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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. Reintegrative Therapy Association, Inc. v. David Kinitz 22-56009 · 2026-06-03 · civil · reversed
  2. Scheibe v. Prosupps USA, LLC 23-3300 · 2025-06-23 · civil · reversed
  3. Virginia Duncan v. Rob Bonta 23-55805 · 2025-03-20 · civil · reversed
  4. D.O. v. Escondido Union School Dist. 21-55498 · 2023-01-31 · civil · reversed
  5. Virginia Duncan v. Rob Bonta 19-55376 · 2021-11-30 · criminal · reversed
  6. Virginia Duncan v. Rob Bonta 19-55376 · 2021-11-30 · criminal · reversed
  7. Cta v. Rob Bonta 20-55106 · 2021-04-28 · civil · reversed
  8. Ana Sandoval v. County of San Diego 18-55289 · 2021-01-13 · civil · reversed
  9. Vincent Manikan v. Peters & Freedman, LLP 19-55393 · 2020-11-25 · civil · reversed
  10. San Diego Unified Port Dist. v. Landmark Ins. Co. 19-55409 · 2020-06-15 · civil · reversed
  11. United States v. Francisco Ochoa-Oregel 16-50413 · 2018-09-14 · criminal · reversed
  12. United States v. Francisco Ochoa-Oregel 16-50413 · 2018-09-14 · criminal · reversed
  13. United States v. Francisco Ochoa-Oregel 16-50413 · 2018-08-02 · criminal · reversed
  14. United States v. Salvador Avila-Rivera 09-30067 · 2009-12-21 · criminal · reversed
  15. Marella v. Terhune 07-55006 · 2009-06-05 · civil · reversed
  16. Wilson v. Kayo Oil Co 07-56765 · 2009-04-24 · civil · reversed
  17. Marella v. Terhune 07-55006 · 2009-04-14 · civil · reversed
  18. Slovik v. Yates 06-55867 · 2009-02-10 · criminal · reversed
  19. Slovik v. Yates 06-55867 · 2008-10-06 · criminal · reversed
  20. Casas-Castrillon v. Lockyer 07-56261 · 2008-07-25 · criminal · reversed