Jinsook Ohta
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
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 reviewed on appeal (every role)
- Marin v. Catano
- United States Securities and Exchange Commission v. Choice Advisors, LLC
- United States v. Franco
- Ameriprise Financial Services, LLC v. Lpl Financial, LLC
- Nguyen v. Williams
- Hammerlord v. Elliott
- Houston Casualty Company v. Cibus US LLC
- Musgrove v. Hanifin
- Moriarty v. American General Life Insurance
- Frankie Greer v. County of San Diego
- United States v. Gonzalez
- Ann Kenney v. Fruit of the Earth, Inc.
- Catherine Sigley v. Dexcom, Inc.
- United States v. Luis Cruz-Cruz
- Lauren Casola v. Dexcom, Inc.
- Selvin Carranza v. Janine K. Jeffery
- Persian Gulf, Inc. v. Alon USA Energy, Inc.
- Kevin Kelly v. City of Poway
- United States v. Luis Cruz-Cruz
- A.S. v. R.S. CA4/1
- L.V. v. E.C. CA4/1
- Marriage of Hinojosa and Chain CA4/1