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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. 3:25-cv-01392 · 2026-03-20 · civil
  2. 3:25-cv-03214 · 2026-03-20 · civil
  3. 3:26-cv-01208 · 2026-03-19 · civil
  4. 3:26-cv-00064 · 2026-03-19 · civil
  5. 3:25-cv-00577 · 2026-03-19 · civil
  6. 3:25-cv-03387 · 2026-03-19 · civil
  7. 3:25-cv-01841 · 2026-03-19 · civil
  8. 3:25-cv-02761 · 2026-03-19 · civil
  9. 3:26-cv-01329 · 2026-03-18 · civil · other
  10. 3:25-cv-01459 · 2026-03-16 · civil
  11. 3:25-cv-00069 · 2026-03-16 · civil
  12. United States v. Torres-Gonzalez 25-2897 · 2026-03-16 · criminal
  13. 3:26-cv-01205 · 2026-03-13 · civil · other
  14. 3:26-cv-01541 · 2026-03-12 · civil
  15. 3:26-cv-01425 · 2026-03-10 · civil · other
  16. 3:26-cv-00914 · 2026-03-10 · civil · other
  17. 3:26-cv-00866 · 2026-03-10 · civil · other
  18. 3:25-cv-02167 · 2026-03-10 · civil
  19. 3:26-cv-00979 · 2026-03-04 · civil · other
  20. 3:26-cv-00951 · 2026-03-04 · civil · other
  21. 3:25-cv-03811 · 2026-02-23 · civil · other
  22. 3:24-cv-02071 · 2026-02-23 · civil
  23. 3:24-cv-01839 · 2026-02-20 · civil
  24. 3:25-cv-03228 · 2026-02-13 · civil · other
  25. 3:24-cv-01295 · 2026-02-12 · civil