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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. Frausto v. Ndoh 3:19-cv-00544 · 2025-07-02 · civil · vacated
  2. United States v. Sam Solakyan 22-50023 · 2024-09-30 · criminal · vacated
  3. United States v. Jamin Salinas 23-50010 · 2024-03-28 · criminal · vacated
  4. United States v. Alfred Velazquez 19-50099 · 2021-06-23 · criminal · vacated
  5. South Bay United Pentecostal Church v. Newsom 3:20-cv-00865 · 2020-12-07 · civil · vacated
  6. United States v. Ezequiel Moran-Garcia 19-50134 · 2020-07-23 · criminal · vacated
  7. Florencio Dominguez v. Scott Kernan 18-55209 · 2018-10-23 · criminal · vacated
  8. Jordan Marks v. Crunch San Diego, LLC 14-56834 · 2018-09-20 · civil · vacated
  9. Scott Schutza v. Courtesy Chevrolet Center 15-55631 · 2017-07-10 · civil · vacated
  10. Rita Medellin v. Ikea U.S.A. West, Inc. 15-55174 · 2017-01-13 · civil · vacated