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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. Maharaj v. Charter Communications, Inc. 3:20-cv-00064 · 2021-04-15 · civil
  2. Stenerson v. Saul 3:21-cv-00385 · 2021-04-12 · civil
  3. Schatz v. Flowers Baking Co. of Henderson, LLC 3:20-cv-00513 · 2021-03-17 · civil
  4. Caudle v. California Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation 3:20-cv-00098 · 2021-02-24 · civil
  5. Sabalboro v. Kijakazi 3:21-cv-00029 · 2021-02-22 · civil
  6. (PC) Riley v. Kernan 3:16-cv-00405 · 2021-02-19 · civil
  7. (PC) Riley v. Kernan 3:16-cv-00405 · 2021-02-11 · civil
  8. Vanderford v. Saul 3:21-cv-00003 · 2021-01-25 · civil
  9. Keenan v. Cox Communications 3:18-cv-00129 · 2021-01-21 · civil
  10. (PC) Riley v. Kernan 3:16-cv-00405 · 2021-01-15 · civil
  11. Domenico G Diaz v. Dean Borders 3:20-cv-00825 · 2021-01-05 · civil · other
  12. Helix Electric, Inc. v. QBE Specialty Insurance Company 3:20-cv-00295 · 2020-12-16 · civil
  13. Menke v. Jaguar Land Rover North America, LLC 3:20-cv-01126 · 2020-12-08 · civil
  14. Strike 3 Holdings, LLC v. Doe 3:20-cv-02117 · 2020-12-08 · civil
  15. Strike 3 Holdings, LLC v. John Doe 3:20-cv-02115 · 2020-12-01 · civil
  16. Pekrins v. Angulo 3:18-cv-00850 · 2020-11-23 · civil
  17. Olguin v. Saul 3:20-cv-00759 · 2020-11-17 · civil
  18. Rodriguez v. Kijakazi 3:20-cv-01771 · 2020-11-16 · civil
  19. Cavanaugh v. County of San Diego 3:18-cv-02557 · 2020-11-09 · civil
  20. Amend v. Kijakazi 3:20-cv-01566 · 2020-10-22 · civil
  21. EpicentRx, Inc. v. Carter 3:20-cv-01058 · 2020-10-20 · civil
  22. (PC) Riley v. Kernan 3:16-cv-00405 · 2020-10-20 · civil
  23. Hutchinson v. Saul 3:19-cv-02177 · 2020-10-19 · civil
  24. Snediker v. Saul 3:20-cv-01200 · 2020-10-13 · civil
  25. Cavanaugh v. County of San Diego 3:18-cv-02557 · 2020-10-05 · civil