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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. Mehboob Shah v. Desert Auto Group V LLC 3:23-cv-01073 · 2023-06-16 · civil
  2. Shane v. County of San Diego 3:22-cv-01309 · 2023-06-16 · civil
  3. In Re: Szanto 3:22-cv-01064 · 2023-06-15 · civil
  4. Szanto v. Bank of New York 3:23-cv-00095 · 2023-06-15 · civil
  5. In Re: Szanto 3:22-cv-01142 · 2023-06-15 · civil
  6. Hammerlord v. Elliott 3:23-cv-00663 · 2023-06-09 · civil
  7. Torfason v. Internal Revenue Service 3:22-cv-00680 · 2023-06-05 · civil
  8. Santana v. Hemmerling 3:21-cv-00406 · 2023-05-16 · civil
  9. Burgess v. Shakiba 3:22-cv-00750 · 2023-05-16 · civil
  10. Santana v. Hemmerling 3:21-cv-00406 · 2023-05-16 · civil
  11. Pfeifer v. Dexcom, Inc. 3:22-cv-01878 · 2023-05-03 · civil
  12. Marin v. Catano 3:21-cv-01445 · 2023-04-14 · civil
  13. Kelly v. Wedge Wood 3:23-cv-00592 · 2023-04-11 · civil
  14. Thompson v. NSC Technologies, LLC 3:20-cv-00371 · 2023-03-30 · civil
  15. Woodson v. Carranza 3:22-cv-01549 · 2023-03-28 · civil
  16. Butler v. Landeros 3:22-cv-01602 · 2023-03-22 · civil
  17. Nguon v. Madden 3:22-cv-00181 · 2023-03-20 · civil
  18. Ludlow v. Flowers Foods, Inc. 3:18-cv-01190-JO-JLB · 2023-03-15 · civil
  19. Greer v. County of San Diego 3:19-cv-00378 · 2023-03-01 · civil
  20. Pastor v. Empire Today, LLC. 3:22-cv-01376 · 2023-02-27 · civil
  21. Moran v. FCA US LLC 3:17-cv-02594-JO-AHG · 2023-02-21 · civil
  22. Moran v. FCA US LLC 3:17-cv-02594-JO-AHG · 2023-02-21 · civil
  23. Greer v. County of San Diego 3:19-cv-00378 · 2023-02-21 · civil
  24. Walsh v. California Energy Development Inc. 3:22-cv-00449 · 2023-02-15 · civil
  25. Musgrove v. Hanifin 3:20-cv-00614 · 2023-02-15 · civil