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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 reviewed on appeal (every role)

  1. Roberts v. Studio 15 25-3661 · 2026-08-03 · civil · affirmed
  2. Novedades Y Servicios, Inc. v. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network 25-4238 · 2026-07-13 · civil · affirmed
  3. Herta v. Roberts 25-1965 · 2026-05-28 · civil · affirmed
  4. United States v. Fencl 24-1373 · 2026-04-22 · criminal · affirmed
  5. United States v. Torres-Gonzalez 25-2897 · 2026-03-16 · criminal
  6. United States v. Sandoval 25-842 · 2026-01-02 · criminal · affirmed
  7. United States v. Serrano 24-7229 · 2025-12-30 · civil · affirmed
  8. United States v. Francis 24-7034 · 2025-12-19 · criminal · affirmed
  9. United States v. Festa 24-6130 · 2025-11-17 · criminal · affirmed
  10. United States v. Garcia 24-4702 · 2025-10-24 · criminal · affirmed
  11. United States v. Perez-Ayala 23-4228 · 2025-04-09 · criminal · affirmed
  12. Douglas v. Hill 23-4324 · 2025-02-10 · civil · affirmed
  13. United States v. Leon 23-1025 · 2025-02-06 · criminal · reversed in part
  14. United States v. Azam 23-1933 · 2024-12-02 · criminal · reversed
  15. United States v. Edward Deloach 22-50271 · 2024-12-02 · criminal · affirmed
  16. United States v. Kumar 23-3719 · 2024-11-27 · criminal · reversed
  17. United States v. Azucenas 23-783 · 2024-10-08 · criminal · affirmed
  18. Ronald Martell v. Brian Cole 23-55120 · 2024-09-23 · criminal · reversed
  19. United States v. McCarary 23-1930 · 2024-09-20 · criminal · reversed in part
  20. United States v. Salvatore Groppo 22-50288 · 2024-05-24 · criminal · affirmed
  21. Julio Mayen v. New Penn Financial, LLC 19-55996 · 2024-02-27 · civil · affirmed
  22. In Re: Leslie T. Gladstone v. Travelers Property Casualty Company of America 22-56205 · 2023-11-15 · probate
  23. United States v. Robert Allen Festa 23-50015 · 2023-10-04 · criminal · reversed
  24. SYLVESTER OWINO V. CORECIVIC, INC. 21-55221 · 2022-12-20 · civil · affirmed
  25. United States v. Terrance Soda 21-50025 · 2022-08-08 · criminal · affirmed