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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 States v. Velazquez 24-5359 · 2025-01-21 · criminal · affirmed
  2. United States v. Alfred Velazquez 22-50239 · 2025-01-21 · criminal · affirmed
  3. Sanchez v. Paramo 3:24-cv-01591 · 2025-01-16 · civil
  4. Toppan Interamerica, Inc. v. Whalen LLC 3:23-cv-01948 · 2025-01-13 · civil
  5. Sainz v. Rincon Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the Rincon Reservation 3:24-cv-00905 · 2025-01-10 · civil
  6. Bonilla v. San Diego Superior Court 3:24-cv-02378 · 2024-12-20 · civil
  7. Bonilla v. Imperial County Superior Court 3:24-cv-01929 · 2024-12-19 · civil
  8. Bonilla v. Imperial County Superior Court Judges 3:24-cv-02087 · 2024-12-12 · civil · other
  9. Schutza v. R&H Mission Gorge, Inc. 3:24-cv-00922 · 2024-12-12 · civil
  10. Sels v. Affirm, Inc. 3:24-cv-01556 · 2024-12-03 · civil
  11. Morris v. Pfizer, Inc. 3:24-cv-01988 · 2024-11-19 · civil
  12. Johnson v. City of Syracuse Department of Neighborhood & Business Development 3:24-cv-01838 · 2024-11-19 · civil
  13. Orujov v. Jaddou 3:24-cv-01792 · 2024-11-18 · civil
  14. NJOY, LLC v. Imiracle (HK) Limited 3:24-cv-00397 · 2024-11-13 · civil
  15. Novalk, LLC v. Kinsale Insurance Company 3:22-cv-00290 · 2024-11-13 · civil
  16. Lopez v. General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc. 3:24-cv-01743 · 2024-10-25 · civil
  17. Bonilla v. Imperial County Superior Court 3:24-cv-01929 · 2024-10-24 · civil
  18. Riddick v. Sony Electronics Inc. 3:24-cv-00319 · 2024-10-23 · civil
  19. Al Otro Lado v. Alejandro Mayorkas 22-55988 · 2024-10-23 · civil · reversed in part
  20. Kimball v. County of San Diego 3:24-cv-00682 · 2024-10-21 · civil
  21. Jordan v. Ortega 3:23-cv-02100 · 2024-10-21 · civil
  22. Greenley v. Kochava, Inc. 3:22-cv-01327 · 2024-10-17 · civil
  23. Teresita Domingo v. Costco Wholesale Corporation 3:23-cv-01731 · 2024-10-10 · civil
  24. Ostrander v. Teradata Corporation 3:24-cv-01034 · 2024-10-07 · civil
  25. Allahyari v. Abbas Naqvi 3:24-cv-00406 · 2024-10-07 · civil