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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. DeCarlo v. Costco Wholesale Corporation 3:14-cv-00202 · 2020-06-25 · civil
  2. Medeiros v. D' Addezio Kotler 3:19-cv-01787 · 2020-06-25 · civil
  3. Riley v. Vizcarra 3:18-cv-02911 · 2020-06-22 · civil
  4. Allen v. Cardenas 3:20-cv-00788 · 2020-06-22 · civil
  5. Shallow v. Target Corporation 3:14-cv-00294 · 2020-06-22 · civil
  6. Smith v. LensCrafters, Inc. 3:14-cv-00366 · 2020-06-22 · civil
  7. Abante Rooter and Plumbing, Inc. v. Triumph Merchant Solutions, LLC. 3:20-cv-00754 · 2020-06-18 · civil
  8. Humphries v. Newsome 3:20-cv-00659 · 2020-06-05 · civil
  9. Elzy v. Duran 3:20-cv-00545 · 2020-06-04 · civil
  10. Thomas v. Richard J. Donovan 3:19-cv-02181 · 2020-06-03 · civil
  11. Shepard v. San Diego Sheriff Department 3:19-cv-01625 · 2020-06-01 · civil
  12. Smeltzer v. United States 3:20-cv-00867 · 2020-05-29 · civil
  13. Carter v. United States of America 3:20-cv-00525 · 2020-05-28 · civil
  14. O'Brien v. Garcia 3:19-cv-01113 · 2020-05-26 · civil
  15. Kevin Tyrone Flemings v. Covello 3:19-cv-00944 · 2020-05-15 · civil
  16. Taleff v. Sattgast Taleff 3:19-cv-02066 · 2020-05-14 · civil
  17. Strike 3 Holdings, LLC v. Doe 3:19-cv-02452 · 2020-05-13 · civil
  18. Stephens v. Dr. Greens, Inc. 3:11-cv-00638 · 2020-05-12 · civil
  19. Reyes v. United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs 3:17-cv-01612 · 2020-05-11 · civil
  20. Reyes v. United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs 3:17-cv-01571 · 2020-05-11 · civil
  21. Reyes v. United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Southern California Agency 3:17-cv-01418 · 2020-05-11 · civil
  22. Himes v. Garcia 3:20-cv-00726 · 2020-05-06 · civil
  23. Kinney v. Miller 3:14-cv-01136 · 2020-05-06 · civil
  24. Bowell v. Nguyen 3:20-cv-00616 · 2020-05-05 · civil
  25. Albin v. R.J. Donovan 3:20-cv-00471 · 2020-05-05 · civil