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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. Hooper v. County of San Diego 3:07-cv-01647 · 2024-03-27 · civil
  2. Owens v. Toro 3:18-cv-01579 · 2024-03-26 · civil
  3. Nguyen v. Colvin 3:16-cv-01535 · 2024-03-25 · civil
  4. Augustine v. Berryhill 3:17-cv-00238 · 2024-03-25 · civil
  5. Bibbs v. Lewis 3:24-cv-00514 · 2024-03-25 · civil
  6. Gonzalez Becerra v. ICE Officer 3:24-cv-00070 · 2024-03-11 · civil
  7. Kaiser v. Doe 3:24-cv-00410 · 2024-03-11 · civil
  8. Pickar v. Agiobenebo 3:24-cv-00364 · 2024-02-27 · civil
  9. Cunningham v. Ramos 3:23-cv-00351 · 2024-02-27 · civil
  10. Bonilla v. Judge Andrew G. Schopler 3:24-cv-00205 · 2024-02-26 · civil
  11. Raul Arellano v. Harmony Melton 22-55072 · 2024-02-08 · civil · affirmed
  12. Claudio v. PIA Industries Inc. 3:23-cv-01965 · 2024-01-30 · civil
  13. James v. Boucher 3:22-cv-01658 · 2024-01-22 · civil
  14. Lugo v. United States 3:21-cv-01211 · 2024-01-18 · civil
  15. Hernandez v. Auto Zone, Inc. 3:18-cv-01324-JAH-MSB · 2024-01-08 · civil
  16. Jackson v. Covello et.al. 3:19-cv-02444-JAH-MMP · 2024-01-08 · civil
  17. Lilhyper, Inc. v. United Lift Equipment, LLC 3:19-cv-01304-JAH-JLB · 2024-01-03 · civil
  18. Ramsey v. Thompson 3:23-cv-01920 · 2023-12-12 · civil
  19. American Registry of Radiologic Technologists v. Moultry 3:16-cv-01322-JAH-KSC · 2023-12-08 · civil
  20. Rodriguez v. Residence Inn By Marriott, LLC 3:23-cv-01504 · 2023-11-28 · civil
  21. United States v. Padilla 23-425 · 2023-11-22 · criminal · affirmed
  22. United States v. Fidel Villarreal 22-50067 · 2023-11-21 · criminal · affirmed
  23. Cunningham v. Ramos 3:23-cv-00351 · 2023-10-27 · civil
  24. Unit 24 CIC, LP v. Mavungu 3:23-cv-01927 · 2023-10-24 · civil
  25. Richard Caruso v. Encore Capitol Group 3:23-cv-00573 · 2023-10-24 · civil