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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. Enright v. Centene Management Company, LLC 3:25-cv-00796 · 2025-06-27 · civil
  2. Smith v. Adams County Combined Court 3:24-cv-01603 · 2025-06-12 · civil
  3. Torres v. Covello 3:25-cv-01048 · 2025-06-06 · civil
  4. Howard v. FCA US, LLC. 3:24-cv-02099 · 2025-06-06 · civil
  5. Foster v. Board of Trustees of the California State University 3:24-cv-01917 · 2025-05-06 · civil
  6. Ballester v. Hallahan 3:25-cv-00568 · 2025-05-05 · civil · other
  7. Cathy v. Palma 3:22-cv-01565 · 2025-04-21 · civil
  8. Brooke v. Sesode LLC 3:25-cv-00676 · 2025-04-14 · civil
  9. Muro v. Gipson 3:22-cv-00550 · 2025-04-11 · civil · other
  10. Alamada Nagy v. Retail Capital LLC 3:23-cv-00537 · 2025-04-08 · civil
  11. In re Luxury Jet Ski Rentals LLC 3:22-cv-02009 · 2025-04-08 · civil
  12. Brooks v. Greystar Real Estate Partners, LLC 3:23-cv-01729 · 2025-03-31 · civil
  13. Pontier v. GEICO Insurance 3:21-cv-00199 · 2025-03-27 · civil
  14. Pontier v. GEICO Insurance 3:21-cv-00199 · 2025-03-27 · civil
  15. Pontier v. GEICO Insurance 3:21-cv-00199 · 2025-03-27 · civil
  16. Dang v. Pontier 3:19-cv-01519 · 2025-03-27 · civil
  17. Lopez v. City of San Diego 3:24-cv-01577 · 2025-03-21 · civil
  18. Merhi v. Lowes Home Center, LLC 3:22-cv-00545 · 2025-03-21 · civil
  19. Malek v. Valentia Apartments, LLC 3:24-cv-02076 · 2025-03-12 · civil
  20. Perez v. Trax Retail, Inc. 3:24-cv-00333 · 2025-03-11 · civil
  21. Howard v. FCA US, LLC. 3:24-cv-02099 · 2025-03-03 · civil
  22. Toscano v. Ramos 3:25-cv-00186 · 2025-02-24 · civil
  23. Christopher v. Commissioner of Social Security 3:24-cv-02473 · 2025-02-12 · civil
  24. Garland v. The Kroger Co. 3:24-cv-00240 · 2025-02-12 · civil
  25. Sims v. San Diego County Jail Medical 3:24-cv-01489 · 2025-01-31 · civil