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Linda Lopez

District judge · Superior Court of Southern District of California County · 2019–2026

, District Court, S.D. California 2018–

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99% — 466.5 of 472 orders sound, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 60% 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.

14cases reviewed on appeal
513opinions authored
513panels sat on (not as author)
31%reversed, in whole or part, of 13 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 9 reversed 4

The Ninth Circuit's later rulings on their dockets

affirmed 12 vacated 3 reversed 3 reversed in part 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

civil 13 criminal 1

By year: 2025 5 · 2026 4 · 2024 3 · 2023 2 ·

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. Molchanoff v. Solv Energy, LLC 3:23-cv-00653 · 2024-03-01 · civil
  2. Nieber v. Robertson 3:22-cv-01223 · 2024-02-21 · civil · other
  3. Baird v. Leidos, Inc. 3:22-cv-00060 · 2024-02-13 · civil
  4. Jean-Baptiste v. California Coast Credit Union 3:23-cv-00533 · 2024-02-06 · civil
  5. Pontier v. GEICO Insurance 3:21-cv-00199 · 2024-02-02 · civil
  6. United States v. LeBeau 3:17-cv-01046 · 2024-01-30 · civil
  7. Danielsen v. Soliz 3:23-cv-01936 · 2024-01-23 · civil
  8. (PS) McCoy v. San Diego County HHS 3:24-cv-00080 · 2024-01-18 · civil
  9. Protective Life Insurance Company v. Kallel 3:22-cv-01554 · 2024-01-18 · civil
  10. Tan v. Quick Box, LLC 3:20-cv-01082 · 2024-01-12 · civil
  11. Firearms Policy Coalition, Inc. v. City of San Diego 3:23-cv-00400 · 2024-01-09 · civil
  12. Bush v. Matteson 3:23-cv-00490 · 2024-01-02 · civil · other
  13. Tan v. Quick Box, LLC 3:20-cv-01082 · 2024-01-02 · civil
  14. Tan v. Quick Box, LLC 3:20-cv-01082 · 2023-12-28 · civil
  15. "Lily" v. Little 3:23-cv-02283 · 2023-12-28 · civil
  16. Shallowhorn v. Carrillo 3:23-cv-02098 · 2023-12-18 · civil
  17. Akbar v. Blinken 3:23-cv-01054 · 2023-12-18 · civil
  18. Navarrette v. Department of Homeland Security 3:22-cv-00006 · 2023-12-05 · civil
  19. Tibrio, LLC v. Flex Marketing, LLC 3:23-cv-01167 · 2023-12-01 · civil
  20. Baron v. Staff Benefits Management Inc. 3:22-cv-00691 · 2023-11-28 · civil
  21. Parker v. Pollard 3:23-cv-01903 · 2023-11-21 · civil
  22. Sihler v. The Fulfillment Lab, Inc 3:20-cv-01528 · 2023-11-07 · civil
  23. Merhi v. Lowes Home Center, LLC 3:22-cv-00545 · 2023-10-25 · civil
  24. Grimes v. S&R Towing 3:22-cv-01033 · 2023-10-18 · civil
  25. Merhi v. Lowes Home Center, LLC 3:22-cv-00545 · 2023-10-13 · civil