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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

By year: 2018 12 · 2011 10 · 2019 9 · 2010 9 · 2020 8 · 2017 8 · 2023 5 · 2016 5 · 2022 4 · 2021 4 · 2013 3 · 2009 3 · 2008 3 · 2007 3 · 2026 2 · 2025 2 · 2012 2 · 2006 2 · 2024 1 · 2015 1 · 2014 1 · 2005 1 ·

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. Folwell v. Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC 3:15-cv-01328-JAH-BGS · 2023-07-06 · civil
  2. Alzner v. Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC 3:16-cv-00333 · 2023-07-05 · civil
  3. Ashe v. Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC 3:16-cv-01848 · 2023-07-05 · civil
  4. ANDREWS v. PORTFOLIO RECOVERY ASSOCIATES,LLC 3:17-cv-01658 · 2023-07-05 · civil
  5. Rohde v. Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC. 3:16-cv-02279 · 2023-07-05 · civil
  6. Robinson v. Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC 3:15-cv-02218 · 2023-07-05 · civil
  7. Longa v. Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC 3:16-cv-02411 · 2023-07-05 · civil
  8. Streeter v. Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC 3:15-cv-02381 · 2023-07-05 · civil
  9. Laurore v. Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC 3:14-cv-02393 · 2023-07-05 · civil
  10. Wing v. Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC 3:17-cv-01283 · 2023-07-05 · civil
  11. Jacqueline Taylor v. Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC 3:15-cv-02618 · 2023-07-05 · civil
  12. Neese v. Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC 3:14-cv-00303 · 2023-07-05 · civil
  13. Domingo v. Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC 3:13-cv-01987 · 2023-07-05 · civil
  14. Bromberg v. Portfolio Recovery Associates, L.L.C. 3:16-cv-00866 · 2023-07-05 · civil
  15. Jenkins v. Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC 3:15-cv-02851 · 2023-07-05 · civil
  16. Miller v. Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC. 3:15-cv-00768 · 2023-07-05 · civil
  17. Nichols v. Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC 3:15-cv-02432 · 2023-07-05 · civil
  18. Shearer v. Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC 3:14-cv-01640 · 2023-07-05 · civil
  19. Gough v. Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC 3:16-cv-00052 · 2023-07-05 · civil
  20. Suggs v. Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC 3:15-cv-02404 · 2023-07-05 · civil
  21. Bauer v. Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC 3:15-cv-00231 · 2023-07-05 · civil
  22. McPherson v. Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC 3:15-cv-02292 · 2023-07-05 · civil
  23. Heuertz v. Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC 3:16-cv-02250 · 2023-07-05 · civil
  24. Phan v. Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC. 3:14-cv-00480 · 2023-07-05 · civil
  25. Bartlett v. PRA Group, Inc. 3:11-cv-03007 · 2023-07-05 · civil