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Jinsook Ohta

Judge · Superior Court of San Diego County · 2022–2026

A++
provisional — 100% — 5 of 5 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; would rank in the top 1% of 312 graded judges, but ten rulings are needed for a standing letter — 5 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.

22cases reviewed on appeal
249opinions authored
249panels sat on (not as author)
22%reversed, in whole or part, of 18 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 14 vacated 3 reversed 1

The Ninth Circuit's later rulings on their dockets

affirmed 6 vacated 3 reversed 2

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 16 family 3 criminal 3

By year: 2025 7 · 2023 6 · 2024 5 · 2026 4 ·

Analysis

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

Cases

  1. United States v. Franco 24-6759 · 2026-06-02 · criminal · affirmed
  2. United States v. Luis Cruz-Cruz 22-50111 · 2024-06-26 · criminal · affirmed
  3. United States v. Luis Cruz-Cruz 22-50111 · 2023-12-08 · criminal · affirmed