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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

  1. Tan v. Quick Box, LLC 3:20-cv-01082 · 2023-12-28 · civil
  2. "Lily" v. Little 3:23-cv-02283 · 2023-12-28 · civil
  3. Shallowhorn v. Carrillo 3:23-cv-02098 · 2023-12-18 · civil
  4. Akbar v. Blinken 3:23-cv-01054 · 2023-12-18 · civil
  5. Navarrette v. Department of Homeland Security 3:22-cv-00006 · 2023-12-05 · civil
  6. Tibrio, LLC v. Flex Marketing, LLC 3:23-cv-01167 · 2023-12-01 · civil
  7. Baron v. Staff Benefits Management Inc. 3:22-cv-00691 · 2023-11-28 · civil
  8. Parker v. Pollard 3:23-cv-01903 · 2023-11-21 · civil
  9. Eric Bidwell v. County of San Diego 22-55680 · 2023-11-08 · civil · affirmed
  10. Sihler v. The Fulfillment Lab, Inc 3:20-cv-01528 · 2023-11-07 · civil
  11. Merhi v. Lowes Home Center, LLC 3:22-cv-00545 · 2023-10-25 · civil
  12. Grimes v. S&R Towing 3:22-cv-01033 · 2023-10-18 · civil
  13. Merhi v. Lowes Home Center, LLC 3:22-cv-00545 · 2023-10-13 · civil
  14. Merhi v. Lowes Home Center, LLC 3:22-cv-00545 · 2023-09-28 · civil
  15. Catalyst Lifestyle Limited v. Elago Co., Ltd 3:22-cv-00536 · 2023-09-21 · civil
  16. Davis v. Winnick 3:23-cv-01258 · 2023-09-19 · civil
  17. Castillo v. Bureau of Prisons 3:23-cv-00867 · 2023-09-08 · civil
  18. Hammett v. Sherman 3:19-cv-00605 · 2023-08-17 · civil
  19. Cairns v. Quinn 3:22-cv-01979 · 2023-08-17 · civil
  20. Harris v. City of San Diego, San Diego Police Department 3:23-cv-00739 · 2023-08-14 · civil
  21. Buckelew v. Gore 3:21-cv-00810 · 2023-08-08 · civil
  22. Cartwright v. San Diego Sheriff's Department 3:22-cv-01002 · 2023-07-24 · civil · other
  23. United States v. LeBeau 3:17-cv-01046 · 2023-07-18 · civil
  24. Pacific Vibrations, LLC v. Slow Gold Limited 3:22-cv-01118 · 2023-07-06 · civil
  25. Hi, Inc. v. Zeetogroup, LLC 3:22-cv-01440 · 2023-06-20 · civil