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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. Mendoza v. First Unum Life Insurance Company 25-3080 · 2026-08-10 · civil · affirmed
  2. United States v. Centeno 23-3282 · 2026-02-05 · criminal · affirmed
  3. United States v. Havins 23-896 · 2025-09-19 · criminal · affirmed
  4. Aram Logistics v. United States Liability Insurance Company 24-1046 · 2025-02-12 · civil · affirmed
  5. United States v. Jimenez-Peralta 23-1290 · 2024-09-26 · criminal · affirmed
  6. United States v. Reyes Espinoza 22-50273 · 2024-07-10 · criminal · affirmed
  7. Thomas Ward v. Commscope, Inc. 23-55608 · 2024-06-11 · civil · affirmed
  8. United States v. Ramiro Ponce-Galvan 22-50114 · 2024-03-29 · criminal · affirmed
  9. Anthony Johnson v. Manuel Altamirano 21-55614 · 2022-08-26 · civil · affirmed
  10. United States v. Roberto Marquez 21-50257 · 2022-07-21 · criminal · affirmed
  11. United States v. Ricardo Rizo-Rizo 20-50172 · 2021-10-29 · criminal · affirmed
  12. United States v. Efrain Cervantes-Ramirez 20-50176 · 2021-10-29 · civil · affirmed
  13. Ensource Investments LLC v. Mark Willis 20-55322 · 2021-06-23 · civil · affirmed
  14. United States v. Cindy Escobedo 19-50135 · 2021-03-23 · civil · affirmed
  15. United States v. Jose Hernandez 16-56675 · 2020-09-02 · criminal · affirmed
  16. United States v. Martel Valencia-Cortez 19-50246 · 2020-08-13 · criminal · affirmed
  17. Glenn Rosado v. County of San Diego 19-55341 · 2020-06-09 · civil · affirmed
  18. United States v. Joaquin Cipriano-Ortega 19-50090 · 2020-04-10 · criminal · affirmed
  19. Anthony Johnson v. Storix, Inc. 18-56106 · 2020-02-05 · civil · affirmed
  20. A.A. v. United States 17-55758 · 2019-09-27 · civil · affirmed
  21. Ricky Paugh v. Anthony Flores 17-55262 · 2019-06-12 · civil · affirmed
  22. United States v. Jose Camargo-Alejo 17-50352 · 2018-12-21 · civil · affirmed
  23. United States v. Asim Daniels 16-56707 · 2018-12-05 · civil · affirmed
  24. United States v. Robert Alm 16-56631 · 2018-12-05 · civil · affirmed
  25. United States v. Francisco Banuelos-Haro 17-50116 · 2018-10-23 · criminal · affirmed