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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 authored (every role)

  1. Mansueto v. Brown 3:25-cv-01859 · 2025-08-19 · civil
  2. Lonsdale v. Abalos 3:25-cv-01583 · 2025-08-11 · civil
  3. Lopez v. General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc. 3:24-cv-01743 · 2025-08-11 · civil
  4. The Estate of Raymond Vogelman v. County of San Diego 3:24-cv-00234 · 2025-08-11 · civil
  5. Jones v. San Diego Sheriffs Dept. 3:25-cv-00779 · 2025-08-05 · civil
  6. Knuth v. Cap Patrol, LLC Ohio 3:23-cv-01676 · 2025-08-01 · civil
  7. Way v. Kia America, Inc. 3:25-cv-00935 · 2025-07-29 · civil
  8. Brodeur v. Grace Digital, Inc. 3:25-cv-00493 · 2025-07-29 · civil
  9. Villena v. Bloomingdale's, LLC 3:25-cv-00699 · 2025-07-29 · civil
  10. McGarity v. Sun-Maid Growers of California 3:24-cv-00714 · 2025-07-29 · civil
  11. The Upper Deck Company v. Pixels.com, LLC 3:24-cv-00923 · 2025-07-28 · civil
  12. D.G. v. Alpine Union School District 3:24-cv-00220 · 2025-07-25 · civil
  13. Knuth v. Cap Patrol, LLC Ohio 3:23-cv-01676 · 2025-07-24 · civil
  14. Weyl v. DEPCOM Power Inc. 3:25-cv-00741 · 2025-07-17 · civil
  15. Integrity Medical Product Solutions, LLC v. Seroclinix Corporation 3:22-cv-00785 · 2025-07-16 · civil
  16. Fernandez v. Duarte 3:22-cv-00446 · 2025-07-16 · civil
  17. Harris v. Richmond 3:25-cv-01574 · 2025-07-11 · civil
  18. Pantone v. 100 Speedlab, LLC 3:25-cv-01490 · 2025-07-11 · civil
  19. Bonilla v. Koehler 3:25-cv-01597 · 2025-07-10 · civil
  20. Garland v. Mead Johnson & Company, LLC 3:24-cv-01168 · 2025-07-10 · civil
  21. Elliot v. Spe Terra Nova Apartment Owners LLC 3:24-cv-00447 · 2025-07-10 · civil
  22. Charman v. California Check Cashing Stores, LLC. 3:24-cv-00695 · 2025-07-07 · civil
  23. Frausto v. Ndoh 3:19-cv-00544 · 2025-07-02 · civil · vacated
  24. Fernandez v. Duarte 3:22-cv-00446 · 2025-07-01 · civil
  25. Tammy Taylor Nails, Inc. v. Viljoen 3:24-cv-00624 · 2025-06-25 · civil