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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. Kane v. United Services Automobile Association 3:17-cv-02581 · 2019-09-26 · civil
  2. Haskins v. Walmart Inc. 3:19-cv-00943 · 2019-09-25 · civil
  3. Anderson v. Does 1-6 3:18-cv-02137 · 2019-09-23 · civil
  4. Lomeli v. United States 3:16-cv-01659 · 2019-09-19 · civil
  5. Toranto v. Jaffurs 3:16-cv-01709 · 2019-09-13 · civil
  6. Dougherty v. Guild Mortgage Company 3:16-cv-02909 · 2019-09-11 · civil
  7. Beckman v. Arizona Canning Company, LLC 3:16-cv-02792 · 2019-09-09 · civil
  8. Anderson v. Does 1-6 3:18-cv-02137 · 2019-09-05 · civil
  9. Reynolds v. San Diego, County of 3:11-cv-01256 · 2019-09-05 · civil
  10. Ledcor Construction Inc. v. Heritage Construction Company Inc. 3:19-cv-01055 · 2019-08-27 · civil
  11. Turner v. United States of America 3:19-cv-01305 · 2019-08-27 · civil
  12. United States v. Noe Lugo 18-50107 · 2019-08-27 · criminal · remanded
  13. O'Brien v. Garcia 3:19-cv-01113 · 2019-08-26 · civil
  14. Watkins v. Revak 3:19-cv-01000 · 2019-08-23 · civil
  15. Yeung v. Advanced Biologics, LLC 3:17-cv-01510 · 2019-08-20 · civil
  16. Magdziak v. Berryhill 3:17-cv-01367-JAH-RNB · 2019-08-14 · civil
  17. United States v. Josue Martinez-Hernandez 16-50423 · 2019-07-25 · criminal
  18. Randy Nunez v. Saks Incorporated 17-56821 · 2019-05-30 · civil · reversed
  19. Tyrell Glass v. Fmm Enterprises, Inc. 18-55291 · 2019-03-01 · civil · dismissed
  20. Howe Investments Ltd. v. Quarles & Brady LLP 17-55483 · 2019-02-13 · civil · affirmed
  21. United States v. Josue Martinez-Hernandez 16-50423 · 2019-01-09 · criminal
  22. United States v. Coleman Payne 17-50223 · 2018-10-15 · criminal · reversed in part
  23. Shavonda Hawkins v. Advancepierre Foods 16-56697 · 2018-08-10 · civil · affirmed
  24. Jason Decarlo v. Costco 16-56602 · 2018-07-31 · civil · reversed in part
  25. Mojdeh Omidi v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. 17-55539 · 2018-07-23 · civil