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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. Truong v. Noem 3:25-cv-02597 · 2025-10-03 · civil · other
  2. Tran v. Bondi 3:25-cv-02334 · 2025-09-29 · civil · other
  3. Shehata v. PHH Mortgage Corporation 3:25-cv-02085 · 2025-09-29 · civil
  4. Cortez v. Bisignano 3:25-cv-01980 · 2025-09-25 · civil
  5. Tellez v. Bisignano 3:25-cv-02213 · 2025-09-25 · civil
  6. Tran v. Bondi 3:25-cv-02334 · 2025-09-17 · civil
  7. Walker v. United States Congress 3:25-cv-02064 · 2025-09-12 · civil
  8. Harrison v. Veolia Water West Operating Services, Inc. 3:24-cv-01584 · 2025-09-12 · civil
  9. Sunderland v. PharmaCare U.S., Inc. 3:23-cv-01318 · 2025-09-12 · civil
  10. (HC) Bui v. Warden of the Otay Mesa Detention Facility 3:25-cv-02111 · 2025-09-11 · civil
  11. Lehman v. United States 3:25-cv-02224 · 2025-09-08 · civil
  12. Tuck v. Yelp, Inc. 3:25-cv-02155 · 2025-09-05 · civil
  13. Anderson v. Del Toro 3:23-cv-01615 · 2025-09-04 · civil
  14. Dhillon v. 7-Eleven, Inc. 3:23-cv-02335 · 2025-09-03 · civil
  15. In re Silvergate Capital Corporation Securities Litigation 3:22-cv-01936 · 2025-09-03 · civil
  16. Ramos v. San Diego County 3:25-cv-01701 · 2025-09-02 · civil
  17. Guerrero v. SFS Beauty CA LLC 3:25-cv-01133 · 2025-08-26 · civil
  18. Peerless Insurance Co. v. Barbanell 3:24-cv-00759 · 2025-08-26 · civil
  19. Walker v. United States Congress 3:25-cv-02064 · 2025-08-25 · civil
  20. Matthew v. United States 3:25-cv-01664 · 2025-08-25 · civil
  21. Harris v. County of San Diego 3:24-cv-02117 · 2025-08-25 · civil
  22. K.W. v. Carlsbad Unified School District 3:25-cv-00649 · 2025-08-11 · civil
  23. Garrett v. Sycuan Casino 3:25-cv-01596 · 2025-07-29 · civil
  24. Barragan v. De Joy 3:24-cv-01073 · 2025-07-29 · civil
  25. AHSAN v. SAN DIEGO SHERIFF DEPARTMENT 3:25-cv-01523 · 2025-07-25 · civil