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Jeffrey T. Miller
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Jeffrey T. Miller

Judge · Superior Court of San Diego County · 1990–2026

Judge, District Court, S.D. California 1997–2010 · Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Diego 1987–1997

C+
provisional — 67% — 2 of 3 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; would rank in the top 45% of 312 graded judges, but ten rulings are needed for a standing letter — 3 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.

82cases reviewed on appeal
115opinions authored
127panels sat on (not as author)
27%reversed, in whole or part, of 62 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 45 reversed 9 reversed in part 5 dismissed 4 vacated 3 remanded 2 other 1

The Ninth Circuit's later rulings on their dockets

affirmed 3 reversed 2 vacated 1 dismissed 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 53 criminal 27 other 2

By year: 2010 9 · 2018 8 · 2011 8 · 2007 6 · 2005 6 · 2009 5 · 2006 5 · 2020 4 · 2023 3 · 2019 3 · 2013 3 · 2024 2 · 2022 2 · 2017 2 · 2016 2 · 2014 2 · 2008 2 · 1990 2 · 2026 1 · 2025 1 · 2021 1 · 2015 1 · 2001 1 · 1999 1 · 1998 1 · 1994 1 ·

Analysis

6 of this judge's reviewed cases have an analysis; counts are shown from 10.

Cases

  1. Childs v. San Diego Family Housing, LLC 24-1256 · 2026-09-24 · civil · affirmed
  2. Childs v. San Diego Family Housing, LLC 24-1256 · 2025-08-28 · civil · affirmed
  3. United States v. Kevin Miller 21-50204 · 2023-02-17 · civil · affirmed
  4. United States v. Sevan Amintobia 20-50039 · 2023-01-11 · criminal · affirmed
  5. Christopher Larsen v. Kilolo Kijakazi 18-55398 · 2022-05-16 · civil · affirmed
  6. Craig Slavin v. Rebecca Monet 20-55549 · 2021-03-05 · civil · affirmed
  7. Cesar Luna-Flores v. Usdhs 19-56020 · 2020-12-08 · civil · affirmed
  8. United States v. Basaaly Moalin 13-50572 · 2020-09-02 · civil · affirmed
  9. Merle Ferguson v. United States 18-56296 · 2020-02-05 · civil · affirmed
  10. United States v. David Meza 17-50432 · 2020-01-21 · criminal · affirmed
  11. Francisco Bates v. Metro. Interp. & Transl., Inc. 15-56647 · 2018-08-03 · civil · affirmed
  12. United States v. Judith Paixao 16-50121 · 2018-03-22 · criminal · affirmed
  13. United States v. Judith Paixao 16-50121 · 2018-03-22 · criminal · affirmed
  14. Kimberley D. v. United Healthcare Ins. Co. 16-56175 · 2018-03-21 · civil · affirmed
  15. Bita Trading, Inc. v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. 15-55371 · 2017-01-11 · civil · affirmed
  16. Western Lands Project v. United States Bureau of Land Management 14-56386 · 2016-09-13 · civil · affirmed
  17. Sabrina Laguna v. Coverall North America, Inc. 12-55479 · 2014-06-03 · civil · affirmed
  18. United States v. Ramiro Ramos-Medina 09-50408 · 2013-01-11 · criminal · affirmed
  19. United States v. Jose Nunez-Beltran 10-50365 · 2011-05-24 · criminal · affirmed
  20. United States v. Anael Vasquez-Diaz 10-50155 · 2011-04-28 · criminal · affirmed
  21. Terry Evans v. William Kolender 09-56925 · 2011-04-20 · civil · affirmed
  22. United States v. Ricardo Ruiz 10-50169 · 2011-03-08 · criminal · affirmed
  23. Pedro Ramos v. Fritz Newman 09-56981 · 2011-03-01 · civil · affirmed
  24. United States v. Julio Garcia-Equihua 09-50453 · 2011-02-22 · criminal · affirmed
  25. Joseph Becker v. Michael Martel 08-55527 · 2011-02-16 · civil · affirmed