–2026

Judge, District Court, C.D. California 2020– · Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Riverside 2013–2022

D++
60% — 6 of 10 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 62% of 312 graded judges

On the assumption that the model is right — qwen3.8-27b reads the court's own disposition right 70% of the time, graded on a curve: A is the top fifth of the judges graded under this model, F the bottom fifth; ++ / + / − / −− within the band. How the grade is made.

40cases reviewed on appeal
34%reversed, in whole or part, of 35 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 22 reversed in part 6 reversed 6 writ granted 3 dismissed 2 modified 1

Areas

civil 39 probate 1

By year: 2016 7 · 2023 6 · 2020 6 · 2022 5 · 2024 4 · 2026 3 · 2025 3 · 2021 2 · 2018 2 · 2015 1 · 2014 1 ·

Analysis

8 of this judge's reviewed cases have an analysis; counts are shown from 10.

Cases

  1. Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Assn. v. Powell CA4/2 E079078 · 2024-10-11 · civil · reversed in part
  2. Fitzgibbons v. Chaudhuri CA4/2 E077070 · 2023-11-03 · civil · reversed in part
  3. City of San Clemente v. Dept. of Transportation E077153 · 2023-06-29 · civil · reversed in part
  4. Silva v. Dolgen California CA4/2 E078185 · 2022-10-21 · civil · reversed in part
  5. Mosley v. Pacific Specialty Ins. Co. E071287M · 2020-06-24 · civil · reversed in part
  6. Mosley v. Pacific Specialty Ins. Co. E071287 · 2020-05-26 · civil · reversed in part