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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 reviewed on appeal (every role)

  1. Alden Moore v. C. Hammond 15-56027 · 2017-04-21 · civil · affirmed
  2. United States v. David Barrera-Valdivia 16-50070 · 2017-04-20 · criminal · affirmed
  3. Enrique Lozano v. Julio Cabrera 15-55535 · 2017-02-07 · civil · reversed in part
  4. Enrique Lozano v. Julio Cabrera 15-55535, 16-55522 · 2017-02-07 · civil · reversed in part
  5. Arnold Adkins v. Carolyn Colvin 14-55715 · 2017-01-04 · civil · affirmed
  6. Pamela Chyba v. Washington Mutual 14-56082 · 2016-11-23 · civil · affirmed
  7. United States v. Omar Centeno-Sepulveda 15-50135 · 2016-11-01 · criminal · vacated
  8. United States v. Israel Ornelas 14-50533 · 2016-07-14 · criminal
  9. United States v. Israel Ornelas 14-50533 · 2016-05-04 · criminal
  10. United States v. Israel Ornelas 14-50533 · 2016-05-04 · criminal
  11. United States v. Jesus Valdez-Novoa 12-50336 · 2015-02-27 · criminal
  12. Lee Quillar v. Herbert Exarhos 13-55141 · 2014-07-07 · civil · affirmed
  13. United States v. David Alcon-Mateo 12-50292 · 2013-12-05 · civil · affirmed
  14. United States v. Daniel Plancarte 12-50011 · 2013-03-22 · criminal · affirmed
  15. United States v. Mario Zapata 12-50148 · 2013-02-06 · civil · affirmed
  16. United States v. Rodolfo Duarte 10-50303 · 2012-09-13 · criminal · affirmed
  17. United States v. Gualberto Bahena-Carreno 11-50160 · 2012-01-27 · criminal · affirmed
  18. Steven Capitani v. Jo Anne Barnhart 09-57015 · 2011-06-17 · civil · affirmed
  19. United States v. Jesus Rodriguez-Moreno 10-50397 · 2011-06-03 · criminal · affirmed
  20. United States v. Roberto Gomez 10-50222 · 2011-04-11 · criminal · affirmed
  21. United States v. Victor Castillo 08-50452 · 2011-04-11 · criminal · affirmed
  22. United States v. James Folsom 10-50119 · 2011-02-11 · civil · affirmed
  23. United States v. Felipe Zamora-Villela 09-50595 · 2011-01-21 · criminal · affirmed
  24. United States v. Jose Cardenas 09-50472 · 2011-01-13 · criminal
  25. United States v. Alejandro Sanchez 10-50217 · 2011-01-05 · criminal · affirmed