Sunshine Suzanne Sykes
How Judge Sykes decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
On a default judgment in an ADA access case, awards damages and orders the defendant to bring the premises into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
“JUDGMENT AGAINST DEFENDANT by Judge Sunshine Suzanne Sykes: It is hereby ordered and adjudged that Plaintiff KORTTNEY ELLIOT shall have JUDGMENT in her favor in the amount of $1,852.00 against Defendant SAUL S. FLORES. Additionally, Defendant SAUL S. FLORES is ORDERED to bring the parking lot of their business located at 1017 E. 4th St. in Ontario, California into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.”
Procedural preferences
Grants a defendant's motion to stay the case where a stay is warranted.
“MINUTES (IN CHAMBERS) by Judge Sunshine Suzanne Sykes: ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO STAY THE CASE (Dkt. [29]). ... (MD JS-6. Case Terminated)”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“MINUTES (IN CHAMBERS) by Judge Sunshine Suzanne Sykes: ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO STAY THE CASE (Dkt. [29]). ... (MD JS-6. Case Terminated)”
“JUDGMENT AGAINST DEFENDANT by Judge Sunshine Suzanne Sykes: It is hereby ordered and adjudged that Plaintiff KORTTNEY ELLIOT shall have JUDGMENT in her favor in the amount of $1,852.00 against Defendant SAUL S. FLORES. Additionally, Defendant SAUL S. FLORES is ORDERED to bring the parking lot of their business located at 1017 E. 4th St. in Ontario, California into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Based on a sample of her docket. Her Riverside (Eastern Division) caseload includes § 1983 / prisoner / municipal civil-rights suits, ADA Title III access suits (subject to her sua sponte § 1367 high-frequency-litigant OSC), product-liability/subrogation (State Farm v. Haier), habeas, and landlord-tenant matters. Durations below are filed-minus-terminated for the terminated dockets in the sample.
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Opens in Ezel Pro. Every answer is grounded in Judge Sykes's own signed orders and cites them.