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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 authored (every role)

  1. Myles v. County of San Diego 3:15-cv-01985 · 2022-05-20 · civil
  2. McKusick v. San Diego County Sheriff 3:21-cv-02087 · 2022-05-19 · civil
  3. Berry v. County of San Diego 3:20-cv-00590 · 2022-04-19 · civil
  4. Innovative Medical Supplies, LLC v. Advanced Tear Diagnostics, LLC 3:21-cv-01881 · 2022-04-18 · civil
  5. Smith v. Avalos 3:20-cv-01534 · 2022-04-18 · civil
  6. Albin v. R.J. Donovan 3:20-cv-00471 · 2022-04-15 · civil
  7. Jones v. Oceanside Police Department 3:21-cv-01972 · 2022-04-13 · civil
  8. Zentmyer v. United States of America 3:20-cv-02240 · 2022-03-30 · civil
  9. Smith v. Credit Corp Solutions Inc. 3:20-cv-01295 · 2022-03-30 · civil
  10. American Registry of Radiologic Technologists v. Moultry 3:16-cv-01322-JAH-KSC · 2022-03-17 · civil
  11. Nelson v. California Employment Development Department 3:21-cv-02145 · 2022-03-08 · civil
  12. Lozano v. Cabrera 3:14-cv-00333 · 2022-03-02 · civil
  13. Grant v. Swarthout 3:11-cv-03015 · 2022-03-01 · civil · other
  14. Albin v. R.J. Donovan 3:20-cv-00471 · 2022-03-01 · civil
  15. Kakowski v. Allison 3:21-cv-01675 · 2022-02-14 · civil
  16. Pina v. Sacuan Security and Police 3:21-cv-01577 · 2022-02-09 · civil
  17. Himes v. Garcia 3:20-cv-00726 · 2022-01-31 · civil
  18. Cavazos v. Garilaso 3:21-cv-01156 · 2022-01-31 · civil
  19. Kakowski v. Allison 3:21-cv-01675 · 2021-12-21 · civil
  20. SolarCity Corporation v. Doria 3:16-cv-03085 · 2021-12-08 · civil
  21. Pina v. Sacuan Security and Police 3:21-cv-01577 · 2021-12-03 · civil
  22. Smith v. Wolf 3:20-cv-01409 · 2021-12-01 · civil
  23. Jones v. Oceanside Police Department 3:21-cv-01972 · 2021-11-23 · civil
  24. Del Muro-Guerrero v. United States 3:20-cv-02121 · 2021-11-15 · civil
  25. Magdziak v. Berryhill 3:17-cv-01367-JAH-RNB · 2021-11-12 · civil