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Cynthia Ann Bashant
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Cynthia Ann Bashant

Judge · Superior Court of San Diego County · 2007–2026

Judge, District Court, S.D. California 2014– · Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Diego 2000–2014

B+
provisional — 75% — 6 of 8 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; would rank in the top 25% of 312 graded judges, but ten rulings are needed for a standing letter — 8 so far

On the assumption that the model is right — qwen3.8-27b reads the court's own disposition right 70% of the time, 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.

92cases reviewed on appeal
1,245opinions authored
1,245panels sat on (not as author)
22%reversed, in whole or part, of 83 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 65 vacated 8 reversed in part 5 reversed 5 dismissed 2 remanded 1

The Ninth Circuit's later rulings on their dockets

affirmed 19 reversed in part 4 vacated 2 reversed 2 dismissed 2 other 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 52 criminal 34 dependency 3 probate 1 family 1 delinquency 1

By year: 2021 14 · 2018 14 · 2020 13 · 2019 12 · 2025 7 · 2024 7 · 2023 5 · 2022 5 · 2017 4 · 2026 3 · 2016 3 · 2014 3 · 2013 1 · 2007 1 ·

Analysis

10reviewed cases analysed
22rulings read
0rulings where the model disagrees with the court
0cases with a verified missed authority
0appellate opinions called questionable

Counts of a model's readings across this judge's reviewed cases, each shown on its case page beside the court's disposition. Not a finding about the judge.

Cases

  1. Abdollah Nia v. Bank of America, N.A. 24-6187 · 2026-04-13 · civil · affirmed
  2. United States v. Ferrari 24-6007 · 2026-03-23 · criminal · affirmed
  3. United States v. Moreno 23-448 · 2025-02-12 · criminal · affirmed
  4. United States v. Salazar 23-1863 · 2025-02-06 · criminal · affirmed
  5. United States v. Velazquez 24-5359 · 2025-01-21 · criminal · affirmed
  6. United States v. Alfred Velazquez 22-50239 · 2025-01-21 · criminal · affirmed
  7. United States v. Romero-Corona 23-1520 · 2024-09-12 · criminal · affirmed
  8. Pacific Surgical Institute of Pain Management, Inc v. Xavier Becerra 23-55798 · 2024-06-06 · civil · affirmed
  9. United States v. Kyle Shephard 21-50194 · 2024-05-10 · civil · affirmed
  10. Pedro Rodriguez v. Fisher 22-55658 · 2024-03-22 · civil · affirmed
  11. United States v. Rodolfo Morales-Cortez 22-50131 · 2023-12-08 · criminal · affirmed
  12. Peter Gellman v. Andrea Hunsinger 22-55728 · 2023-11-24 · civil · affirmed
  13. United States v. Rigoberto Campos-Atrisco 21-50263 · 2023-07-26 · criminal · affirmed
  14. United States v. Luis Jimenez 22-50054 · 2023-07-05 · criminal · affirmed
  15. United States v. Miguel Ortega-Rodriguez 21-50156 · 2022-07-20 · criminal · affirmed
  16. Merrick Garland v. Under Seal 18-56669 · 2022-05-26 · civil · affirmed
  17. Jairo Cervantes Ramirez v. Shelly Zimmerman 20-56117 · 2021-11-03 · civil · affirmed
  18. Jody Chambers v. John Knight 20-56141 · 2021-10-15 · civil · affirmed
  19. Sarah Flynn Thomas v. State Farm Life Insurance Co. 20-55231 · 2021-10-06 · civil · affirmed
  20. Mikel Toye v. Newrez LLC 20-55935 · 2021-09-22 · civil · affirmed
  21. Raymond Bradford v. M. Voong 20-55216 · 2021-09-20 · civil · affirmed
  22. United States v. Alexander Martinez 21-50113 · 2021-08-19 · criminal · affirmed
  23. United States v. Isaiah Jackson 19-50301 · 2021-06-22 · criminal · affirmed
  24. Mashouna Andrade v. United States 20-55309 · 2021-04-20 · civil · affirmed
  25. Kelvin Singleton v. Scott Kernan 20-55174 · 2021-04-16 · civil · affirmed