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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. Merhi v. Lowes Home Center, LLC 3:22-cv-00545 · 2025-03-21 · civil
  2. Malek v. Valentia Apartments, LLC 3:24-cv-02076 · 2025-03-12 · civil
  3. Perez v. Trax Retail, Inc. 3:24-cv-00333 · 2025-03-11 · civil
  4. Howard v. FCA US, LLC. 3:24-cv-02099 · 2025-03-03 · civil
  5. Toscano v. Ramos 3:25-cv-00186 · 2025-02-24 · civil
  6. Younes Yassein v. Scott Henderson 23-55285 · 2025-02-24 · civil · affirmed
  7. Christopher v. Commissioner of Social Security 3:24-cv-02473 · 2025-02-12 · civil
  8. Garland v. The Kroger Co. 3:24-cv-00240 · 2025-02-12 · civil
  9. Sims v. San Diego County Jail Medical 3:24-cv-01489 · 2025-01-31 · civil
  10. Custom Foods of America, Inc. v. California Garlic Company, Inc. 3:24-cv-00575 · 2025-01-29 · civil
  11. Cactil, LLC v. United States 3:24-cv-01270 · 2025-01-15 · civil
  12. Griffin v. Superior Court of the State of California, County of San Diego 3:23-cv-01205 · 2025-01-03 · civil · other
  13. Hernandez v. O'Malley 3:24-cv-00121 · 2024-12-30 · civil
  14. The People of the State of California v. Ballester 3:24-cv-02113 · 2024-12-11 · civil
  15. Palomo v. Kosch 3:24-cv-01344 · 2024-12-04 · civil
  16. Barnes v. Barnes 3:24-cv-00718 · 2024-12-04 · civil
  17. Strike 3 Holdings, LLC v. Doe 3:24-cv-02062 · 2024-11-20 · civil
  18. Watt v. Block, Inc. 3:24-cv-00867 · 2024-11-20 · civil
  19. Turley v. Laqunas 3:23-cv-00231 · 2024-11-20 · civil
  20. Ramos v. Citibank, N.A. 3:22-cv-02077 · 2024-11-20 · civil
  21. Strike 3 Holdings, LLC v. Doe 3:24-cv-02065 · 2024-11-19 · civil
  22. Slick Slide LLC v. Sports Inovation Corp. 3:23-cv-02319 · 2024-11-19 · civil
  23. Turley v. Laqunas 3:23-cv-00231 · 2024-10-15 · civil
  24. Barrios-Cota v. LaRose 3:23-cv-02185 · 2024-10-11 · civil · other
  25. Firearms Policy Coalition, Inc. v. City of San Diego 24-472 · 2024-10-10 · civil · affirmed