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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. Agro Dynamics, LLC v. Drug Enforcement Administration 3:20-cv-02082 · 2025-03-27 · civil
  2. Ramsey v. Thompson 3:23-cv-01920 · 2025-03-25 · civil
  3. Mazgaj v. Charles 3:24-cv-00777 · 2025-03-25 · civil
  4. City of San Diego v. Manchester Pacific Gateway, LLC 3:24-cv-01007 · 2025-03-24 · civil
  5. Ramsey v. Thompson 3:23-cv-01920 · 2025-03-20 · civil
  6. Mazgaj v. Anthony 3:24-cv-00776 · 2025-02-27 · civil
  7. Grayton v. O'Malley 3:24-cv-02427 · 2025-02-25 · civil
  8. Mazgaj v. Charles 3:24-cv-00777 · 2025-02-25 · civil
  9. Rutherford v. Steadman 3:24-cv-01627 · 2025-02-24 · civil
  10. Bonilla v. Meza 3:24-cv-02504 · 2025-01-27 · civil
  11. In Re Complaint and Petition of Brian Mackey 3:23-cv-00337 · 2024-12-20 · civil
  12. Cuella Gomez v. JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. 3:22-cv-01773 · 2024-12-18 · civil
  13. Mu Tech, Inc. v. Kok Yin 3:24-cv-01976 · 2024-12-13 · civil
  14. Marin v. Rajaram 3:24-cv-01651 · 2024-12-10 · civil
  15. Edwards v. City of San Diego 3:24-cv-01118 · 2024-12-06 · civil
  16. Hardy v. Silva 3:24-cv-00899 · 2024-11-13 · civil
  17. Lewis v. CoreCivic of Tennessee, LLC 3:21-cv-01385 · 2024-11-08 · civil
  18. ISA Plus, LLC v. Prehired, LLC 3:22-cv-01211 · 2024-10-03 · civil
  19. ISA Plus, LLC v. Prehired, LLC 3:22-cv-01211 · 2024-09-30 · civil
  20. Jasso v. Flores 3:24-cv-00615 · 2024-09-24 · civil
  21. Felts v. United States 3:21-cv-00025 · 2024-09-19 · civil
  22. Stark v. GG Homes, Inc. 3:24-cv-01305 · 2024-09-17 · civil
  23. Jones v. CDCR Work Change Officer 3:24-cv-01599 · 2024-09-13 · civil
  24. Christopher v. Knight Brook Insurance 3:23-cv-01608 · 2024-08-29 · civil
  25. Medina v. Barclays Bank Delaware 3:23-cv-02209 · 2024-08-29 · civil