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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. 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. Anthony Moreno v. Vi-Jon, LLC 23-55631 · 2024-09-11 · civil · reversed
  4. Kristen Schertzer v. Bank of America, Na 23-55104 · 2024-07-29 · civil
  5. Deborah Tichenor v. Bae Systems Technology Solutions & Services, Inc. 22-55953 · 2023-12-20 · civil · reversed
  6. United States v. Kevin Miller 21-50204 · 2023-02-17 · civil · affirmed
  7. United States v. Sevan Amintobia 20-50039 · 2023-01-11 · criminal · affirmed
  8. Christopher Larsen v. Kilolo Kijakazi 18-55398 · 2022-05-16 · civil · affirmed
  9. Lena Childs v. San Diego Family Housing LLC 20-56049 · 2022-01-14 · civil · dismissed
  10. Craig Slavin v. Rebecca Monet 20-55549 · 2021-03-05 · civil · affirmed
  11. Cesar Luna-Flores v. Usdhs 19-56020 · 2020-12-08 · civil · affirmed
  12. United States v. Basaaly Moalin 13-50572 · 2020-09-02 · civil · affirmed
  13. Merle Ferguson v. United States 18-56296 · 2020-02-05 · civil · affirmed
  14. United States v. David Meza 17-50432 · 2020-01-21 · criminal · affirmed
  15. The Koala v. Pradeep Khosla 17-55380 · 2019-07-24 · civil · reversed
  16. Wendy Hastings v. USPS 17-56643 · 2019-05-30 · civil
  17. Scott Kelly v. Starr Indemnity & Liability Co 17-56334 · 2019-04-29 · civil · reversed in part
  18. United States v. Roberto Hernandez-Escobar 17-50134 · 2018-12-20 · criminal
  19. Shavonda Hawkins v. the Kroger Co. 16-55532 · 2018-10-04 · civil · reversed
  20. Francisco Bates v. Metro. Interp. & Transl., Inc. 15-56647 · 2018-08-03 · civil · affirmed
  21. Marty Emmons v. City of Escondido 16-55771 · 2018-03-29 · civil · reversed in part
  22. United States v. Judith Paixao 16-50121 · 2018-03-22 · criminal · affirmed
  23. United States v. Judith Paixao 16-50121 · 2018-03-22 · criminal · affirmed
  24. Kimberley D. v. United Healthcare Ins. Co. 16-56175 · 2018-03-21 · civil · affirmed
  25. Michele Baker v. Roman Catholic Archdiocese 16-55961 · 2018-02-27 · civil · reversed