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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. Acuna v. Pollard 3:21-cv-01910 · 2022-04-11 · civil
  2. Gross v. Vilore Foods Company, Inc. 3:20-cv-00894 · 2022-04-08 · civil
  3. Hale v. Villalpando 3:21-cv-01884 · 2022-04-04 · civil · other
  4. Lee v. Netgain Technology, LLC 3:21-cv-01144 · 2022-04-01 · civil
  5. Grimes v. A1-Auto Care 3:21-cv-02093 · 2022-03-30 · civil
  6. Oliver v. Mihelic 3:21-cv-01807 · 2022-03-30 · civil
  7. Kirvin v. Morffin 3:22-cv-00227 · 2022-03-30 · civil
  8. Mascorro v. The City of San Diego 3:21-cv-01427 · 2022-03-23 · civil
  9. Ruiz v. Scripps Health 3:22-cv-00233 · 2022-03-22 · civil
  10. Thistle v. The State of Colorado 3:21-cv-02076 · 2022-03-22 · civil
  11. Wilbor v. GG Homes, Inc. 3:21-cv-00226 · 2022-03-22 · civil
  12. Gallagher v. Philipps 3:20-cv-00993 · 2022-03-22 · civil
  13. Thistle v. The State of Arkansas 3:21-cv-02075 · 2022-03-22 · civil
  14. Thistle v. The State of Ohio 3:21-cv-02071 · 2022-03-22 · civil
  15. Thistle v. The State of New Hampshire 3:21-cv-02072 · 2022-03-22 · civil
  16. Thistle v. The State of Alabama 3:21-cv-02073 · 2022-03-22 · civil
  17. Leonard v. Tegna, Inc. 3:20-cv-01612 · 2022-03-22 · civil
  18. Delaware Life Insurance Company v. Covenant Living Communities and Services 3:21-cv-01313 · 2022-03-22 · civil
  19. (HC) Tapia v. Cisneros 3:22-cv-00283 · 2022-03-10 · civil · writ denied
  20. Harner v. USAA General Indemnity Company 3:18-cv-01993 · 2022-03-10 · civil
  21. Navarrette v. Department of Homeland Security 3:22-cv-00006 · 2022-03-10 · civil
  22. Roberts v. Allison 3:22-cv-00251 · 2022-03-10 · civil · other
  23. Petconnect Rescue, Inc. v. Salinas 3:20-cv-00527 · 2022-03-09 · civil
  24. Mascorro v. The City of San Diego 3:21-cv-01725 · 2022-03-08 · civil
  25. Mascorro v. The County of San Diego 3:21-cv-02012 · 2022-03-08 · civil