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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 sat on (every role)

  1. Zopatti v. Rancho Dorado Homeowners Ass'n Case 10CV1091 DMS (WVG) · 2011-03-04 · civil
  2. DELA CRUZ v. Napolitano Case 10CV0882 DMS (RBB) · 2011-01-27 · criminal · other
  3. American Safety Indemnity Co. v. National Union Fire Insurance Case 09CV2778 DMS (WVG) · 2011-01-03 · civil
  4. Larin v. Bank of America, N.A. Case 09cv1062 DMS (RBB) · 2010-07-22 · civil
  5. Lorenzo v. United States Case 09CV 1803 DMS (WMc) · 2010-02-02 · civil
  6. Hunter v. North American Co. for Life & Health Insurance Case 08cv939 DMS (NLS) · 2009-03-03 · civil
  7. In Re Countrywide Financial Corp. Mortg. Marketing Case 08MD1988 DMS (LSP), 08CV1888 DMS (LSP), 08CV1957 DMS (LSP), 08CV1972 DMS (LSP) · 2009-02-05 · other
  8. Ortega v. Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc. 08cv0724 DMS (WMc) · 2008-08-21 · civil