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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

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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 authored (every role)

  1. Williams v. Navarro 3:18-cv-01318-DMS-BGS · 2020-02-10 · civil
  2. Bullock v. Fallbrook Union School District 3:19-cv-01162 · 2020-02-04 · civil
  3. Rodriguez v. Scripps Health 3:19-cv-02459 · 2020-02-03 · civil
  4. Emrit v. Horus Music Video Distribution 3:20-cv-00060 · 2020-02-03 · civil
  5. Willis v. Fitbit, Inc. 3:19-cv-01377 · 2020-01-27 · civil
  6. Karpe v. Chao 3:18-cv-02521 · 2020-01-23 · civil
  7. Tholmer v. Covello 3:19-cv-01091 · 2020-01-21 · civil
  8. Doe v. McAleenan 3:19-cv-02119 · 2020-01-14 · civil · other
  9. Doe v. McAleenan 3:19-cv-02119 · 2020-01-14 · civil · other
  10. Fuller v. TWC Administration, LLC 3:17-cv-01513 · 2020-01-03 · civil
  11. Fuller v. TWC Administration, LLC 3:17-cv-01513 · 2020-01-03 · civil
  12. Apple Inc. v. WI-LAN Inc. 3:14-cv-02235 · 2019-12-27 · civil
  13. Moore v. United States 3:19-cv-02341 · 2019-12-20 · civil
  14. Sussman v. San Diego Police Dept. 3:19-cv-01063 · 2019-11-22 · civil
  15. In Re: Lisa Kaye Golden 3:19-cv-02064 · 2019-11-22 · civil
  16. Spikes v. Shockley 3:19-cv-00523 · 2019-10-28 · civil
  17. Bell v. Barber 3:18-cv-01491 · 2019-09-17 · civil
  18. Raymond J. Lucia, Companies, Inc. v. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission 3:18-cv-02692 · 2019-08-21 · civil
  19. McGrew v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. 3:08-cr-01831 · 2009-05-27 · criminal