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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

  1. Sheaf v. Ninja Trader Group, LLC 3:24-cv-01754 · 2025-02-27 · civil
  2. Aliff v. Vervent, Inc. 3:20-cv-00697 · 2025-02-26 · civil
  3. Aliff v. Vervent, Inc. 3:20-cv-00697 · 2025-02-26 · civil
  4. K. J. v. Jackson 23-3052 · 2025-02-11 · civil · reversed
  5. Mason v. FCA US, LLC. 3:24-cv-01849 · 2025-02-07 · civil
  6. Brothers Keeper Ministries v. United States Government 3:24-cv-00803 · 2025-01-21 · civil
  7. Briggs v. San Diego Unified Port District 3:24-cv-00239 · 2025-01-21 · civil
  8. Brothers Keeper Ministries v. United States Government 3:24-cv-01683 · 2025-01-17 · civil
  9. Bonilla v. Bashant 3:24-cv-02368 · 2025-01-08 · civil
  10. Myndfull Care Management California v. Becerra 3:24-cv-01623 · 2024-12-30 · civil
  11. Mata v. Zillow Group, Inc. 3:24-cv-01095 · 2024-12-18 · civil
  12. Bonilla v. Ohta 3:24-cv-01941 · 2024-12-06 · civil
  13. Brink v. County of San Diego 3:23-cv-01756 · 2024-12-06 · civil
  14. Swadener v. State of California 3:24-cv-00283 · 2024-12-03 · civil
  15. Hills v. City of Chula Vista 3:23-cv-01067 · 2024-11-26 · civil
  16. Davis v. Rockloans Marketplace, LLC 3:23-cv-00134 · 2024-11-26 · civil
  17. Estate of William Hayden Schuck v. County of San Diego 3:23-cv-00785 · 2024-11-20 · civil
  18. Baeza v. Grundowicz 3:24-cv-00999 · 2024-10-29 · civil
  19. Saro v. Bank of America, NA 3:22-cv-01798 · 2024-10-11 · civil
  20. Fried v. Snapple Beverage Company 3:24-cv-00653 · 2024-10-11 · civil
  21. Herta v. Bui 3:24-cv-01695 · 2024-10-09 · civil
  22. Isom v. United States 3:23-cv-00103 · 2024-10-01 · civil
  23. Estate of Abdiel Sarabia Hernandez v. County of San Diego 3:24-cv-00032 · 2024-09-30 · civil
  24. Steeves v. United States Government 3:24-cv-01300 · 2024-09-30 · civil
  25. Davis v. Rockloans Marketplace, LLC 23-2593 · 2024-09-30 · civil · reversed