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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

By year: 2019 14 · 2010 14 · 2024 11 · 2020 9 · 2011 9 · 2025 8 · 2021 8 · 2007 7 · 2022 6 · 2017 6 · 2008 6 · 2023 5 · 2012 5 · 2009 5 · 2026 4 · 2018 4 · 2016 2 · 2014 2 · 2013 2 · 2006 2 ·

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. Turrey v. Vervent, Inc. 24-3849 · 2026-08-12 · civil · affirmed
  2. Steven Walker, I v. USA 23-55525 · 2026-03-17 · civil · affirmed
  3. United States v. Ho-Romero 23-3848 · 2026-02-18 · criminal · remanded
  4. Steeves v. United States 24-7086 · 2026-01-23 · civil · affirmed
  5. United States v. Avalos 23-3944 · 2025-12-17 · criminal · affirmed
  6. United States v. Silva 24-3226 · 2025-12-16 · civil · affirmed
  7. Siddell v. USA 24-5915 · 2025-11-20 · civil · affirmed
  8. Thomas v. Papa John's International, Inc. 24-3834 · 2025-06-18 · civil · affirmed
  9. Console v. United States 23-3609 · 2025-06-11 · civil · affirmed
  10. United States v. Gallegos 24-4045 · 2025-06-05 · civil · affirmed
  11. United States v. Smith 24-471 · 2025-04-10 · civil · affirmed
  12. K. J. v. Jackson 23-3052 · 2025-02-11 · civil · reversed
  13. Davis v. Rockloans Marketplace, LLC 23-2593 · 2024-09-30 · civil · reversed
  14. United States v. Ibarra 23-1282 · 2024-05-29 · criminal · vacated
  15. United States v. Buta Singh 20-50245 · 2024-04-05 · civil · affirmed
  16. Michael Smith v. United States 23-55030 · 2024-03-29 · civil · affirmed
  17. United States v. Randy Graves 22-50289 · 2024-03-11 · criminal · vacated
  18. Gary Perkins v. C. Angulo 22-55114 · 2024-03-08 · civil · affirmed
  19. Alexandria Mosley v. Wells Fargo & Company 23-55478 · 2024-03-07 · civil
  20. United States v. Ranolfo Rios-Diaz 21-50062 · 2024-03-05 · civil · affirmed
  21. United States v. Javier Durazo-Miranda 22-50305 · 2024-02-14 · criminal · affirmed
  22. United States v. Luis Marin 22-50154 · 2024-01-17 · criminal · affirmed
  23. United States v. Mario Gonzalez-Godinez 21-50031 · 2024-01-03 · criminal
  24. Barbara Stein v. Farmers Insurance Company of Arizona 22-55356 · 2023-10-23 · civil · affirmed
  25. Kristina Raines v. U.S. Healthworks Medical Group 21-55229 · 2023-10-18 · civil · reversed in part