Work of Federal Government · source Cathy Ann Bencivengo
Magistrate judge · Superior Court of Southern District of California County · 2009–2026
Judge, District Court, S.D. California 2012–
113 cases reviewed on appeal
913 panels sat on (not as author)
20% reversed, in whole or part, of 99 merits decisions
Outcomes on appeal affirmed 79 reversed 8 vacated 7 reversed in part 5 remanded 2
The Ninth Circuit's later rulings on their dockets affirmed 24 reversed in part 2 vacated 1 reversed 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 85 criminal 25 probate 1 other 1 family 1
By year: 2019 16 · 2020 15 · 2021 14 · 2024 13 · 2018 13 · 2026 12 · 2025 8 · 2023 7 · 2022 5 · 2016 3 · 2017 2 · 2014 2 · 2015 1 · 2012 1 · 2010 1 ·
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
3:25-cv-01986 · 2026-08-19 · civil 3:26-cv-01750 · 2026-08-18 · civil 3:26-cv-01558 · 2026-08-12 · civil 3:24-cv-01802 · 2026-08-11 · civil 3:26-cv-03797 · 2026-08-10 · civil 3:26-cv-01158 · 2026-08-10 · civil 3:25-cv-02921 · 2026-08-10 · civil 3:26-cv-03680 · 2026-08-07 · civil 3:25-cv-02043 · 2026-08-07 · civil 3:26-cv-02935 · 2026-08-05 · civil 3:26-cv-03090 · 2026-08-05 · civil 3:26-cv-01038 · 2026-08-05 · civil 3:26-cv-00509 · 2026-08-05 · civil 3:26-cv-00117 · 2026-08-05 · civil 3:26-cv-04403 · 2026-08-04 · civil 3:26-cv-01935 · 2026-08-04 · civil Dalavai v. Regents of the University of California 25-3830 · 2026-08-04 · civil · affirmed 3:26-cv-02797 · 2026-08-03 · civil 3:25-cv-03679 · 2026-08-03 · civil 3:25-cv-03544 · 2026-08-03 · civil 3:26-cv-04221 · 2026-07-29 · civil 3:26-cv-04207 · 2026-07-29 · civil 3:25-cv-00869 · 2026-07-29 · civil 3:26-cv-03292 · 2026-07-27 · civil 3:26-cv-01062 · 2026-07-27 · civil
