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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. Agro Dynamics, LLC v. Drug Enforcement Administration 3:20-cv-02082 · 2023-09-19 · civil
  2. Hairston v. Bezo 3:23-cv-01501 · 2023-09-15 · civil
  3. Viasat Inc. v. Lloyd's 3:22-cv-01169 · 2023-09-14 · civil
  4. The Irvine Company LLC v. Carre 3:23-cv-01500 · 2023-09-13 · civil
  5. Lamar v. Legoland California, LLC. 3:20-cv-01049 · 2023-09-06 · civil
  6. Proulx v. Berryhill 3:18-cv-01755 · 2023-09-05 · civil
  7. Ross v. Kernan 3:17-cv-00953 · 2023-08-16 · civil · writ denied
  8. Hernandez-Garcia v. Dana 3:21-cv-01673 · 2023-08-07 · civil
  9. Cunningham v. Ramos 3:23-cv-00351 · 2023-08-07 · civil
  10. G & G Closed Circuit Events, LLC v. Hernandez 3:22-cv-00398 · 2023-08-07 · civil
  11. Clay v. San Diego Police Department 3:23-cv-00360 · 2023-08-02 · civil
  12. Green v. Thiessen 3:17-cv-01156 · 2023-07-31 · civil
  13. Malkoff v. Sequenom, Inc. 3:16-cv-02054 · 2023-07-27 · civil
  14. Tony Lomeli v. Brian Birkholz 3:23-cv-00448 · 2023-07-26 · civil
  15. In Re Complaint and Petition of Brian Mackey 3:23-cv-00337 · 2023-07-11 · civil
  16. Cunningham v. Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC 3:15-cv-00926 · 2023-07-06 · civil
  17. Gecey v. Portfolio Recovery Associates, L.L.C. 3:16-cv-02455-JAH-BGS · 2023-07-06 · civil
  18. Folwell v. Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC 3:15-cv-01328-JAH-BGS · 2023-07-06 · civil
  19. Alzner v. Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC 3:16-cv-00333 · 2023-07-05 · civil
  20. Ashe v. Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC 3:16-cv-01848 · 2023-07-05 · civil
  21. ANDREWS v. PORTFOLIO RECOVERY ASSOCIATES,LLC 3:17-cv-01658 · 2023-07-05 · civil
  22. Rohde v. Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC. 3:16-cv-02279 · 2023-07-05 · civil
  23. Robinson v. Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC 3:15-cv-02218 · 2023-07-05 · civil
  24. Longa v. Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC 3:16-cv-02411 · 2023-07-05 · civil
  25. Streeter v. Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC 3:15-cv-02381 · 2023-07-05 · civil