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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 reviewed on appeal (every role)

  1. United States v. Tony Brown 16-50495 · 2020-01-15 · civil · affirmed
  2. United States v. Maria Acosta 18-50351 · 2019-11-26 · criminal · affirmed
  3. United States v. Mario Buenrostro-Lopez 18-50273 · 2019-10-25 · civil · affirmed
  4. United States v. Arian Cebreros 18-50043 · 2019-10-03 · criminal · affirmed
  5. United States v. Noe Lugo 18-50107 · 2019-08-27 · criminal · remanded
  6. United States v. Josue Martinez-Hernandez 16-50423 · 2019-07-25 · criminal
  7. Randy Nunez v. Saks Incorporated 17-56821 · 2019-05-30 · civil · reversed
  8. Tyrell Glass v. Fmm Enterprises, Inc. 18-55291 · 2019-03-01 · civil · dismissed
  9. Howe Investments Ltd. v. Quarles & Brady LLP 17-55483 · 2019-02-13 · civil · affirmed
  10. United States v. Josue Martinez-Hernandez 16-50423 · 2019-01-09 · criminal
  11. United States v. Coleman Payne 17-50223 · 2018-10-15 · criminal · reversed in part
  12. Shavonda Hawkins v. Advancepierre Foods 16-56697 · 2018-08-10 · civil · affirmed
  13. Jason Decarlo v. Costco 16-56602 · 2018-07-31 · civil · reversed in part
  14. Mojdeh Omidi v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. 17-55539 · 2018-07-23 · civil
  15. Nathan Smith v. Sherry Pennywell 16-56195 · 2018-07-18 · civil · affirmed
  16. United States v. Flora Espino 16-50344 · 2018-06-18 · criminal · affirmed
  17. United States v. Flora Espino 16-50344 · 2018-06-18 · criminal · affirmed
  18. Brinks, Inc. v. Dorian Ceron 15-56821 · 2018-05-03 · civil · reversed in part
  19. United States v. Miguel Hurtado Simisterra 16-50463 · 2018-03-30 · criminal · affirmed
  20. Daniel Acedo v. Ernest Pinedo 17-55509 · 2018-03-23 · civil · affirmed
  21. Trevor Reynolds v. Maya Bryson 16-56565 · 2018-03-23 · civil · reversed
  22. United States v. Raul Villarreal 16-50135 · 2018-02-23 · criminal · affirmed
  23. John Karczewski v. Conant Auto Retail 15-55893 · 2017-07-10 · civil · vacated
  24. S. B. v. County of San Diego 15-56848 · 2017-05-12 · civil · reversed
  25. Hood v. United States Postal Service 16-56053 · 2017-04-24 · civil · affirmed