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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. Himes v. Hadjadj 3:19-cv-02216 · 2020-01-03 · civil
  2. O'Brien v. Garcia 3:19-cv-01113 · 2019-12-20 · civil
  3. Dare v. Aegis Wholesale Corporation 3:15-cv-02833 · 2019-12-20 · civil
  4. Zakosky v. Department of Veterans Affairs 3:17-cv-01373 · 2019-12-20 · civil
  5. Green v. Covello 3:19-cv-01747 · 2019-12-06 · civil
  6. Riley v. Vizcarra 3:18-cv-02911 · 2019-12-03 · civil
  7. Flores-Ramirez v. United States 3:16-cv-01427 · 2019-12-02 · civil
  8. Dougherty v. Guild Mortgage Company 3:16-cv-02909 · 2019-11-27 · civil
  9. United States v. Maria Acosta 18-50351 · 2019-11-26 · criminal · affirmed
  10. White v. San Diego Sunrise Management Company 3:17-cv-01416 · 2019-11-25 · civil
  11. Shepard v. San Diego Sheriff Department 3:19-cv-01625 · 2019-11-18 · civil
  12. Morgas-Mendoza v. United States 3:16-cv-02005 · 2019-11-18 · civil
  13. Magdziak v. Berryhill 3:17-cv-01367-JAH-RNB · 2019-11-18 · civil
  14. Lambertus v. Lonneker 3:17-cv-01079 · 2019-11-14 · civil
  15. Burcher v. Lawhead 3:18-cv-02559 · 2019-11-13 · civil
  16. Gathrite v. Wilson 3:19-cv-01852 · 2019-10-30 · civil
  17. United States v. Mario Buenrostro-Lopez 18-50273 · 2019-10-25 · civil · affirmed
  18. Barbarin v. Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation 3:19-cv-01714 · 2019-10-24 · civil
  19. United States v. Arian Cebreros 18-50043 · 2019-10-03 · criminal · affirmed
  20. Krueger v. Wyeth Inc 3:03-cv-02496 · 2019-10-01 · civil
  21. Childs v. Gladstone 3:17-cv-00408 · 2019-10-01 · civil
  22. Childs v. Gladstone 3:17-cv-00408 · 2019-09-30 · civil
  23. Olson v. U.S. Treasury President 3:19-cv-01517 · 2019-09-28 · civil
  24. Allen v. Cardenas 3:19-cv-01610 · 2019-09-27 · civil
  25. Tijerina v. Caliber Holdings Corporation 3:19-cv-01213 · 2019-09-26 · civil