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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. Memjet Technology Limited v. Vanguard Graphics International, LLC 3:23-cv-01810 · 2025-04-01 · civil
  2. Salido v. Hill 3:25-cv-00561 · 2025-03-27 · civil
  3. Robles v. County of San Diego 3:23-cv-00898 · 2025-03-25 · civil
  4. Brown v. Camp Pendleton & Quantico Housing, LLC 3:23-cv-00567 · 2025-03-25 · civil
  5. Brown v. Camp Pendleton & Quantico Housing, LLC 3:23-cv-00567 · 2025-03-21 · civil
  6. Cahoon v. O' Malley 3:24-cv-00322 · 2025-03-20 · civil
  7. Lopez-Galvan v. Garland 3:24-cv-01654 · 2025-03-12 · civil · other
  8. Torres v. Paredes 3:22-cv-00448 · 2025-03-11 · civil
  9. Dhillon v. 7-Eleven, Inc. 3:23-cv-02335 · 2025-03-04 · civil
  10. Bryson v. Madden 3:22-cv-00556 · 2025-02-28 · civil · other
  11. v. Fox Factory, Inc. 3:24-cv-01883 · 2025-02-25 · civil
  12. San Diego Coastkeeper v. United States International Boundary and Water Commission 3:24-cv-00663 · 2025-02-14 · civil
  13. Bonilla v. Robinson 3:25-cv-00185 · 2025-02-13 · civil
  14. Bonilla v. Dembin 3:24-cv-02505 · 2025-01-24 · civil
  15. Bonilla v. Meza 3:25-cv-00100 · 2025-01-21 · civil
  16. Ndizeye v. City of San Diego 3:24-cv-01768 · 2025-01-17 · civil
  17. The People of the State of California v. Sarkisova 3:25-cv-00072 · 2025-01-15 · civil
  18. Flores v. Doe Agent 1 3:24-cv-01189 · 2025-01-13 · civil
  19. Johnson v. Boreago 3:24-cv-00494 · 2025-01-10 · civil
  20. Driscoll Mission Bay, LLC v. M/Y New Horizon, U.S.C.G. Official No.1102966 3:24-cv-01396 · 2025-01-07 · civil
  21. Rodriguez v. Sheriff Kelley Martinez 3:23-cv-02024 · 2025-01-06 · civil · other
  22. Cline v. Dan-Bunkering (America), Inc. 3:24-cv-02081 · 2025-01-03 · civil
  23. Areys v. Mayorkas 3:24-cv-02104 · 2024-12-11 · civil
  24. Areys v. Mayorkas 3:24-cv-02104 · 2024-11-21 · civil · other
  25. Anderson v. Del Toro 3:23-cv-01615 · 2024-11-12 · civil