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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 reviewed on appeal (every role)

  1. United States v. Oscar Nolasco-Tellez 15-50511 · 2016-12-20 · criminal · affirmed
  2. Paul Whitmore v. Jeffery Dort 16-55264 · 2016-11-21 · criminal · affirmed
  3. Scripps Health v. Bcbs of Kansas 12-56493 · 2014-05-30 · civil · affirmed
  4. United States v. Jorge Thum 13-50176 · 2014-04-25 · criminal · vacated
  5. United States v. Olivia Rodriguez 12-50507 · 2013-12-30 · criminal · dismissed
  6. United States v. Douglas Strong 15-56892 · 2013-11-25 · criminal · dismissed
  7. United States v. John Maloney -Corrected 11-50311 · 2012-11-14 · criminal · affirmed
  8. United States v. John Maloney 11-50311 · 2012-11-14 · criminal · affirmed
  9. United States v. Carlos Gorosave 10-50513 · 2012-04-20 · criminal · affirmed
  10. Randall Buckley v. Countrywide Home Loans Inc 10-56180 · 2012-01-20 · civil · affirmed
  11. Jennifer Laster v. T-Mobile USA Inc. 10-55070 · 2012-01-17 · civil · vacated
  12. Robert Smith v. Americredit Financial Services 09-57016 · 2011-12-13 · civil · vacated
  13. United States v. Martinez 08-50141 · 2011-09-14 · criminal · affirmed
  14. United States v. Jose Valdez 10-50346 · 2011-06-27 · civil · affirmed
  15. Hayes v. County of San Diego 09-55644 · 2011-03-22 · civil · remanded
  16. Hugh Garcia v. James Yates 08-56996 · 2011-03-17 · civil · reversed in part
  17. David Ortega v. Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc. 09-56640, 09-56692 · 2011-03-17 · civil
  18. United States v. Alejandro Aguirre 10-50226 · 2011-03-09 · civil · affirmed
  19. Valerie Beidler v. Gwendolyn Mitchell 08-56467 · 2011-02-01 · civil · affirmed
  20. Hosea Byrd v. A. Arias 09-55522 · 2011-01-21 · civil · affirmed
  21. United States v. Jose Murillo-Perez 09-50567 · 2010-12-06 · criminal · affirmed
  22. United States v. Eduardo Guerrero 09-50343 · 2010-11-10 · civil · affirmed
  23. Harris v. City of Vista 06-56546 · 2010-11-01 · civil · affirmed
  24. United States v. Jesus Baca-Hernandez 09-50546 · 2010-10-27 · criminal · affirmed
  25. United States v. Napier Valdez-Brito 09-50288 · 2010-10-27 · criminal · affirmed