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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. Thompson v. Transunion, LLC 3:19-cv-00009-BEN-BGS · 2021-04-16 · civil
  2. Pulse Electronics, Inc. v. U.D. Electronic Corp. 3:20-cv-01676 · 2021-04-12 · civil
  3. Bols v. Newsom 3:20-cv-00873 · 2021-04-08 · civil
  4. Whitewater West Industries, LTD. v. Pacific Surf Designs, Inc. 3:17-cv-01118 · 2021-04-05 · civil
  5. Langer v. Kiser 3:18-cv-00195 · 2021-04-05 · civil
  6. Stone Brewing Co., LLC v. Molson Coors Brewing Company 3:18-cv-00331 · 2021-04-05 · civil
  7. Davis v. Saul 3:21-cv-00436 · 2021-04-05 · civil
  8. Kelly v. County of San Diego 3:20-cv-02206 · 2021-04-01 · civil
  9. 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 · 2021-03-26 · civil
  10. D.O. v. Escondido Union School Dist. 19-56043 · 2021-03-26 · civil
  11. Indian Hills Holdings, LLC v. Frye 3:20-cv-00461 · 2021-03-25 · civil
  12. Aragon v. United States 3:19-cv-00438 · 2021-03-25 · civil
  13. Vance v. Berkshire Hathaway Life Insurance Company of Nebraska 3:20-cv-01480 · 2021-03-18 · civil
  14. Alvarez v. Capital One Bank (USA), N.A. 3:20-cv-02460 · 2021-03-18 · civil
  15. Golden Eye Media USA, Inc. v. Trolley Bags UK Ltd 3:18-cv-02109 · 2021-03-18 · civil
  16. Rochelle Nishimoto v. County of San Diego 19-55418 · 2021-03-18 · civil · reversed in part
  17. Golden Eye Media USA, Inc. v. Trolley Bags UK Ltd 3:18-cv-02109 · 2021-03-15 · civil
  18. United States v. Armando Hernandez-Garcia 20-50124 · 2021-03-15 · criminal · affirmed
  19. Golden Eye Media USA, Inc. v. Trolley Bags UK Ltd 3:18-cv-02109 · 2021-03-12 · civil
  20. Inigo v. Express Movers, Inc. 3:18-cv-02844 · 2021-03-12 · civil
  21. Golden Eye Media USA, Inc. v. Trolley Bags UK Ltd 3:18-cv-02109 · 2021-03-11 · civil
  22. Cazares v. City of El Centro 3:20-cv-01571 · 2021-03-03 · civil
  23. Ose v. Ford Motor Company 3:20-cv-02093 · 2021-03-03 · civil
  24. Richey v. Getwellnetwork, Inc. 3:20-cv-02205 · 2021-03-03 · civil
  25. AMTAX Holdings 279, LLC v. Montalvo Associates, LLC 3:20-cv-02478 · 2021-03-02 · civil