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Marilyn L. Huff
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Marilyn L. Huff

District judge · Superior Court of Southern District of California County · 1993–2026

Judge, District Court, S.D. California 1991–

B--
99% — 280.5 of 282 orders sound, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 38% 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.

125cases reviewed on appeal
309opinions authored
332panels sat on (not as author)
24%reversed, in whole or part, of 107 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 81 reversed 14 reversed in part 7 vacated 5 dismissed 4 remanded 2

The Ninth Circuit's later rulings on their dockets

affirmed 6 reversed 1 dismissed 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 70 criminal 50 other 4 delinquency 1

By year: 1997 17 · 2018 11 · 2019 9 · 1998 9 · 2010 8 · 2011 7 · 2020 6 · 2017 6 · 2007 6 · 2024 5 · 2021 5 · 1999 5 · 2026 4 · 2025 3 · 2008 3 · 2022 2 · 2016 2 · 2012 2 · 2009 2 · 2005 2 · 1996 2 · 1993 2 · 2015 1 · 2014 1 · 2013 1 · 2006 1 · 2003 1 · 2002 1 · 2000 1 ·

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. United States v. Centeno 23-3282 · 2026-02-05 · criminal · affirmed
  2. United States v. Havins 23-896 · 2025-09-19 · criminal · affirmed
  3. United States v. Jimenez-Peralta 23-1290 · 2024-09-26 · criminal · affirmed
  4. United States v. Reyes Espinoza 22-50273 · 2024-07-10 · criminal · affirmed
  5. United States v. Ramiro Ponce-Galvan 22-50114 · 2024-03-29 · criminal · affirmed
  6. United States v. Roberto Marquez 21-50257 · 2022-07-21 · criminal · affirmed
  7. United States v. Ricardo Rizo-Rizo 20-50172 · 2021-10-29 · criminal · affirmed
  8. United States v. Jose Hernandez 16-56675 · 2020-09-02 · criminal · affirmed
  9. United States v. Martel Valencia-Cortez 19-50246 · 2020-08-13 · criminal · affirmed
  10. United States v. Joaquin Cipriano-Ortega 19-50090 · 2020-04-10 · criminal · affirmed
  11. United States v. Martel Valencia-Cortez 17-50330 · 2019-04-24 · criminal · reversed in part
  12. United States v. Beatriz Ramirez-Carrillo 17-50424 · 2019-01-08 · criminal · reversed
  13. United States v. Martel Valencia-Cortez 17-50330 · 2018-12-10 · criminal · reversed in part
  14. United States v. Francisco Banuelos-Haro 17-50116 · 2018-10-23 · criminal · affirmed
  15. Kenneth Shockman v. Tim Perez 16-55195 · 2017-11-22 · criminal · affirmed
  16. United States v. John Doe 15-50284 · 2017-05-18 · criminal · affirmed
  17. United States v. Ervin Maldonado-Gomez 16-50145 · 2017-04-24 · criminal · affirmed
  18. United States v. Arturo Diaz-Romero 15-50460 · 2017-01-18 · criminal · affirmed
  19. United States v. Blas Velazquez-Martinez 15-50378 · 2016-12-27 · criminal · vacated
  20. United States v. Jorge Aguilera-Rios 12-50597 · 2014-09-29 · criminal · reversed
  21. United States v. Lorenzo Garcia-Delgado 11-50286 · 2012-07-19 · criminal · dismissed
  22. Rodriguez v. JP Morgan Chase & Co. 3:11-cr-01188 · 2011-08-25 · criminal
  23. In Re Ferrero Litigation 3:11-cr-00205 · 2011-06-30 · criminal
  24. Peviani v. Natural Balance, Inc. 3:10-cr-02451 · 2011-02-24 · criminal
  25. United States v. David Llamas-Gonzales 10-50014 · 2011-02-16 · criminal · affirmed