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John A. Houston
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John A. Houston

District judge · Superior Court of Southern District of California County · 2005–2026

Judge, District Court, S.D. California 2003–

D+
99% — 505.5 of 513 orders sound, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 68% of 51 graded judges

On the assumption that the model is right — qwen3.8-27b's verdicts on a court's own orders matched a later appeal 76% of the time (104 of 136), 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.

98cases reviewed on appeal
536opinions authored
551panels sat on (not as author)
23%reversed, in whole or part, of 81 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 62 reversed in part 8 reversed 7 vacated 4 remanded 2 dismissed 2

The Ninth Circuit's later rulings on their dockets

affirmed 3 reversed in part 2 vacated 1

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

criminal 54 civil 41 delinquency 3

By year: 2018 12 · 2011 10 · 2019 9 · 2010 9 · 2020 8 · 2017 8 · 2023 5 · 2016 5 · 2022 4 · 2021 4 · 2013 3 · 2009 3 · 2008 3 · 2007 3 · 2026 2 · 2025 2 · 2012 2 · 2006 2 · 2024 1 · 2015 1 · 2014 1 · 2005 1 ·

Analysis

No analyses yet. When they exist, this shows counts of the model's findings across this judge's reviewed cases — with the court's own dispositions beside them, and only from 10 cases.

Cases

  1. Vsetula v. Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC 3:17-cv-01310 · 2023-07-05 · civil
  2. Heller v. Bank of America, N.A. 3:17-cv-01411 · 2023-07-05 · civil
  3. Moya v. Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC 3:17-cv-01545 · 2023-07-05 · civil
  4. Weyant v. Portfolio Recovery Associates 3:12-cv-02538 · 2023-07-05 · civil
  5. Suarez v. Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC 3:12-cv-00574 · 2023-07-05 · civil
  6. Royal v. Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC 3:17-cv-01726 · 2023-07-05 · civil
  7. Calkins v. Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC 3:17-cv-01546 · 2023-07-05 · civil
  8. Richards v. Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC 3:17-cv-00621 · 2023-07-05 · civil
  9. CLAIBORNE v. PORTFOLIO RECOVERY ASSOCIATES LLC 3:17-cv-01278 · 2023-07-05 · civil
  10. Thompson v. Portfolio Recovery Associates, L.L.C. 3:14-cv-00777 · 2023-07-05 · civil
  11. Small v. Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC. 3:16-cv-00141 · 2023-07-05 · civil
  12. Dillard v. Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC 3:17-cv-01661 · 2023-07-05 · civil
  13. Hubbard v. Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC 3:13-cv-00029 · 2023-07-05 · civil
  14. Ditto v. Beard 3:15-cv-02756 · 2023-07-05 · civil · writ denied
  15. Deon Thomas v. Portfolio Recovery Associations, LLC 3:14-cv-01493 · 2023-07-05 · civil
  16. Engels v. Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC 3:14-cv-01305 · 2023-07-05 · civil
  17. Waxman v. Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC 3:13-cv-00708 · 2023-07-05 · civil
  18. Cavazos v. Garilaso 3:21-cv-01156 · 2023-07-05 · civil
  19. Deon Thomas v. Portfolio Recovery Associations LLC 3:14-cv-01701 · 2023-07-05 · civil
  20. Moore v. Pacific View Apartments Carlsbad LLC 3:23-cv-00826 · 2023-06-27 · civil
  21. Kelly v. Scott Cook Intuit 3:23-cv-00694 · 2023-06-27 · civil
  22. Hinkley v. Berryhill 3:18-cv-02512 · 2023-06-23 · civil
  23. ISA Plus, LLC v. Prehired, LLC 3:22-cv-01211 · 2023-06-22 · civil
  24. Jackson v. Covello et.al. 3:19-cv-02444-JAH-MMP · 2023-06-22 · civil
  25. Delena v. Lara 3:23-cv-00345 · 2023-06-22 · civil