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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. Indect USA Corp. v. Park Assist, LLC 3:18-cv-02409 · 2021-09-22 · civil
  2. Indect USA Corp. v. Park Assist, LLC 3:18-cv-02409 · 2021-09-22 · civil
  3. United States v. Goldsmith 3:20-cv-00087 · 2021-09-21 · civil
  4. Hernandez v. Dollar Tree Stores, Inc. 3:21-cv-01447 · 2021-09-21 · civil
  5. Murfitt v. Safeco Insurance Company 3:21-cv-01066 · 2021-09-21 · civil
  6. Novalk, LLC v. Kinsale Insurance 3:21-cv-01014 · 2021-09-10 · civil
  7. Novalk, LLC v. Sedgwick 3:21-cv-00973 · 2021-09-09 · civil
  8. Palomar Health v. American Guarantee and Liability Insurance Company 3:21-cv-00490 · 2021-09-03 · civil
  9. Star & Crescent Boat Company, Inc. v. Sunsplash Marina LLC 3:21-cv-00169 · 2021-09-03 · civil
  10. Andres-Lucas v. Mayorkas 3:21-cv-01121 · 2021-09-02 · civil · other
  11. Ameranth, Inc. v. ChowNow, Inc. 3:20-cv-02167 · 2021-09-01 · civil
  12. Perez-Verdugo v. United States 3:19-cv-01245 · 2021-08-25 · civil
  13. Ameranth, Inc. v. ChowNow, Inc. 3:20-cv-02167 · 2021-08-19 · civil
  14. Ameranth, Inc. v. ChowNow, Inc. 3:20-cv-02167 · 2021-08-18 · civil
  15. Mapes v. FCA US LLC 3:21-cv-00870 · 2021-08-12 · civil
  16. Monarch Landscape Holdings, LLC v. Kapsch 3:21-cv-00371 · 2021-08-03 · civil
  17. Indect USA Corp. v. Park Assist, LLC 3:18-cv-02409 · 2021-07-28 · civil
  18. Potts v. Ford Motor Company 3:21-cv-00256 · 2021-07-22 · civil
  19. Pacific Surf Designs, Inc. v. Whitewater West Industries, Ltd..r West 3:20-cv-01464 · 2021-07-21 · civil
  20. Fluence Energy, LLC v. M/V/BBC Finland 3:21-cv-01239 · 2021-07-16 · civil
  21. Fluence Energy, LLC v. M/V/BBC Finland 3:21-cv-01239 · 2021-07-16 · civil
  22. Valdez v. Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. 3:21-cv-00873 · 2021-07-15 · civil
  23. Star & Crescent Boat Company, Inc. v. Sunsplash Marina LLC 3:21-cv-00169 · 2021-07-15 · civil
  24. Fluence Energy, LLC v. M/V/BBC Finland 3:21-cv-01239 · 2021-07-09 · civil
  25. Astorga v. County of San Diego 3:21-cv-00463 · 2021-07-06 · civil