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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. Powell v. UHG I LLC 3:23-cv-00086 · 2025-09-15 · civil
  2. Vasquez Garcia v. Noem 3:25-cv-02180 · 2025-09-03 · civil
  3. Spectrum Pacific West, LLC v. Imperial Irrigation District 3:25-cv-00520 · 2025-08-26 · civil
  4. Palmer Kearney Mesa Properties, LP v. City of San Diego 3:23-cv-01755 · 2025-08-25 · civil
  5. Mitchell v. Kijakazi 3:22-cv-01649 · 2025-08-25 · civil
  6. Grimes v. Scorpion, LLC. 3:25-cv-02025 · 2025-08-13 · civil
  7. Bond v. O'Malley 3:24-cv-00799 · 2025-08-13 · civil
  8. Platform Science, Inc. v. Fleet Connect Solutions, LLC 3:25-cv-00457 · 2025-08-11 · civil
  9. Ewing v. Lopez 3:25-cv-01547 · 2025-08-06 · civil
  10. Humphrey v. Doe 1 3:25-cv-00813 · 2025-08-05 · civil
  11. Robert David Johnson v. Ana Mondet 3:25-cv-01150 · 2025-07-18 · civil
  12. Avirmed v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) 3:25-cv-01310 · 2025-07-16 · civil
  13. Mitchell Taylor Button v. Craig Lopresti 3:25-cv-00867 · 2025-07-16 · civil
  14. Raines v. Front Porch Communities and Services 3:19-cv-01539 · 2025-07-14 · civil
  15. Saitta v. Greystar 3:25-cv-01135 · 2025-07-14 · civil
  16. Halks v. Kindley 3:25-cv-00560 · 2025-07-10 · civil
  17. Matthew v. Palomares 3:25-cv-01665 · 2025-07-07 · civil
  18. Alexis v. Contreras 3:25-cv-01625 · 2025-06-30 · civil
  19. Stein v. The City of San Diego 3:24-cv-00953 · 2025-06-26 · civil
  20. Palmer Kearney Mesa Properties, LP v. City of San Diego 3:23-cv-01755 · 2025-05-23 · civil
  21. Schertzer v. Bank of America, N.A. 3:19-cv-00264 · 2025-05-20 · civil
  22. Domingo-Ros v. Archambeault 3:25-cv-01208 · 2025-05-18 · civil · other
  23. Longbridge Financial, LLC v. Mutual Of Omaha Mortgage, Inc. 3:24-cv-01730 · 2025-05-13 · civil
  24. Estate of Kevin Brown v. City of San Diego 3:15-cv-01583 · 2025-05-12 · civil
  25. Hills v. City of Chula Vista 3:23-cv-01067 · 2025-05-01 · civil