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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. Hale v. Villalpando 3:21-cv-01884 · 2023-10-06 · civil · other
  2. Sun Harbor Marina Partnership v. M/Y Nefarious U.S.C.G. Official No. 595399 3:23-cv-00664 · 2023-10-04 · civil
  3. Turner v. Glenmark Pharmaceuticals, Inc 3:23-cv-01721 · 2023-09-22 · civil
  4. Ambrose v. Kijakazi 3:22-cv-00714 · 2023-09-22 · civil
  5. Edwards v. Pollard 3:21-cv-01157 · 2023-09-20 · civil
  6. Mendoza v. Garland 3:21-cv-01968 · 2023-09-15 · civil
  7. Anderson v. Del Toro 3:23-cv-01615 · 2023-09-13 · civil
  8. Blake v. Moreno 3:23-cv-01024 · 2023-09-12 · civil
  9. Nunez v. Gamboa 3:21-cv-02046 · 2023-09-01 · civil · other
  10. Quinn v. Pollard 3:23-cv-01494 · 2023-09-01 · civil
  11. Monzon v. County of San Diego 3:23-cv-00445 · 2023-08-30 · civil
  12. Whited v. Young 3:23-cv-01299 · 2023-08-14 · civil
  13. Hale v. Villalpando 3:21-cv-01884 · 2023-07-28 · civil
  14. Hale v. Villalpando 3:22-cv-00467 · 2023-07-28 · civil
  15. People v. Southerward CA4/1 D081581 · 2023-07-28 · criminal · affirmed
  16. Lindland v. TuSimple, Inc. 3:21-cv-00417 · 2023-07-26 · civil
  17. Gold v. US Bancorp 3:23-cv-01342 · 2023-07-26 · civil
  18. Alpha Capital, LLC v. Khanukov 3:23-cv-01265 · 2023-07-21 · civil
  19. Heizelman v. Biden 3:23-cv-01185 · 2023-07-11 · civil
  20. Collings v. Kijakazi 3:23-cv-01076 · 2023-07-11 · civil
  21. Blake v. Moreno 3:23-cv-01024 · 2023-07-10 · civil
  22. Universal Protection Service, LP v. Coastal Fire and Integration Systems, Inc. 3:22-cv-01352 · 2023-06-15 · civil
  23. Lowe v. National Credit Adjusters, LLC 3:22-cv-01099 · 2023-06-12 · civil
  24. Torres v. Paredes 3:22-cv-00448 · 2023-06-06 · civil
  25. Tiffany Marie Johnson Estate v. Cumba 3:23-cv-00802 · 2023-06-06 · civil