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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. Craig Plumley v. Sempra Energy 19-55121 · 2021-02-26 · civil · affirmed
  2. Conley v. United States 3:19-cv-00766 · 2021-02-23 · civil
  3. Miller v. Unified Science, LLC 3:19-cv-02004 · 2021-02-22 · civil
  4. In the Matter of the Complaint of Cantor Enterprises, Inc. 3:20-cv-00326 · 2021-02-22 · civil
  5. Attisha Enterprises Inc. v. Capital One Bank 3:20-cv-01366 · 2021-02-22 · civil
  6. Star & Crescent Boat Company, Inc. v. Sunsplash Marina LLC 3:21-cv-00169 · 2021-02-16 · civil
  7. Sawyer v. IBEW Local 569 3:20-cv-01898 · 2021-02-11 · civil
  8. Pacific Surf Designs, Inc. v. Whitewater West Industries, Ltd..r West 3:20-cv-01464 · 2021-02-09 · civil
  9. Richey v. Getwellnetwork, Inc. 3:20-cv-02205 · 2021-02-08 · civil
  10. Bennett v. Barclays Bank Delaware 3:20-cv-02263 · 2021-02-08 · civil
  11. Camarillo v. Balboa Thrift and Loan Association 3:20-cv-00913 · 2021-02-04 · civil
  12. Village Communities, LLC v. County of San Diego 3:20-cv-01896 · 2021-02-03 · civil
  13. Langer v. Kiser 3:18-cv-00195 · 2021-02-01 · civil
  14. Precision Toxicology, LLC v. Cerni Crone 3:20-cv-02135 · 2021-01-29 · civil
  15. Lee v. CVS Pharmacy, Inc. 3:20-cv-01923 · 2021-01-28 · civil
  16. Bols v. Newsom 3:20-cv-00873 · 2021-01-26 · civil
  17. Slater v. Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. 3:20-cv-01897 · 2021-01-26 · civil
  18. Johnson v. United States of America 3:18-cv-02178 · 2021-01-25 · civil
  19. Indect USA Corp. v. Park Assist, LLC 3:18-cv-02409 · 2021-01-25 · civil
  20. G&G Closed Circuit Events, LLC v. Parker 3:20-cv-00801 · 2021-01-19 · civil
  21. Hoyt Hart, II v. Scott Larson 20-55022 · 2021-01-19 · civil
  22. Garnier v. Poway Unified School District 3:17-cv-02215 · 2021-01-14 · civil
  23. United States v. Robert Collazo 15-50509 · 2021-01-14 · criminal · remanded
  24. Ana Sandoval v. County of San Diego 18-55289 · 2021-01-13 · civil · reversed
  25. Sanchez v. Shell Oil Co. 3:20-cv-01647 · 2021-01-11 · civil