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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 authored (every role)

  1. Bonilla v. Montenegro 3:24-cv-01930 · 2024-10-22 · civil
  2. Hill v. Shaffer 3:24-cv-01131 · 2024-10-22 · civil
  3. Corbett v. PharmaCare U.S., Inc. 3:21-cv-00137 · 2024-10-15 · civil
  4. Diaz v. Nexa Mortgage, LLC 3:24-cv-00873 · 2024-10-07 · civil
  5. Berghuis v. Ford Motor Company, Inc. 3:22-cv-00871 · 2024-10-07 · civil
  6. Bannon v. Anaergia Services LLC 3:24-cv-01138 · 2024-09-30 · civil
  7. Jones v. Tonal Systems, Inc. 3:23-cv-01267 · 2024-09-30 · civil
  8. The People of the State of California v. Caydon San Diego Property LLC 3:23-cv-01296 · 2024-09-30 · civil
  9. Nunez v. Alibaba Group (U.S.), Inc. 3:24-cv-00090 · 2024-09-04 · civil
  10. Collings v. Kijakazi 3:23-cv-01076 · 2024-08-23 · civil
  11. Ramirez v. Kijakazi 3:23-cv-01222 · 2024-08-23 · civil
  12. Bruce v. Becerra 3:22-cv-00115 · 2024-08-21 · civil
  13. Garrett v. Sycuan Casino 3:24-cv-01296 · 2024-08-13 · civil
  14. Garrett v. Sycuan Casino 3:24-cv-01296 · 2024-08-13 · civil
  15. Ritz Fuente, LLC v. SHS Armin Schafer Jr. 3:21-cv-01986 · 2024-08-09 · civil
  16. 3:24-cv-01073 · 2024-07-19 · civil
  17. Parker v. City of San Diego 3:24-cv-00518 · 2024-07-09 · civil
  18. Bonilla v. People of the State of California 3:24-cv-00681 · 2024-06-18 · civil
  19. Bonilla v. The People of the State of California 3:24-cv-00699 · 2024-05-31 · civil
  20. Anaya v. Campos 3:24-cv-00029 · 2024-05-31 · civil · other
  21. Lopez v. Utility Tree Service, LLC 3:22-cv-01404 · 2024-05-23 · civil
  22. Sunderland v. PharmaCare U.S., Inc. 3:23-cv-01318 · 2024-05-10 · civil
  23. Armour v. Fidelity Select Technology Portfolio 3:23-cv-02074 · 2024-04-22 · civil
  24. Bonilla v. People of the State of California 3:24-cv-00681 · 2024-04-19 · civil
  25. Emert v. The People of the State of California 3:23-cv-02318 · 2024-04-04 · civil · dismissed