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
3:26-cv-00557 · 2026-01-30 · civil 3:23-cv-02183 · 2026-01-30 · civil 3:26-cv-00472 · 2026-01-29 · civil 3:25-cv-01819 · 2026-01-26 · civil 3:26-cv-00063 · 2026-01-23 · civil · writ denied 3:25-cv-03775 · 2026-01-23 · civil 3:25-cv-03705 · 2026-01-22 · civil · other 3:25-cv-03599 · 2026-01-22 · civil 3:25-cv-03779 · 2026-01-15 · civil 3:25-cv-02801 · 2026-01-15 · civil 3:25-cv-03777 · 2026-01-14 · civil 3:24-cv-01737 · 2026-01-09 · civil 3:25-cv-02921 · 2026-01-09 · civil 3:25-cv-02486 · 2026-01-09 · civil 3:25-cv-02330 · 2026-01-09 · civil 3:25-cv-03745 · 2026-01-08 · civil 3:26-cv-00034 · 2026-01-07 · civil 3:25-cv-03784 · 2026-01-07 · civil 3:25-cv-03808 · 2026-01-05 · civil 3:25-cv-03675 · 2025-12-29 · civil 3:25-cv-03396 · 2025-12-29 · civil 3:25-cv-03777 · 2025-12-29 · civil 3:25-cv-03752 · 2025-12-29 · civil 3:25-cv-03624 · 2025-12-29 · civil · other 3:25-cv-03740 · 2025-12-26 · civil
