Public-job record
Connections
Public-job and caption edges from the court bio, FJC, PN1463, and the dockets in this file, retrieved 2026-08-26. DataRepublican officers index: no Sparkle HIT (a different Sooknanan appears on a Fountain House Form 990 — not this judge). Relations-graph structured edges were not retrieved this pass. Emphasis is the compiler’s.
Sparkle Sooknanan is a relations subject with no officer HIT in the DataRepublican nonprofit-officer index. The edges below are appointments, clerkships, employers, and case captions. This page is that graph. It is not a docket of every case she touched.
The chart below is only the stored edges. A line is not a crime. A clerkship is not an invented affiliation. Opinion is in the marked band at the bottom.
Chart
Sparkle L. Sooknanan
- Relations · Fact Nominated by as Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia Joseph R. Biden FJC: nominated February 27, 2024. PN1463. Appointment is a role, not a later-case finding.
- Relations · Fact Succeeded on D.D.C. after vacancy Florence Y. Pan FJC: nominated to a seat vacated by Pan. Institutional succession, not a joint opinion.
- Relations · Fact Clerked for after law school (Supreme Court, 2013–2014) Sonia Sotomayor
- Relations · Fact Clerked for (Second Circuit, 2011–2012) Guido Calabresi
- Relations · Fact Clerked for (E.D.N.Y., 2010–2011) Eric N. Vitaliano
- Relations · Fact Partner, Issues and Appeals, Washington (partner 2020; there 2014–2021) Jones Day Court bio. FJC prints private practice, same years.
- Relations · Fact Deputy Associate Attorney General (2021–2023); Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division (2023–2024) U.S. Department of Justice
- Caption Named defendants, SAVE modified-system challenge U.S. Department of Homeland Security / Social Security Administration / State of Texas (intervenor) 1:25-cv-03501-SLS. A caption is not a crime.
- Caption Plaintiff, FTC CID challenge Media Matters for America 1:25-cv-01959-SLS. Preliminary injunction August 15, 2025.
- House filing Sponsor, H.Res. 1421 (introduced July 9, 2026; referred to Judiciary) Rep. Abraham Hamadeh Introduction is not a House vote.
Source for each edge
- FJC. Nominated by Joseph R. Biden, February 27, 2024. fjc.gov
- FJC. Seat vacated by Florence Y. Pan.
- FJC / DCD bio. Clerk, Justice Sonia Sotomayor, 2013–2014.
- FJC. Clerk, Judge Guido Calabresi, 2011–2012.
- FJC. Clerk, Judge Eric N. Vitaliano, 2010–2011.
- DCD bio. Jones Day Issues and Appeals; partner 2020.
- FJC. Deputy Associate AG 2021–2023; Principal Deputy AAG, Civil Rights, 2023–2024.
- ECF 112, 1:25-cv-03501-SLS. League of Women Voters v. DHS.
- ECF 35, 1:25-cv-01959-SLS. Media Matters v. FTC.
- H.Res. 1421, 119th Cong. congress.gov
What this is not
It is not a finding that Sparkle Sooknanan committed a crime. An appointment is an appointment. A clerkship is a clerkship. A caption is a caption.
No officer HIT. Do not attach Arvind Sooknanan (Fountain House Form 990 director) to this judge. Those are different people.
It is not a White House product. It is not a Method page.