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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. Gonsalves v. CA 3:24-cv-00526 · 2024-06-03 · civil
  2. Nguyen v. Williams 3:23-cv-01142 · 2024-06-03 · civil
  3. Hammerlord v. Elliott 3:23-cv-00663 · 2024-05-29 · civil
  4. Combs v. United States Government 3:23-cv-01845 · 2024-05-28 · civil
  5. Pies v. San Diego Sheriff's Department 3:23-cv-01097 · 2024-05-24 · civil
  6. Collazo v. United States 3:23-cv-01761 · 2024-05-17 · civil
  7. Mehboob Shah v. Desert Auto Group V LLC 3:23-cv-01073 · 2024-04-30 · civil
  8. Wadeea v. Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC 3:23-cv-01690 · 2024-04-17 · civil
  9. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Choice Advisors, LLC 3:21-cv-01669 · 2024-04-15 · civil
  10. Gutierrez v. Hill 3:22-cv-01413 · 2024-04-09 · civil
  11. Boutros v. Bush 3:24-cv-00442 · 2024-04-05 · civil
  12. Williams v. Doherty 3:23-cv-02179 · 2024-03-20 · civil
  13. Shay v. Apple, Inc. 3:20-cv-01629 · 2024-03-19 · civil
  14. Ludlow v. Flowers Foods, Inc. 3:18-cv-01190-JO-JLB · 2024-03-18 · civil
  15. Cancino Castellar v. Mayorkas 3:17-cv-00491 · 2024-03-18 · civil
  16. T.C. v. City of San Diego 3:23-cv-02225 · 2024-03-13 · civil
  17. Marin v. Ross Jr. 3:23-cv-02083 · 2024-03-12 · civil
  18. Pope v. County of San Diego 3:21-cv-01102 · 2024-03-01 · civil
  19. Pulu v. Costa 3:23-cv-01582 · 2024-03-01 · civil
  20. Woodway USA, Inc. v. LifeCORE Fitness, Inc. 3:22-cv-00492 · 2024-03-01 · civil
  21. Pies v. San Diego Sheriff's Department 3:23-cv-01097 · 2024-02-29 · civil
  22. Woodway USA, Inc. v. LifeCORE Fitness, Inc. 3:22-cv-00492 · 2024-02-20 · civil
  23. Dalrada Financial Corportation v. Sojaad Diagnostics, LLC 3:23-cv-01183 · 2024-02-16 · civil
  24. Bashinski Jr. v. United States 3:23-cv-01026 · 2024-02-05 · civil
  25. Lopez v. FedEx Office and Print Services, Inc. 3:23-cv-02155 · 2024-01-31 · civil