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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 reviewed on appeal (every role)

  1. Relator, LLC v. Erskine 25-2073 · 2026-07-15 · civil
  2. Robert Parker v. Vince Dequito 23-55771 · 2026-05-29 · civil · affirmed
  3. Hammett v. Stern 24-5961 · 2026-05-27 · civil · affirmed
  4. United States v. Claros 24-7288 · 2026-03-13 · civil · affirmed
  5. Baron v. Staff Benefits Management, Inc. 24-4233 · 2025-12-22 · civil · reversed
  6. United States v. Mateo-Reyes 24-5725 · 2025-12-12 · civil · affirmed
  7. Monster Energy Company v. Jiangsu Sitouguai Industry Co., Ltd. 24-6521 · 2025-10-15 · civil · reversed
  8. United States v. Viana-Hernandez 24-3084 · 2025-09-18 · criminal · reversed
  9. Younes Yassein v. Scott Henderson 23-55285 · 2025-02-24 · civil · affirmed
  10. Firearms Policy Coalition, Inc. v. City of San Diego 24-472 · 2024-10-10 · civil · affirmed
  11. Jerome Grimes v. Sr Towing 23-55251 · 2024-09-24 · civil · affirmed
  12. Youngevity International, Inc. v. Innov8tive Nutrition, Inc. 23-55350 · 2024-02-28 · civil · reversed
  13. Eric Bidwell v. County of San Diego 22-55680 · 2023-11-08 · civil · affirmed
  14. Thomas Oliver v. Kristin Mihelic 22-55229 · 2023-05-23 · civil · affirmed