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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

  1. Weston v. FEDEX OFFICE AND PRINT SERVICES, INC. Civil 09cv1635 JAH (CAB) · 2010-01-27 · civil
  2. United States v. Juvenile 07-50107 · 2010-01-26 · delinquency
  3. One Industries, LLC v. Jim O'Neal Distribut 08-55316 · 2009-08-24 · civil · affirmed
  4. United States v. Medina-Villa 07-50396 · 2009-06-23 · criminal · affirmed
  5. United States v. Medina-Villa 07-50396 · 2009-05-28 · criminal · affirmed
  6. Taylor v. Accredited Home Lenders, Inc. Civil 07cv1732 JAH (JMA) · 2008-09-19 · civil
  7. United States v. Chapman 07-50000 · 2008-06-23 · criminal · reversed
  8. United States v. Juvenile 07-50107 · 2008-06-11 · delinquency
  9. United States v. Alghazouli 06-50422 · 2008-03-03 · criminal · affirmed
  10. United States v. $1,474,770.00 in U.S. Currency Civil 07CV0819 JAH(JMA) · 2008-02-27 · civil
  11. In Re Wireless Facilities, Inc. Derivative Litigation Civil 04CV1663 JAH (NLS) · 2008-02-26 · other
  12. United States v. One Residential Property Located at 325 Skyline Circle Civil 05CV1625 JAH(AJB) · 2008-02-12 · criminal
  13. Harper v. Poway Unified School District Civil 04CV1103 JAH(POR) · 2008-02-11 · civil
  14. Marketing Information Masters, Inc. v. Board of Trustees of the California State University System Civil 06cv1682 JAH (JMA) · 2008-02-05 · civil
  15. Quechan Indian Tribe v. United States CIV 02CV1096 JAH AJB · 2008-01-10 · civil
  16. Dalkilic v. Titan Corp. Civil 05CV0916 JAH (AJB) · 2007-08-29 · civil
  17. Maxwell Technologies, Inc. v. Nesscap, Inc. Civil 06cv2311 JAH (BLM) · 2007-08-27 · civil
  18. Thompson v. Woodford Civil 06CV1758 JAH (NLS) · 2007-08-17 · criminal · writ denied
  19. United States v. Castillo-Basa 05-50768 · 2007-04-23 · criminal · reversed
  20. United States v. Olmos-Esparza 06-50276 · 2007-04-23 · criminal · affirmed
  21. United States v. Jimenez-Ortega 06-50007 · 2007-01-04 · criminal · remanded
  22. United States v. Bahamonde 04-50618 · 2006-04-24 · criminal · reversed
  23. Harper v. Poway Unified School Dist. 04-57037 · 2006-04-19 · civil · affirmed
  24. United States v. Chaudhry 04-50421 · 2005-09-14 · civil · affirmed