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-03588 · 2025-12-23 · civil 3:25-cv-03517 · 2025-12-22 · civil 3:25-cv-03096 · 2025-12-22 · civil 3:25-cv-03254 · 2025-12-22 · civil 3:25-cv-02838 · 2025-12-18 · civil 3:25-cv-03611 · 2025-12-17 · civil 3:25-cv-03522 · 2025-12-16 · civil 3:25-cv-03473 · 2025-12-16 · civil 3:25-cv-02865 · 2025-12-12 · civil 3:25-cv-01219 · 2025-12-12 · civil 3:25-cv-01522 · 2025-12-03 · civil 3:25-cv-00009 · 2025-12-03 · civil 3:25-cv-02486 · 2025-12-01 · civil United States v. Arzate-Molina 24-546 · 2025-12-01 · criminal · affirmed 3:25-cv-03275 · 2025-11-25 · civil · other 3:25-cv-02028 · 2025-11-20 · civil 3:25-cv-02865 · 2025-11-18 · civil 3:25-cv-02409 · 2025-11-17 · civil 3:25-cv-01548 · 2025-11-17 · civil 3:24-cv-00662 · 2025-11-14 · civil 3:25-cv-01414 · 2025-11-12 · civil 3:24-cv-01802 · 2025-11-07 · civil 3:25-cv-01640 · 2025-10-31 · civil · other 3:24-cv-00352 · 2025-10-30 · civil 3:25-cv-02808 · 2025-10-29 · civil
