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Roger T. Benitez
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Roger T. Benitez

District judge · Superior Court of Southern District of California County · 2007–2026

Judge, District Court, S.D. California 2004–

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99% — 364.0 of 368 orders sound, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 58% 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.

192cases reviewed on appeal
408opinions authored
422panels sat on (not as author)
27%reversed, in whole or part, of 167 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 122 vacated 20 reversed 20 remanded 7 reversed in part 5 dismissed 4

The Ninth Circuit's later rulings on their dockets

affirmed 14 reversed 4 reversed in part 2

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

criminal 126 civil 64 probate 1 other 1

By year: 2018 31 · 2017 24 · 2016 19 · 2020 16 · 2021 15 · 2019 12 · 2011 10 · 2024 8 · 2022 8 · 2009 7 · 2007 7 · 2025 5 · 2010 5 · 2008 5 · 2023 4 · 2015 4 · 2013 4 · 2012 4 · 2026 2 · 2014 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. Harrison v. Willoughby 25-3470 · 2026-08-31 · civil · affirmed
  2. Reintegrative Therapy Association, Inc. v. David Kinitz 22-56009 · 2026-06-03 · civil · reversed
  3. 3:24-cv-02435 · 2026-03-27 · civil
  4. 3:25-cv-01128 · 2026-03-11 · civil
  5. 3:25-cv-00249 · 2026-02-05 · civil
  6. 3:25-cv-02244 · 2026-01-14 · civil
  7. 3:25-cv-02404 · 2026-01-06 · civil
  8. 3:24-cv-01769 · 2025-11-06 · civil
  9. 3:25-cv-00642 · 2025-11-04 · civil
  10. 3:25-cv-00864 · 2025-11-03 · civil
  11. 3:25-cv-01225 · 2025-10-31 · civil
  12. 3:23-cv-01883 · 2025-10-30 · civil
  13. 3:23-cv-00768 · 2025-10-24 · civil
  14. 3:23-cv-00768 · 2025-10-23 · civil
  15. 3:23-cv-00768 · 2025-10-15 · civil
  16. Moran v. Bondi 3:25-cv-02657 · 2025-10-08 · civil · dismissed
  17. Horn v. Delatori 3:25-cv-02404 · 2025-10-02 · civil
  18. Kinsey v. Pasha 3:25-cv-01225 · 2025-09-23 · civil
  19. Taylor v. Greyhound Bus Lines 3:25-cv-02314 · 2025-09-15 · civil
  20. Nayeh v. Las Colinas Detention Facility 3:25-cv-01874 · 2025-09-05 · civil
  21. Hannonen v. McCloskey 3:24-cv-02408 · 2025-09-02 · civil
  22. Benson v. Powazek 3:24-cv-02436 · 2025-08-28 · civil
  23. Benson v. Stackhouse 3:24-cv-02428 · 2025-08-28 · civil
  24. Benson v. Torres 3:24-cv-02424 · 2025-08-28 · civil
  25. McNeely Jr. v. Commissioner of Social Security 3:24-cv-01435 · 2025-08-27 · civil