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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 authored (every role)

  1. Martinez v. Booking Holdings, Inc. 3:20-cv-01289 · 2024-08-14 · civil
  2. Arguello v. John Doe 3:24-cv-01024 · 2024-07-02 · civil
  3. Rojas Martinez v. Clake LLC 3:24-cv-00685 · 2024-07-02 · civil
  4. Alexander v. Chime 3:24-cv-00979 · 2024-06-21 · civil
  5. Scaggs v. United States 3:24-cv-00528 · 2024-06-20 · civil
  6. Alexander v. Bank of America 3:24-cv-00950 · 2024-06-20 · civil
  7. Quechan Indian Tribe v. USA 3:02-cv-01096 · 2024-06-13 · civil
  8. Vaughn v. Parker 3:18-cv-02098 · 2024-06-06 · civil
  9. Claudio v. PIA Industries Inc. 3:23-cv-01965 · 2024-06-03 · civil
  10. (PC) Franks v. Roberts 3:23-cv-02130 · 2024-06-03 · civil
  11. (PC) Jones v. Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility 3:24-cv-00928 · 2024-05-31 · civil
  12. Hardy v. Silva 3:24-cv-00899 · 2024-05-23 · civil
  13. Bonilla v. The People of the State of California 3:24-cv-00858 · 2024-05-21 · civil
  14. Moore v. Pacific View Apartments Carlsbad LLC 3:23-cv-00826 · 2024-04-24 · civil
  15. Laucella v. Lowe's Home Centers, LLC 3:24-cv-00068 · 2024-04-22 · civil
  16. Jasso v. Flores 3:24-cv-00615 · 2024-04-10 · civil
  17. Buttles v. 1 Allied Security 3:24-cv-00603 · 2024-04-04 · civil
  18. ISA Plus, LLC v. Prehired, LLC 3:22-cv-01211 · 2024-04-04 · civil
  19. Walther-Meade v. Leidos, Inc. 3:22-cv-01777 · 2024-04-02 · civil
  20. Lua v. McNett 3:23-cv-00032 · 2024-03-29 · civil
  21. Lema v. The Board of Trustees of the California State University System 3:21-cv-02131 · 2024-03-28 · civil
  22. Hooper v. County of San Diego 3:07-cv-01647 · 2024-03-27 · civil
  23. Owens v. Toro 3:18-cv-01579 · 2024-03-26 · civil
  24. Nguyen v. Colvin 3:16-cv-01535 · 2024-03-25 · civil
  25. Augustine v. Berryhill 3:17-cv-00238 · 2024-03-25 · civil