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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. 3:25-cv-02225 · 2025-12-15 · civil · other
  2. 3:24-cv-00447 · 2025-12-15 · civil
  3. 3:25-cv-03310 · 2025-12-12 · civil · writ granted
  4. 3:25-cv-03125 · 2025-12-12 · civil · writ granted
  5. 3:25-cv-02207 · 2025-12-12 · civil
  6. 3:25-cv-03232 · 2025-12-10 · civil · writ granted
  7. 3:25-cv-02307 · 2025-12-10 · civil
  8. 3:25-cv-03256 · 2025-12-09 · civil
  9. 3:24-cv-00923 · 2025-12-09 · civil
  10. 3:24-cv-00923 · 2025-12-09 · civil
  11. 3:22-cv-01801 · 2025-12-09 · civil
  12. 3:25-cv-00741 · 2025-12-05 · civil
  13. 3:25-cv-03406 · 2025-12-04 · civil · other
  14. 3:25-cv-02108 · 2025-12-03 · civil
  15. 3:25-cv-03348 · 2025-12-02 · civil
  16. 3:25-cv-03343 · 2025-12-01 · civil
  17. 3:25-cv-03335 · 2025-12-01 · civil · other
  18. 3:25-cv-03006 · 2025-11-26 · civil · writ granted
  19. 3:23-cv-01676 · 2025-11-25 · civil
  20. 3:25-cv-00814 · 2025-11-25 · civil
  21. 3:25-cv-01574 · 2025-11-21 · civil
  22. 3:25-cv-01199 · 2025-11-21 · civil
  23. 3:24-cv-02251 · 2025-11-21 · civil
  24. 3:25-cv-00329 · 2025-11-20 · civil
  25. 3:25-cv-03011 · 2025-11-20 · civil · writ granted