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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. Pulse Electronics, Inc. v. U.D. Electronic Corp. 3:18-cv-00373 · 2021-07-06 · civil
  2. Medina v. National Collegiate Student Loan Trust 2006-3 3:20-cv-01912 · 2021-07-01 · civil
  3. XpandOrtho, Inc. v. Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. 3:21-cv-00105 · 2021-06-29 · civil
  4. Garcia v. Maxim 3:20-cv-01922 · 2021-06-28 · civil
  5. G&G Closed Circuit Events, LLC v. Flores 3:20-cv-00802 · 2021-06-23 · civil
  6. Board of Trustees of the Glaziers, Architectural Metal & Glass Workers Local Union 1399 Health & Welfare Trust v. Summit Commercial Floors, Inc. 3:21-cv-00081 · 2021-06-23 · civil
  7. Star & Crescent Boat Company, Inc. v. Sunsplash Marina LLC 3:21-cv-00169 · 2021-06-22 · civil
  8. United States v. Juan Valderama-Mancilla 20-50060 · 2021-06-22 · civil · affirmed
  9. Miller v. Becerra 3:19-cv-01537 · 2021-06-17 · civil
  10. Logistick, Inc. v. AB Airbags, Inc. 3:21-cv-00151 · 2021-06-15 · civil
  11. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company v. Grey 3:18-cv-02329 · 2021-06-03 · civil
  12. United States of America v. S.M.R.T., LLC 3:18-cv-00822-BEN-BGS · 2021-06-03 · civil
  13. Yanez v. HL Welding, Inc. 3:20-cv-01789 · 2021-05-28 · civil
  14. Novalk, LLC v. Sedgwick 3:21-cv-00973 · 2021-05-28 · civil
  15. Ploesser v. City of San Diego 3:20-cv-02511 · 2021-05-28 · civil
  16. Golden Eye Media USA, Inc. v. Trolley Bags UK Ltd 3:18-cv-02109 · 2021-05-24 · civil
  17. Board of Trustees of the Glaziers, Architectural Metal & Glass Workers Local Union 1399 Health & Welfare Trust v. Summit Commercial Floors, Inc. 3:21-cv-00081 · 2021-05-20 · civil
  18. Potts v. Ford Motor Company 3:21-cv-00256 · 2021-05-20 · civil
  19. Cta v. Rob Bonta 20-55106 · 2021-04-28 · civil · reversed
  20. Vista Verde Master Association v. Broker Solutions, Inc. 3:20-cv-02134 · 2021-04-23 · civil
  21. Lakeview Loan Servicing LLC v. Munoz 3:21-cv-00172 · 2021-04-22 · civil
  22. United States v. Guadalupe Diaz-Cruz 19-50261 · 2021-04-22 · criminal · affirmed
  23. Medina v. National Collegiate Student Loan Trust 2006-3 3:20-cv-01912 · 2021-04-20 · civil
  24. Estifanos v. Airport Management Services, LLC 3:20-cv-02463 · 2021-04-19 · civil
  25. Marquez v. Department Stores National Bank 3:21-cv-00451 · 2021-04-16 · civil