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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

F--
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 reviewed on appeal (every role)

  1. United States v. Vanessa Bishop 16-50058 · 2017-02-21 · criminal · affirmed
  2. United States v. Danielle Kownacki 15-50503 · 2017-01-24 · criminal · affirmed
  3. Frederick Killian v. Leon Panetta 15-56297 · 2016-12-22 · civil · affirmed
  4. United States v. Juana Maxson 15-50188 · 2016-11-01 · criminal · vacated
  5. Avinash Kulkarni v. Meera Upasani 15-55377 · 2016-09-02 · civil · affirmed
  6. Keith Arline, Jr. v. G. Janda 15-55294 · 2016-08-03 · civil · affirmed
  7. United States v. William Moore 15-50113 · 2016-07-22 · civil · affirmed
  8. Protect Our Communities v. Sally Jewell 14-55666 · 2016-06-07 · civil
  9. Medifast, Inc. v. Barry Minkow 11-55687 · 2014-07-14 · civil · reversed in part
  10. United States v. Jaime Valencia-Amezola 11-50512 · 2013-03-21 · criminal · affirmed
  11. Brenda Marsh v. County of San Diego 11-55395 · 2012-05-29 · probate · affirmed
  12. Timothy Moser v. Encore Capital Group, Incorporated 10-55236 · 2011-11-17 · civil · reversed in part
  13. Rossum v. Patrick 09-55666 · 2011-09-13 · criminal · affirmed
  14. United States v. Javier Garcia-Galindo 10-50452 · 2011-06-03 · criminal · affirmed
  15. United States v. Fernando Silva-Lopez 09-50510 · 2011-06-03 · criminal · affirmed
  16. United States v. Guillermo Godinez 10-50332 · 2011-04-11 · criminal · affirmed
  17. Constance Melkonian v. Michael Astrue 09-55789 · 2011-03-04 · civil · affirmed
  18. United States v. Gary Valentine 10-50279 · 2011-02-23 · criminal · affirmed
  19. United States v. Eric Mason 10-50070 · 2011-02-17 · civil · affirmed
  20. United States v. Roberto Gamboa 10-50298 · 2011-01-24 · criminal · affirmed
  21. United States v. Isaih Veytia 10-50027 · 2011-01-05 · criminal · affirmed
  22. United States v. Agustin Vazquez-Alcala 09-50563 · 2010-12-27 · criminal · vacated
  23. United States v. Lorena Rodriguez 09-50488 · 2010-12-16 · civil · dismissed
  24. United States v. Fernando Ramos-Cruz 09-50670 · 2010-12-16 · criminal · reversed
  25. United States v. Ricardo Olivas 09-50650 · 2010-12-13 · civil · affirmed