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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. Torquato v. Berryhill 3:17-cv-02127 · 2020-06-02 · civil
  2. Marshall v. Berryhill 3:16-cv-00666 · 2020-06-02 · civil
  3. Shamoun v. People of the State of CA 3:20-cv-00909 · 2020-05-29 · civil
  4. TGG Management Company, Inc. v. Petraglia 3:19-cv-02007 · 2020-05-28 · civil
  5. Watkins v. Pickett 3:20-cv-00979 · 2020-05-28 · civil · other
  6. O'Shea v. County of San Diego 3:19-cv-01243 · 2020-05-28 · civil
  7. O'Brien v. Gularte 3:18-cv-00980 · 2020-05-28 · civil
  8. Battensby v. Zhang 3:20-cv-00001-TWR-MDD · 2020-05-22 · civil
  9. Herring Networks, INC v. Maddow 3:19-cv-01713 · 2020-05-22 · civil
  10. Gonzalez v. Board of Trustees of San Diego Community College District 3:17-cv-02489 · 2020-05-21 · civil
  11. Buckelew v. Gore 3:20-cv-00835 · 2020-05-19 · civil · other
  12. Robinson v. Callahan 3:19-cv-00387 · 2020-05-18 · civil · other
  13. South Bay United Pentecostal Church v. Newsom 3:20-cv-00865 · 2020-05-18 · civil
  14. Maharaj v. Charter Communications, Inc. 3:20-cv-00064 · 2020-05-15 · civil
  15. Shannon v. Sherwood Management Co., Inc. 3:19-cv-01101 · 2020-05-12 · civil
  16. Bonilla v. Clay 3:20-cv-00823 · 2020-05-11 · civil
  17. Bonilla v. Meza 3:20-cv-00704 · 2020-05-11 · civil
  18. Flournoy v. California Dept. of Corrections 3:19-cv-01368 · 2020-05-11 · civil · other
  19. Masimo Corporation v. Sotera Wireless 3:19-cv-01100 · 2020-05-08 · civil
  20. Dears v. Secretary of Health and Human Services 3:20-cv-00012 · 2020-05-05 · civil
  21. Habibi v. Barr 3:20-cv-00618 · 2020-05-01 · civil
  22. Aguirre v. United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission 3:19-cv-01102 · 2020-05-01 · civil
  23. Pierson v. Martinelli 3:19-cv-01755 · 2020-04-29 · civil
  24. Bassett v. Malveda 3:20-cv-00160 · 2020-04-29 · civil
  25. In re: Farrah Pirahanci Nazemi 3:20-cv-00094 · 2020-04-28 · civil