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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 reviewed on appeal (every role)

  1. United States v. Arcenio Garcia-Solorio 17-50153 · 2018-05-18 · criminal · affirmed
  2. Steve Kassab v. S Skinner 15-55553 · 2018-04-25 · civil · affirmed
  3. Bill Lee v. Nancy Berryhill 16-55752 · 2018-04-23 · civil · affirmed
  4. Millennium Laboratories, Inc. v. Allied World Assurance Co. 16-55432 · 2018-03-07 · civil · affirmed
  5. United States v. Jose Paniagua-Paniagua 15-50454 · 2018-01-29 · criminal · affirmed
  6. Scott Schutza v. Courtesy Chevrolet Center 15-55631 · 2017-07-10 · civil · vacated
  7. Patricia Kielty v. Midland Credit Mgmt., Inc. 15-56737 · 2017-05-10 · civil · affirmed
  8. Rita Medellin v. Ikea U.S.A. West, Inc. 15-55174 · 2017-01-13 · civil · vacated
  9. United States v. Darlin Hernandez 15-50434 · 2017-01-11 · civil · affirmed
  10. Jennifer Medina v. County of San Diego 14-56857, 14-56898, 14-56916 · 2016-12-21 · civil · reversed
  11. Plikaytis v. Roth (In Re Roth) 14-56612, 14-56700 · 2016-11-07 · civil · affirmed
  12. United States v. Michael Salas 15-50359 · 2016-10-04 · civil · affirmed
  13. In re Hailey B. CA4/1 D065577 · 2014-10-28 · dependency · reversed
  14. James J. v. Christopher M. D064955 · 2014-08-05 · family · affirmed
  15. In re Gino C. D064336 · 2014-03-14 · dependency · reversed
  16. In re Devin C. CA4/1 D062312 · 2013-07-17 · delinquency · affirmed
  17. In Re Xavier G. D050977 · 2007-11-27 · dependency · affirmed