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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. Margaret Sprague v. The Medical Board of Californi 09-56136 · 2010-11-02 · civil · affirmed
  2. United States v. Ramon Soberanes-Fierro 08-50555 · 2010-10-28 · criminal · affirmed
  3. United States v. Sergio Jimenez-Aguilera 09-50489 · 2010-10-12 · criminal · affirmed
  4. United States v. Jose Perez-Ramos 09-50054 · 2010-10-04 · criminal · affirmed
  5. Rossum v. Patrick 09-55666 · 2010-09-23 · criminal
  6. United States v. Edgar Sanchez-Estrada 09-50320 · 2010-09-03 · civil · affirmed
  7. Paul Rimland v. Michael Astrue 08-56148 · 2010-09-02 · civil · remanded
  8. John Whalen, Jr. v. David George Hopkins 09-55448 · 2010-06-29 · civil · affirmed
  9. FTC v. Neovi, Inc. 09-55093 · 2010-06-15 · civil · affirmed
  10. Federal Trade Commission v. Neovi, Inc. 09-55093 · 2010-05-14 · civil · affirmed
  11. United States v. Miguel Negron 09-50380 · 2010-03-31 · criminal · affirmed
  12. Fischer v. First International Bank D040165 · 2003-06-25 · civil · reversed