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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. Marner v. U.S. Department of the Air Force 3:24-cv-01565 · 2025-01-30 · civil
  2. Woodway USA, Inc. v. LifeCORE Fitness, Inc. 3:22-cv-00492 · 2025-01-30 · civil
  3. Bonilla v. Benitez 3:25-cv-00095 · 2025-01-29 · civil
  4. Bonilla v. Judges 3:24-cv-02355 · 2025-01-16 · civil
  5. Alamilla Heredia v. The GEO Group, Inc. 3:23-cv-00953 · 2025-01-16 · civil
  6. United States v. Gonzalez 23-1547 · 2025-01-10 · civil · affirmed
  7. Kaleopa v. O'Malley 3:24-cv-00363 · 2025-01-08 · civil
  8. Marinkovic v. Lee 3:22-cv-00998 · 2024-12-19 · civil
  9. MidKiff v. San Diego Family Housing, LLC 3:24-cv-00729 · 2024-12-12 · civil
  10. Sharp v. Coalinga State Hospital 3:24-cv-02168 · 2024-12-10 · civil
  11. Jones v. Sammartino 3:24-cv-01597 · 2024-12-10 · civil
  12. ACCO Brands USA LLC v. Performance Designed Products LLC 3:24-cv-01100 · 2024-12-03 · civil
  13. Ann Kenney v. Fruit of the Earth, Inc. 23-55583 · 2024-10-25 · civil · affirmed
  14. Ballard v. Select Portfolio Servicing, Inc. 3:24-cv-01579 · 2024-10-21 · civil
  15. Mehboob Shah v. Desert Auto Group V LLC 3:23-cv-01073 · 2024-10-21 · civil
  16. Emert v. San Diego Board of Supervisors 3:24-cv-00671 · 2024-10-21 · civil
  17. Perryman v. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation 3:24-cv-01633 · 2024-10-21 · civil
  18. Riggs v. Madden 3:23-cv-01900 · 2024-10-10 · civil
  19. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Choice Advisors, LLC 3:21-cv-01669 · 2024-10-07 · civil
  20. Blanton v. Barnes 3:24-cv-01278 · 2024-10-01 · civil · other
  21. American Family Connect Property and Casualty Insurance Company v. Federal Insurance Company 3:22-cv-01351 · 2024-09-30 · civil
  22. Khwaja v. Federal Insurance Company 3:23-cv-00717 · 2024-09-30 · civil
  23. Catherine Sigley v. Dexcom, Inc. 23-55775 · 2024-09-13 · civil
  24. Gonzalez v. Jeld-Wen, Inc. 3:24-cv-01116 · 2024-08-21 · civil
  25. American Family Connect Property and Casualty Insurance Company v. Federal Insurance Company 3:22-cv-01351 · 2024-08-21 · civil