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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 authored (every role)

  1. Workplace Technologies Research, Inc. v. Project Management Institute, Inc. 3:18-cv-01927 · 2022-06-03 · civil
  2. Burgess v. Shakiba 3:22-cv-00750 · 2022-06-03 · civil
  3. Ludlow v. Flowers Foods, Inc. 3:18-cv-01190-JO-JLB · 2022-06-01 · civil
  4. Kelly v. City of Poway 3:18-cv-02615 · 2022-05-13 · civil
  5. Pathway Innovations and Technologies Inc. v. Learning Glass Solutions, Inc. 3:21-cv-01648 · 2022-05-13 · civil
  6. Sekerke v. Olsen 3:20-cv-01045 · 2022-05-12 · civil
  7. Workplace Technologies Research, Inc. v. Project Management Institute, Inc. 3:18-cv-01927 · 2022-05-11 · civil
  8. Gordon v. Elloyhim 3:21-cv-01346 · 2022-05-10 · civil
  9. Toner v. National City Mortgage Co. 3:22-cv-00217 · 2022-05-10 · civil
  10. Quevedo v. Blount 3:21-cv-00604 · 2022-04-14 · civil
  11. FirstFire Global Opportunities Fund, LLC v. Generation Next Franchise Brands, Inc. 3:19-cv-02496 · 2022-04-11 · civil
  12. Trenton v. Carmax, Inc 3:21-cv-01993 · 2022-04-08 · civil
  13. Hall v. Marriott International, Inc. 3:19-cv-01715 · 2022-04-08 · civil
  14. Standifird v. Saul 3:20-cv-01630 · 2022-03-31 · civil
  15. Johnson v. Kinney 3:20-cv-01354 · 2022-03-30 · civil
  16. Sussman v. San Diego Police Dept. 3:20-cv-01085 · 2022-03-30 · civil
  17. Gordon v. Elloyhim 3:21-cv-01346 · 2022-03-09 · civil
  18. Upshaw v. Chau 3:22-cv-00183 · 2022-03-02 · civil
  19. Edwards v. Pollard 3:21-cv-01157 · 2022-03-02 · civil
  20. Barrett v. GEO 3:21-cv-01603 · 2022-02-18 · civil
  21. Dunsmore v. Jones 3:21-cv-02025 · 2022-02-15 · civil · other
  22. Johnson v. Kinney 3:20-cv-01354 · 2022-02-04 · civil
  23. Santana v. Hemmerling 3:21-cv-00406 · 2022-01-28 · civil
  24. Folley v. Gorman 3:21-cv-01887 · 2022-01-14 · civil