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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. Rutherford v. Evans Hotels, LLC 3:18-cv-00435 · 2021-05-14 · civil
  2. Columbia Sportswear North America, Inc. v. Ventex Co., Ltd. 3:20-cv-00709 · 2021-05-12 · civil
  3. United States v. James Brown 19-50250 · 2021-05-12 · criminal · reversed
  4. Candelario v. Amerilist, Inc. 3:21-cv-00586 · 2021-05-07 · civil
  5. Orthopaedic Hospital v. DJO Global, Inc. 3:19-cv-00970 · 2021-05-06 · civil
  6. Finnegan v. Regus Management Group 3:21-cv-00606 · 2021-05-05 · civil
  7. Gilbert v. California Department of CDCR 3:21-cv-00859 · 2021-05-05 · civil · other
  8. Ruben Garcia, Jr. v. K. Seeley 19-56128 · 2021-05-04 · civil · affirmed
  9. Reed v. Paramo 3:18-cv-00361 · 2021-04-28 · civil
  10. In Re: Cesar Montiel Perez 3:20-cv-02152 · 2021-04-27 · civil
  11. Grayton v. Carroll 3:20-cv-01616 · 2021-04-27 · civil
  12. Grayton v. United States Trustee 3:21-cv-00083 · 2021-04-27 · civil
  13. Mitchell v. Hopper 3:19-cv-00006 · 2021-04-27 · civil
  14. Salinas v. IA Lodging San Diego L.L.C. 3:21-cv-00495 · 2021-04-23 · civil
  15. Finnegan v. Legal Shield 3:21-cv-00773 · 2021-04-22 · civil
  16. Khoja v. Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc. 3:15-cv-00540 · 2021-04-22 · civil
  17. Salinas v. IA Lodging San Diego L.L.C. 3:21-cv-00495 · 2021-04-22 · civil
  18. Smith v. Sutton 3:21-cv-00661 · 2021-04-22 · civil · other
  19. Green v. Warden 3:21-cv-00588 · 2021-04-20 · civil
  20. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company v. Becerra 3:20-cv-01990 · 2021-04-16 · civil
  21. Arrant v. Zambrano 3:20-cv-01220 · 2021-04-15 · civil
  22. Lotze v. Total Lender Solutions, Inc. 3:21-cv-00598 · 2021-04-07 · civil
  23. Reed v. Paramo 3:18-cv-00361 · 2021-04-06 · civil
  24. G & G Closed Circuit Events, LLC v. California Center for the Arts, Escondido, Foundation 3:20-cv-02137 · 2021-04-06 · civil
  25. Johnson v. Saul 3:20-cv-00747 · 2021-04-06 · civil