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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 reviewed on appeal (every role)

  1. Scott Schutza v. Frn of San Diego, LLC 15-55704 · 2017-07-10 · civil · vacated
  2. Bita Trading, Inc. v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. 15-55371 · 2017-01-11 · civil · affirmed
  3. Bard Water District v. James Davey & Associates, Inc. 14-56943 · 2016-12-05 · civil · reversed in part
  4. Western Lands Project v. United States Bureau of Land Management 14-56386 · 2016-09-13 · civil · affirmed
  5. Micha v. Group Disability Benefits Plan for Gynecologic Oncology Associates Partners, LLC 12-55816 · 2015-01-15 · other
  6. Sabrina Laguna v. Coverall North America, Inc. 12-55479 · 2014-11-20 · civil · dismissed
  7. Sabrina Laguna v. Coverall North America, Inc. 12-55479 · 2014-06-03 · civil · affirmed
  8. Stanford Bryant v. J. Ochoa 11-55153 · 2013-01-30 · civil · reversed in part
  9. Drendolyn Sims v. Mike Stanton 11-55401 · 2013-01-16 · civil · reversed
  10. United States v. Ramiro Ramos-Medina 09-50408 · 2013-01-11 · criminal · affirmed
  11. United States v. Jose Nunez-Beltran 10-50365 · 2011-05-24 · criminal · affirmed
  12. United States v. Anael Vasquez-Diaz 10-50155 · 2011-04-28 · criminal · affirmed
  13. Terry Evans v. William Kolender 09-56925 · 2011-04-20 · civil · affirmed
  14. Johnson v. Carey 06-56738 · 2011-03-10 · civil · dismissed
  15. United States v. Ricardo Ruiz 10-50169 · 2011-03-08 · criminal · affirmed
  16. Pedro Ramos v. Fritz Newman 09-56981 · 2011-03-01 · civil · affirmed
  17. United States v. Julio Garcia-Equihua 09-50453 · 2011-02-22 · criminal · affirmed
  18. Joseph Becker v. Michael Martel 08-55527 · 2011-02-16 · civil · affirmed
  19. United States v. Diaz-Lopez 09-50604 · 2010-11-09 · criminal · affirmed
  20. Jake Henderson v. Derral Adams 08-56302 · 2010-10-28 · civil · affirmed
  21. United States v. Jesus Herrera-Torres 09-50458 · 2010-10-04 · criminal · affirmed
  22. United States v. Celcio Perez-Villanueva 09-50457 · 2010-08-27 · civil · affirmed
  23. SEC v. Platforms Wireless Intern. Corp. 07-56542 · 2010-08-16 · civil · affirmed
  24. Nathan Spencer v. Morris 09-55583 · 2010-07-22 · civil · affirmed
  25. Guy v. City of San Diego 08-56024 · 2010-06-17 · civil · remanded