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Andrew G. Schopler

District judge · Superior Court of Southern District of California County · 2019–2026

, District Court, S.D. California 2016–

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99% — 482.5 of 486 orders sound, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 52% of 51 graded judges

On the assumption that the model is right — qwen3.8-27b's verdicts on a court's own orders matched a later appeal 76% of the time (104 of 136), 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.

14cases reviewed on appeal
508opinions authored
508panels sat on (not as author)
8%reversed, in whole or part, of 13 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 12 vacated 1 dismissed 1

The Ninth Circuit's later rulings on their dockets

affirmed 10 remanded 1 dismissed 1

Each Ninth Circuit opinion that names a docket this judge wrote an order on, by its outcome; the ruling it reviewed is not always the order in the record. The order's page links the opinion.

Areas

civil 11 criminal 3

By year: 2025 12 · 2026 2 ·

Analysis

No analyses yet. When they exist, this shows counts of the model's findings across this judge's reviewed cases — with the court's own dispositions beside them, and only from 10 cases.

Cases authored (every role)

  1. Hearn v. Warden 3:22-cv-00255 · 2024-07-12 · civil
  2. Ndizeye v. Caietti 3:24-cv-00882 · 2024-06-07 · civil
  3. E.P.E. v. United States 3:24-cv-00312 · 2024-05-20 · civil
  4. Vashisht-Rota v. Howell Management Services 3:20-cv-00321 · 2024-05-15 · civil
  5. Hearn v. Warden 3:22-cv-00255 · 2024-05-08 · civil
  6. Shallowhorn v. Lopez 3:23-cv-01273 · 2024-05-06 · civil
  7. Homefed Village III Master, LLC v. Otay Landfill, Inc. 3:20-cv-00784 · 2024-05-03 · civil
  8. Holiday v. Unknown Officer or Officers of the San Diego Police Department 3:23-cv-01069 · 2024-04-26 · civil
  9. Homefed Village III Master, LLC v. Otay Landfill, Inc. 3:20-cv-00784 · 2024-04-24 · civil
  10. Mohammadi v. United States Citizenship and Immigration Services 3:24-cv-00553 · 2024-04-08 · civil
  11. Apodaca v. Smith 3:24-cv-00634 · 2024-04-08 · civil
  12. Emert v. Schuck 3:24-cv-00002 · 2024-04-05 · civil
  13. Shallowhorn v. Lopez 3:23-cv-01273 · 2024-04-04 · civil
  14. Jones v. Appellate Defenders Inc. 3:24-cv-00532 · 2024-04-04 · civil
  15. Bonilla v. Imperial, San Diego, and Alameda County Superior Courts 3:23-cv-02273 · 2024-04-04 · civil
  16. Ramirez v. Pratt 3:24-cv-00232 · 2024-04-03 · civil
  17. Rodriguez v. Equal Exchange, Inc. 3:23-cv-00055 · 2024-03-31 · civil
  18. Topete-Jasper v. Kijakazi 3:23-cv-00125 · 2024-03-31 · civil
  19. Nelson v. Guardian Towing, Inc 3:22-cv-00306 · 2024-03-30 · civil
  20. Fay v. Associated Industries Insurance Company, Inc. 3:22-cv-01221 · 2024-03-25 · civil
  21. Gonzalez v. Sedighi 3:21-cv-00792 · 2024-03-18 · civil
  22. Adams v. Grossmont Cuyamaca Community College District 3:23-cv-01220 · 2024-03-15 · civil
  23. George v. Grossmont Cuyamaca Community College District Board Of Governors 3:22-cv-00424 · 2024-03-15 · civil
  24. 3D Systems, Inc. v. Wynne 3:21-cv-01141 · 2024-03-14 · civil
  25. 3D Systems, Inc. v. Wynne 3:21-cv-01141 · 2024-03-13 · civil