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Janis L. Sammartino
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Janis L. Sammartino

Judge · Superior Court of San Diego County · 2003–2026

Judge, District Court, S.D. California 2007– · Presiding Justice, Superior Court of California, County of San Diego 2006–2007

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provisional — 0% — 0 of 2 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; would rank in the top 100% of 312 graded judges, but ten rulings are needed for a standing letter — 2 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.

112cases reviewed on appeal
1,061opinions authored
1,083panels sat on (not as author)
19%reversed, in whole or part, of 101 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 82 reversed 10 reversed in part 7 remanded 4 vacated 2 dismissed 1

The Ninth Circuit's later rulings on their dockets

affirmed 18 reversed in part 1 reversed 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

civil 56 criminal 51 probate 5

By year: 2010 15 · 2020 13 · 2018 13 · 2021 10 · 2011 10 · 2024 8 · 2025 7 · 2019 7 · 2026 6 · 2017 6 · 2016 6 · 2022 5 · 2023 2 · 2014 1 · 2013 1 · 2012 1 · 2003 1 ·

Analysis

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

Cases

  1. San Diego Coastkeeper v. Baker Iron Works Inc. 3:24-cv-01477 · 2025-06-23 · civil
  2. Scottsdale Insurance Company v. Hamerslag 3:23-cv-00780 · 2025-06-23 · civil
  3. Armstrong v. Guzman 3:25-cv-01426 · 2025-06-16 · civil · other
  4. Pressley v. San Diego EMT Staff 3:24-cv-01940 · 2025-06-09 · civil
  5. Khoshini v. Ford Motor Company 3:24-cv-00107 · 2025-06-06 · civil
  6. Doljanin v. Ellis 3:24-cv-01689 · 2025-06-04 · civil
  7. Williams v. Navarro 3:24-cv-02161 · 2025-06-02 · civil
  8. Smith v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. 3:24-cv-01287 · 2025-06-02 · civil
  9. Rebecca Bamberger Works, LLC v. Bamberger 3:24-cv-00706 · 2025-05-30 · civil
  10. Urmancheev v. United States 3:22-cv-01039 · 2025-05-28 · civil
  11. Picos Barrueta v. DEA 3:25-cv-00581 · 2025-05-21 · civil
  12. Gallusz v. LPP Mortgage, Inc. 3:25-cv-00885 · 2025-05-21 · civil
  13. Urmancheev v. United States 3:22-cv-01039 · 2025-05-21 · civil
  14. North v. Salazar 3:24-cv-02041 · 2025-05-16 · civil
  15. Dunn v. The Superior Court of San Diego County 3:25-cv-00620 · 2025-05-15 · civil
  16. Rebecca Bamberger Works, LLC v. Bamberger 3:24-cv-00706 · 2025-05-14 · civil
  17. Polus v. Radel 3:25-cv-00542 · 2025-05-09 · civil
  18. Pina v. Pina 3:25-cv-00386 · 2025-05-09 · civil
  19. Harris v. Santos 3:25-cv-00284 · 2025-05-09 · civil
  20. Eftekari v. Select Portfolio Servicing, Inc. 3:24-cv-02274 · 2025-05-09 · civil
  21. Vazquez v. Ritter 3:24-cv-01301 · 2025-05-05 · civil
  22. Weitsman v. Levesque 3:19-cv-00461 · 2025-05-05 · civil
  23. Habbaba v. Gorilla Mind, LLC 3:24-cv-00921 · 2025-04-29 · civil
  24. Anthony v. Galvez 3:25-cv-00407 · 2025-04-29 · civil
  25. A.B. v. San Diego Family Housing, LLC 3:24-cv-01391 · 2025-04-29 · civil