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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. Dorsey v. Paramo 3:20-cv-00843 · 2023-02-27 · civil
  2. State of Arkansas v. Hankins 3:23-cv-00064 · 2023-02-27 · civil
  3. Widman v. Trans Union, LLC 3:22-cv-01129 · 2023-02-22 · civil
  4. Lucious v. Mclaughlin 3:22-cv-01261 · 2023-02-14 · civil
  5. Thunderbird Resorts Inc. v. Zimmer 3:15-cv-01304 · 2022-12-21 · civil
  6. (PC) Reynolds v. Crlollos 3:22-cv-01830 · 2022-12-09 · civil
  7. Bonilla v. Alameda County District Attorney's Office 3:22-cv-01855 · 2022-11-28 · civil
  8. Smith v. Wolf 3:20-cv-01409 · 2022-11-14 · civil
  9. Jackson v. Covello et.al. 3:19-cv-02444-JAH-MMP · 2022-11-08 · civil
  10. Gomez v. Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company 3:21-cv-01324 · 2022-11-03 · civil
  11. Chappell v. McDowell 3:22-cv-01241 · 2022-11-03 · civil
  12. Albin v. R.J. Donovan 3:20-cv-00471 · 2022-10-18 · civil
  13. KURT MICHAELS V. RON DAVIS 15-99005 · 2022-10-18 · criminal
  14. Jae Properties, Inc. v. Amtax Holdings 2001-XX, LLC. 3:19-cv-02075 · 2022-09-28 · civil
  15. Thomas-Weisner v. Gipson 3:19-cv-01999 · 2022-09-28 · civil · other
  16. Keith v. The City of San Diego 3:21-cv-01782 · 2022-09-12 · civil
  17. Keith v. The City of San Diego 3:21-cv-01782 · 2022-09-07 · civil
  18. McMillin Homes Construction, Inc. v. Lexington Insurance Company 3:20-cv-00006 · 2022-09-01 · civil
  19. Gathrite v. Wilson 3:19-cv-01852 · 2022-08-29 · civil
  20. Purpura v. Does Members of the Inmate Classification Committee 3:20-cv-01688 · 2022-08-16 · civil
  21. Widman v. Trans Union, LLC 3:22-cv-01129 · 2022-08-09 · civil
  22. Smith v. Wolf 3:20-cv-01409 · 2022-08-08 · civil
  23. Owens v. Toro 3:18-cv-01579 · 2022-07-28 · civil
  24. Lewis v. CoreCivic of Tennessee, LLC 3:21-cv-01385 · 2022-07-14 · civil
  25. Thomas-Weisner v. Gipson 3:19-cv-01999 · 2022-07-14 · civil