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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

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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. Christopher v. Knight Brook Insurance 3:23-cv-01608 · 2025-09-29 · civil
  2. ISA Plus, LLC v. Prehired, LLC 3:22-cv-01211 · 2025-09-18 · civil
  3. Edwards v. City of San Diego 3:24-cv-01118 · 2025-09-10 · civil
  4. Brooke v. Paligroup Management LLC 3:24-cv-02003 · 2025-08-07 · civil
  5. Hardy v. Silva 3:24-cv-00899 · 2025-08-07 · civil
  6. Castillo v. Johnson 3:25-cv-00928 · 2025-08-05 · civil
  7. Ramsey v. Thompson 3:23-cv-01920 · 2025-07-24 · civil
  8. Smarter Hoa Solutions Inc. v. Pena 3:24-cv-01781 · 2025-07-21 · civil
  9. Maureen v. Smith 3:24-cv-01630 · 2025-07-15 · civil
  10. Uriarte-Limon v. Chula Vista Car Audio Inc. 3:24-cv-00559 · 2025-06-24 · civil
  11. Soeten v. CACI, Inc. - Federal 3:24-cv-00043 · 2025-06-24 · civil
  12. ISA Plus, LLC v. Prehired, LLC 3:22-cv-01211 · 2025-06-12 · civil
  13. Pineda Aguila v. Non-Defendant 3:25-cv-00559 · 2025-06-10 · civil
  14. Pimentel v. SeaWorld 3:24-cv-00127 · 2025-06-03 · civil
  15. Jae Properties, Inc. v. Amtax Holdings 2001-XX, LLC. 3:19-cv-02075 · 2025-06-03 · civil
  16. Pixler II v. City of San Diego 3:24-cv-01752 · 2025-05-22 · civil
  17. Rutherford v. Steadman 3:24-cv-01627 · 2025-05-21 · civil
  18. Edwards v. City of San Diego 3:24-cv-01118 · 2025-05-16 · civil
  19. Mossburg v. Home Depot, U.S.A, Inc. 3:25-cv-00739 · 2025-05-15 · civil
  20. Hardy v. Silva 3:24-cv-00899 · 2025-04-22 · civil
  21. Luxury Jet Ski Rentals, LLC v. Masserat 3:25-cv-00557 · 2025-04-21 · civil
  22. Agro Dynamics, LLC v. Drug Enforcement Administration 3:20-cv-02082 · 2025-03-27 · civil
  23. Ramsey v. Thompson 3:23-cv-01920 · 2025-03-25 · civil
  24. Mazgaj v. Charles 3:24-cv-00777 · 2025-03-25 · civil
  25. City of San Diego v. Manchester Pacific Gateway, LLC 3:24-cv-01007 · 2025-03-24 · civil