gno.law
Janis L. Sammartino
Work of Federal Government · source

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

  1. Karim Khoja v. Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc. 16-56069 · 2018-08-13 · civil · remanded
  2. United States v. Jose Maravilla-Leon 17-50072 · 2018-08-07 · criminal · affirmed
  3. Freeman Investment Management v. Frank Russell Company 16-56511 · 2018-07-02 · civil · affirmed
  4. John Shaw v. Experian Information Solutions 16-56587 · 2018-05-29 · civil · affirmed
  5. Taylor Scott v. Gino Morena Enterprises 16-56200 · 2018-04-27 · civil · remanded
  6. Kanchana Karunaratne v. U.S. Bank 16-56803 · 2018-04-13 · civil · affirmed
  7. United States v. Scott Kimball 16-50394 · 2018-03-20 · criminal · affirmed
  8. Lindsay Cooper v. Tokyo Electric Power Co. 15-56424 · 2017-06-22 · civil · affirmed
  9. Jeffrey Green v. Allstate Ins. Co. 15-35335 · 2017-06-06 · civil · affirmed
  10. United States v. Miguel Trujillo-Rodriguez 16-50259 · 2017-04-20 · criminal · affirmed
  11. United States v. Charles Molnar 15-50428 · 2017-04-19 · criminal · affirmed
  12. United States v. Vanessa Bishop 16-50058 · 2017-02-21 · criminal · affirmed
  13. United States v. Danielle Kownacki 15-50503 · 2017-01-24 · criminal · affirmed
  14. Frederick Killian v. Leon Panetta 15-56297 · 2016-12-22 · civil · affirmed
  15. United States v. Juana Maxson 15-50188 · 2016-11-01 · criminal · vacated
  16. Avinash Kulkarni v. Meera Upasani 15-55377 · 2016-09-02 · civil · affirmed
  17. Keith Arline, Jr. v. G. Janda 15-55294 · 2016-08-03 · civil · affirmed
  18. United States v. William Moore 15-50113 · 2016-07-22 · civil · affirmed
  19. Protect Our Communities v. Sally Jewell 14-55666 · 2016-06-07 · civil
  20. Medifast, Inc. v. Barry Minkow 11-55687 · 2014-07-14 · civil · reversed in part
  21. United States v. Jaime Valencia-Amezola 11-50512 · 2013-03-21 · criminal · affirmed
  22. Brenda Marsh v. County of San Diego 11-55395 · 2012-05-29 · probate · affirmed
  23. Timothy Moser v. Encore Capital Group, Incorporated 10-55236 · 2011-11-17 · civil · reversed in part
  24. Dilts v. Penske Logistics LLC 3:08-mj-00318 · 2011-10-19 · civil
  25. Rossum v. Patrick 09-55666 · 2011-09-13 · criminal · affirmed