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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. Cox v. United States 3:16-cv-02631 · 2020-02-25 · civil
  2. Roldan v. Montgomery 3:18-cv-02006 · 2020-02-25 · civil
  3. Ronald Cohn, Inc. v. Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. 3:19-cv-00848 · 2020-02-14 · civil
  4. Spatcher v. City of Oceanside 3:19-cv-02281 · 2020-02-13 · civil
  5. Cataldo v. Madox 3:16-cv-02747 · 2020-02-12 · civil
  6. Diaz v. United States 3:16-cv-01984 · 2020-02-12 · civil
  7. Thomas v. Roth 3:20-cv-00200 · 2020-02-10 · civil
  8. Stephens v. Dr. Greens, Inc. 3:11-cv-00638 · 2020-01-31 · civil
  9. Bird Rock Home Mortgage, LLC v. Damiano 3:19-cv-02310 · 2020-01-30 · civil
  10. Ruano v. United States 3:16-cv-01928 · 2020-01-30 · civil
  11. Allen v. Cardenas 3:19-cv-01610 · 2020-01-30 · civil
  12. Grant v. Swarthout 3:11-cv-03015 · 2020-01-30 · civil · other
  13. Gallegos v. Seeley 3:18-cv-01322 · 2020-01-27 · civil
  14. Arellano v. Lamborn 3:19-cv-02360 · 2020-01-23 · civil
  15. Barbarin v. Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation 3:19-cv-01714 · 2020-01-23 · civil
  16. Hernandez v. County of San Diego 3:20-cv-00066 · 2020-01-23 · civil
  17. Thomas v. Richard J. Donovan 3:19-cv-02181 · 2020-01-22 · civil
  18. (PC) Blackman v. Benyard 3:19-cv-02221 · 2020-01-22 · civil
  19. Solorio v. Doe (1) 3:19-cv-02193 · 2020-01-21 · civil
  20. Vernon v. Tesla Energy 3:19-cv-02356 · 2020-01-21 · civil
  21. Joseph v. Murillo 3:19-cv-01965 · 2020-01-16 · civil
  22. Jabbar v. County of San Diego 3:20-cv-00065 · 2020-01-16 · civil
  23. Thomas v. Doe 3:20-cv-00037 · 2020-01-13 · civil · other
  24. Thomas-Weisner v. Gipson 3:19-cv-01999 · 2020-01-08 · civil
  25. Himes v. Hadjadj 3:19-cv-02216 · 2020-01-03 · civil