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Dana M. Sabraw
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Dana M. Sabraw

District judge · Superior Court of Southern District of California County · 2006–2026

Judge, District Court, S.D. California 2003–

F++
98% — 525.5 of 536 orders sound, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 81% of 51 graded judges

On the assumption that the model is right — qwen3.8-27b's verdicts on a court's own orders matched a later appeal 76% of the time (104 of 136), 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.

129cases reviewed on appeal
619opinions authored
627panels sat on (not as author)
23%reversed, in whole or part, of 109 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 84 vacated 10 reversed 8 reversed in part 7 dismissed 5 remanded 3

The Ninth Circuit's later rulings on their dockets

affirmed 18 reversed 2 reversed in part 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 63 criminal 62 probate 2 other 1 delinquency 1

By year: 2019 14 · 2010 14 · 2024 11 · 2020 9 · 2011 9 · 2025 8 · 2021 8 · 2007 7 · 2022 6 · 2017 6 · 2008 6 · 2023 5 · 2012 5 · 2009 5 · 2026 4 · 2018 4 · 2016 2 · 2014 2 · 2013 2 · 2006 2 ·

Analysis

No analyses yet. When they exist, this shows counts of the model's findings across this judge's reviewed cases — with the court's own dispositions beside them, and only from 10 cases.

Cases reviewed on appeal (every role)

  1. United States v. Marcos Valenzuela 22-50212 · 2023-09-26 · civil · affirmed
  2. Robert McCullock v. N. Scharr 21-55804 · 2023-09-05 · civil
  3. United States v. Veronica Perez 21-50166 · 2023-07-12 · criminal · reversed in part
  4. United States v. Joel Wright 20-50361 · 2022-08-29 · criminal
  5. Victor Dalfio v. Orlansky-Wax, LLC 21-56339 · 2022-08-03 · civil · affirmed
  6. United States v. Joel Wright 20-50361 · 2022-07-29 · criminal
  7. Joandark Kassab v. United States 19-55621 · 2022-06-24 · civil · affirmed
  8. United States v. Hector Martinez-Robos 20-50205 · 2022-06-24 · criminal · affirmed
  9. Jonathan Savas v. Cslea 20-56045 · 2022-04-28 · civil · affirmed
  10. Jody Aliff v. Vervent, Inc. 20-56121 · 2021-12-17 · civil · affirmed
  11. Cristian Doe v. Alejandro Mayorkas 20-55279 · 2021-07-19 · civil
  12. Andrea Durkee v. Bank of America, N.A. 20-55920 · 2021-07-14 · civil · affirmed
  13. Steven Walker v. United States 20-55654 · 2021-05-25 · criminal · affirmed
  14. Raymond Myers v. R. Arias 19-56366 · 2021-04-28 · civil · affirmed
  15. United States v. Jose Murillo-Camacho 20-50262 · 2021-04-26 · criminal · affirmed
  16. Jeffrey Harper v. United States 19-55933 · 2021-02-25 · civil · reversed
  17. United States v. Christian Clews 20-50184 · 2021-01-29 · criminal · affirmed
  18. United States v. Felipe Ambriz-Valdovinos 19-50024 · 2020-12-09 · criminal · affirmed
  19. Steven Lucore, Sr. v. Deutsche Bank National Trust C 19-55365 · 2020-11-18 · civil · affirmed
  20. United States v. Paul Rampoldi 18-50247 · 2020-10-09 · criminal · affirmed
  21. Nancy Sussman v. San Diego Police Department 19-56329 · 2020-09-15 · civil · affirmed
  22. Michael Hucul v. State of California 19-56056 · 2020-07-17 · civil · affirmed
  23. United States v. Roberto Lopez 18-50379 · 2020-06-17 · criminal · reversed in part
  24. United States v. Alex Gomez 19-50213 · 2020-05-07 · criminal · reversed in part
  25. Peggy Jennings v. Ramos Properties, Lp 19-55322 · 2020-05-06 · civil · affirmed