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James E. Simmons

Judge · Superior Court of San Diego County · 2023–2026

Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Diego 2017–

A++
provisional — 100% — 1 of 1 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; would rank in the top 1% of 312 graded judges, but ten rulings are needed for a standing letter — 1 so far

On the assumption that the model is right — qwen3.8-27b reads the court's own disposition right 70% of the time, 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.

1cases reviewed on appeal
353opinions authored
353panels sat on (not as author)
—1 merits decisions: a rate is shown from 10

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 1

The Ninth Circuit's later rulings on their dockets

affirmed 3 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

criminal 1

By year: 2023 1 ·

Analysis

2 of this judge's reviewed cases have an analysis; counts are shown from 10.

Cases

  1. Betts v. Terronez 3:25-cv-01296 · 2025-07-25 · civil
  2. Bonilla v. Givens 3:25-cv-01609 · 2025-07-07 · civil
  3. Matthew v. United States 3:25-cv-01664 · 2025-07-02 · civil
  4. Torres v. Paredes 3:22-cv-00448 · 2025-07-02 · civil
  5. Matthew v. United States 3:25-cv-01664 · 2025-07-01 · civil
  6. Dudash v. State of CA Parole/Agent(s)/Agency 3:25-cv-01479 · 2025-06-30 · civil
  7. Linden v. ResMed Inc. 3:24-cv-01291 · 2025-06-30 · civil
  8. Robles v. County of San Diego 3:23-cv-00898 · 2025-06-30 · civil
  9. Anderson v. Del Toro 3:23-cv-01615 · 2025-06-26 · civil
  10. Bonilla v. Diedrich 3:25-cv-01598 · 2025-06-24 · civil
  11. Corbett v. PharmaCare U.S., Inc. 3:21-cv-00137 · 2025-06-24 · civil
  12. Ludwig v. Hill 3:25-cv-01507 · 2025-06-17 · civil · other
  13. Shaw v. Marshall 3:25-cv-00878 · 2025-06-06 · civil
  14. Mendoza v. United States 3:25-cv-01076 · 2025-06-02 · civil
  15. Parker v. City of San Diego 3:24-cv-00518 · 2025-05-30 · civil
  16. Mullis v. J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. 3:24-cv-01334 · 2025-05-29 · civil
  17. McCully v. United States 3:25-cv-00478 · 2025-05-19 · civil
  18. Sun Harbor Marina Partnership v. M/Y The Bella Dog, U.S.C.G. Official No. 1028404 3:25-cv-00051 · 2025-05-16 · civil
  19. Bruce v. Becerra 3:23-cv-00214 · 2025-05-13 · civil
  20. Lawton v. Barajas 3:25-cv-00927 · 2025-04-29 · civil
  21. Cline v. Dan-Bunkering (America), Inc. 3:24-cv-02081 · 2025-04-23 · civil
  22. Tillman v. Richman Property Services, Inc. 3:24-cv-01598 · 2025-04-10 · civil
  23. Doody v. Richman Property Services, Inc. 3:24-cv-01557 · 2025-04-10 · civil
  24. Murray v. United States 3:25-cv-00512 · 2025-04-01 · civil
  25. Mullis v. J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. 3:24-cv-01334 · 2025-04-01 · civil