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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. 3:22-cv-00785 · 2025-10-22 · civil
  2. 3:25-cv-02453 · 2025-10-20 · civil · other
  3. 3:25-cv-02714 · 2025-10-20 · civil · other
  4. 3:25-cv-02726 · 2025-10-20 · civil · other
  5. 3:25-cv-01935 · 2025-10-20 · civil
  6. 3:25-cv-01851 · 2025-10-20 · civil
  7. 3:25-cv-01335 · 2025-10-20 · civil
  8. 3:23-cv-00565 · 2025-10-20 · civil
  9. 3:25-cv-00329 · 2025-10-10 · civil
  10. (PS) Cowan v. United States Department of Health & Human Services 3:25-cv-02100 · 2025-10-09 · civil
  11. Pacific Surgical Institute of Pain Management, Inc. v. Becerra 3:24-cv-01725 · 2025-10-09 · civil
  12. Mansueto v. Brown 3:25-cv-01859 · 2025-10-07 · civil
  13. Marine Group Boat Works, LLC v. F/V Heather G 3:25-cv-00319 · 2025-10-01 · civil
  14. Guy v. Lorenzen 3:20-cv-02027 · 2025-10-01 · civil
  15. Modular Management Group, Inc. v. Adamo Construction, Inc. 3:25-cv-01419 · 2025-09-30 · civil
  16. Nickless-Purcell v. The RMR Group LLC 3:24-cv-01718 · 2025-09-29 · civil
  17. ImprimisRx, LLC v. OSRX, Inc. 3:21-cv-01305 · 2025-09-26 · civil
  18. NJOY, LLC v. Imiracle (HK) Limited 3:24-cv-00397 · 2025-09-26 · civil
  19. People of the State of California v. Eisengrein 3:24-cv-01481 · 2025-09-17 · civil
  20. Lonsdale v. El Cajon Police Dpt. 3:25-cv-01619 · 2025-09-15 · civil
  21. Nickless-Purcell v. The RMR Group LLC 3:24-cv-01718 · 2025-09-15 · civil
  22. OnBrand v. Tuoze Electronic Technology Go., Limited 3:24-cv-02325 · 2025-09-05 · civil
  23. Grimes v. Arguetta 3:25-cv-01979 · 2025-08-28 · civil
  24. Barron v. Barron 3:25-cv-00720 · 2025-08-28 · civil
  25. D'Angelo v. Penney OpCo, LLC 3:23-cv-00981 · 2025-08-27 · civil