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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. United States v. Roberto Oliver-Guzman 09-50669 · 2011-01-05 · criminal · vacated
  2. United States v. Contreras-Hernandez 09-50009 · 2011-01-03 · criminal · affirmed
  3. United States v. Juan Rodriguez 09-50495 · 2010-12-15 · criminal · affirmed
  4. United States v. Martin Hernandez 09-50627 · 2010-11-19 · criminal · affirmed
  5. United States v. Rodrigo Guevara-Osuna 09-50592 · 2010-11-19 · civil · affirmed
  6. United States v. Martin Martinez-Alavarez 09-50554 · 2010-10-27 · criminal · affirmed
  7. United States v. Luis Hernandez-Rios 09-50573 · 2010-10-05 · criminal · affirmed
  8. United States v. Ernesto Lopez-Figueroa 09-50560 · 2010-10-05 · criminal · affirmed
  9. United States v. Pedro Perez-Godinez 09-50423 · 2010-07-19 · criminal · affirmed
  10. United States v. Juvenile 07-50107 · 2010-02-08 · delinquency
  11. United States v. Juvenile 07-50107 · 2010-01-26 · delinquency
  12. One Industries, LLC v. Jim O'Neal Distribut 08-55316 · 2009-08-24 · civil · affirmed
  13. United States v. Medina-Villa 07-50396 · 2009-06-23 · criminal · affirmed
  14. United States v. Medina-Villa 07-50396 · 2009-05-28 · criminal · affirmed
  15. United States v. Chapman 07-50000 · 2008-06-23 · criminal · reversed
  16. United States v. Juvenile 07-50107 · 2008-06-11 · delinquency
  17. United States v. Alghazouli 06-50422 · 2008-03-03 · criminal · affirmed
  18. United States v. Castillo-Basa 05-50768 · 2007-04-23 · criminal · reversed
  19. United States v. Olmos-Esparza 06-50276 · 2007-04-23 · criminal · affirmed
  20. United States v. Jimenez-Ortega 06-50007 · 2007-01-04 · criminal · remanded
  21. United States v. Bahamonde 04-50618 · 2006-04-24 · criminal · reversed
  22. Harper v. Poway Unified School Dist. 04-57037 · 2006-04-19 · civil · affirmed
  23. United States v. Chaudhry 04-50421 · 2005-09-14 · civil · affirmed