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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. Jenkins v. Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC 3:15-cv-02291 · 2023-07-05 · civil
  2. McCormick v. Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC 3:12-cv-01389 · 2023-07-05 · civil
  3. Lawrence v. Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC 3:15-cv-02217 · 2023-07-05 · civil
  4. Robert v. Portfolio Recovery Associates, L.L.C. 3:14-cv-00001 · 2023-07-05 · civil
  5. Jenkins v. Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC 3:15-cv-02290 · 2023-07-05 · civil
  6. Renfrow v. Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC 3:13-cv-02416 · 2023-07-05 · civil
  7. Stevenson v. Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC 3:16-cv-00772 · 2023-07-05 · civil
  8. Hoover v. Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC 3:17-cv-00715 · 2023-07-05 · civil
  9. Harvey v. Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC 3:11-cv-03006 · 2023-07-05 · civil
  10. Greengrass v. Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC 3:14-cv-00775 · 2023-07-05 · civil
  11. Chrisman v. Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC 3:16-cv-02489 · 2023-07-05 · civil
  12. Delalue v. Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC 3:16-cv-00205 · 2023-07-05 · civil
  13. Harrington v. Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC 3:16-cv-02109 · 2023-07-05 · civil
  14. Allen v. PRA Group, Inc. 3:10-cv-02658 · 2023-07-05 · civil
  15. Piller v. Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC 3:16-cv-02007 · 2023-07-05 · civil
  16. Peacock v. Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC 3:17-cv-01824 · 2023-07-05 · civil
  17. Michelle Truong v. Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC 3:16-cv-02281 · 2023-07-05 · civil
  18. Terrell v. Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC 3:16-cv-02553 · 2023-07-05 · civil
  19. Branca v. Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC 3:16-cv-02418 · 2023-07-05 · civil
  20. Whitler v. Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC 3:16-cv-02532 · 2023-07-05 · civil
  21. Heusohn v. Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC 3:16-cv-02124 · 2023-07-05 · civil
  22. Skarbakka v. Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC 3:13-cv-00791 · 2023-07-05 · civil
  23. Wilson v. Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC. 3:16-cv-02639 · 2023-07-05 · civil
  24. Patterson v. Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC 3:16-cv-01057 · 2023-07-05 · civil
  25. Meyer v. Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC 3:11-cv-01008 · 2023-07-05 · civil