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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. Brink v. County of San Diego 3:23-cv-01756 · 2024-12-06 · civil
  2. Swadener v. State of California 3:24-cv-00283 · 2024-12-03 · civil
  3. Hills v. City of Chula Vista 3:23-cv-01067 · 2024-11-26 · civil
  4. Davis v. Rockloans Marketplace, LLC 3:23-cv-00134 · 2024-11-26 · civil
  5. Estate of William Hayden Schuck v. County of San Diego 3:23-cv-00785 · 2024-11-20 · civil
  6. Baeza v. Grundowicz 3:24-cv-00999 · 2024-10-29 · civil
  7. Saro v. Bank of America, NA 3:22-cv-01798 · 2024-10-11 · civil
  8. Fried v. Snapple Beverage Company 3:24-cv-00653 · 2024-10-11 · civil
  9. Herta v. Bui 3:24-cv-01695 · 2024-10-09 · civil
  10. Isom v. United States 3:23-cv-00103 · 2024-10-01 · civil
  11. Estate of Abdiel Sarabia Hernandez v. County of San Diego 3:24-cv-00032 · 2024-09-30 · civil
  12. Steeves v. United States Government 3:24-cv-01300 · 2024-09-30 · civil
  13. Lopez v. The Rico Court Cartel 3:24-cv-00411 · 2024-09-23 · civil
  14. Siddell v. Burch 3:24-cv-00910 · 2024-09-23 · civil
  15. In Re: Sanchez 3:24-cv-01187 · 2024-09-11 · civil
  16. Castro v. Gipson 3:24-cv-00789 · 2024-09-06 · civil
  17. Panus v. Ava Law Group, Inc. 3:23-cv-02018 · 2024-08-23 · civil
  18. Palmer Kearney Mesa Properties, LP v. City of San Diego 3:23-cv-01755 · 2024-08-22 · civil
  19. Broaddus v. Trans Union LLC 3:23-cv-01867 · 2024-08-21 · civil
  20. Kinsale Insurance Company v. Benchmark Insurance Company 3:23-cv-00079 · 2024-08-20 · civil
  21. Raines v. Front Porch Communities and Services 3:19-cv-01539 · 2024-08-16 · civil
  22. 3:23-cv-00785 · 2024-07-19 · civil
  23. 3:23-cv-01739 · 2024-07-17 · civil
  24. Chen v. Bank of America Corporation 3:23-cv-01762 · 2024-07-09 · civil
  25. Brink v. County of San Diego 3:23-cv-01756 · 2024-07-03 · civil