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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. United African-Asian Abilities Club v. ASP Mohawk, LLC 3:25-cv-00476 · 2025-04-16 · civil
  2. Wang v. Noem 3:24-cv-02331 · 2025-04-16 · civil
  3. Tammy Taylor Nails, Inc. v. Viljoen 3:24-cv-00624 · 2025-04-16 · civil
  4. Mitchell v. Bennett 3:24-cv-02307 · 2025-04-07 · civil
  5. Johnson v. City of Syracuse Department of Neighborhood & Business Development 3:24-cv-01838 · 2025-04-07 · civil
  6. Jones v. San Diego Sheriffs Dept. 3:25-cv-00289 · 2025-03-28 · civil
  7. Novalk, LLC v. Kinsale Insurance Company 3:22-cv-00290 · 2025-03-21 · civil
  8. Hinton v. LVNV Funding, LLC 3:25-cv-00313 · 2025-03-21 · civil
  9. Kelly v. Secretary of CDCR 3:24-cv-01233 · 2025-03-10 · civil · other
  10. Anthony v. County of San Diego 3:25-cv-00310 · 2025-03-04 · civil
  11. Nguyen- Huu v. LaRose 3:24-cv-01649 · 2025-03-04 · civil · other
  12. Bonilla v. Plourd 3:25-cv-00166 · 2025-03-03 · civil
  13. Ecasali v. McMillin 3:24-cv-02489 · 2025-03-03 · civil
  14. D.G. v. Alpine Union School District 3:24-cv-00220 · 2025-02-26 · civil
  15. JBS Packerland, Inc. v. Phillips Cattle Co., Inc. 3:24-cv-01299 · 2025-02-24 · civil
  16. Brooke v. American Realty Capital Properties LLC 3:25-cv-00060 · 2025-02-24 · civil
  17. Brandon v. City of San Diego 3:24-cv-01164 · 2025-02-19 · civil
  18. Bennett v. United States 3:23-cv-01140 · 2025-02-13 · civil
  19. Aychillhum v. SSI 3:24-cv-02018 · 2025-02-12 · civil
  20. United States v. Moreno 23-448 · 2025-02-12 · criminal · affirmed
  21. Bonilla v. Court Clerk's Office 3:25-cv-00096 · 2025-02-10 · civil
  22. Luminate Home Loans, Inc. v. Better Mortgage Co. 3:24-cv-02251 · 2025-02-07 · civil
  23. United States v. Salazar 23-1863 · 2025-02-06 · criminal · affirmed
  24. Klat v. Wahl 3:24-cv-01474 · 2025-01-29 · civil
  25. United States v. Boucher 24-3674 · 2025-01-28 · criminal · dismissed