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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. Nathan Smith v. Sherry Pennywell 16-56195 · 2018-07-18 · civil · affirmed
  2. United States v. Flora Espino 16-50344 · 2018-06-18 · criminal · affirmed
  3. United States v. Flora Espino 16-50344 · 2018-06-18 · criminal · affirmed
  4. Brinks, Inc. v. Dorian Ceron 15-56821 · 2018-05-03 · civil · reversed in part
  5. United States v. Miguel Hurtado Simisterra 16-50463 · 2018-03-30 · criminal · affirmed
  6. Daniel Acedo v. Ernest Pinedo 17-55509 · 2018-03-23 · civil · affirmed
  7. Trevor Reynolds v. Maya Bryson 16-56565 · 2018-03-23 · civil · reversed
  8. United States v. Raul Villarreal 16-50135 · 2018-02-23 · criminal · affirmed
  9. John Karczewski v. Conant Auto Retail 15-55893 · 2017-07-10 · civil · vacated
  10. S. B. v. County of San Diego 15-56848 · 2017-05-12 · civil · reversed
  11. Hood v. United States Postal Service 16-56053 · 2017-04-24 · civil · affirmed
  12. Alden Moore v. C. Hammond 15-56027 · 2017-04-21 · civil · affirmed
  13. United States v. David Barrera-Valdivia 16-50070 · 2017-04-20 · criminal · affirmed
  14. Enrique Lozano v. Julio Cabrera 15-55535 · 2017-02-07 · civil · reversed in part
  15. Enrique Lozano v. Julio Cabrera 15-55535, 16-55522 · 2017-02-07 · civil · reversed in part
  16. Arnold Adkins v. Carolyn Colvin 14-55715 · 2017-01-04 · civil · affirmed
  17. Pamela Chyba v. Washington Mutual 14-56082 · 2016-11-23 · civil · affirmed
  18. United States v. Omar Centeno-Sepulveda 15-50135 · 2016-11-01 · criminal · vacated
  19. United States v. Israel Ornelas 14-50533 · 2016-07-14 · criminal
  20. United States v. Israel Ornelas 14-50533 · 2016-05-04 · criminal
  21. United States v. Israel Ornelas 14-50533 · 2016-05-04 · criminal
  22. United States v. Jesus Valdez-Novoa 12-50336 · 2015-02-27 · criminal
  23. Lee Quillar v. Herbert Exarhos 13-55141 · 2014-07-07 · civil · affirmed
  24. United States v. David Alcon-Mateo 12-50292 · 2013-12-05 · civil · affirmed
  25. United States v. Daniel Plancarte 12-50011 · 2013-03-22 · criminal · affirmed