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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 authored (every role)

  1. Staker v. C R Bard Inc 3:20-cv-01726 · 2020-11-19 · civil
  2. Indian Hills Holdings, LLC v. Frye 3:20-cv-00461 · 2020-11-18 · civil
  3. Inigo v. Express Movers, Inc. 3:18-cv-02844 · 2020-11-18 · civil
  4. Cazares v. City of El Centro 3:20-cv-01571 · 2020-11-18 · civil
  5. Andrews v. Saul 3:19-cv-01873 · 2020-11-12 · civil
  6. Dia v. County of San Diego 3:18-cv-02676 · 2020-11-10 · civil
  7. Langer v. Honey Baked Ham, Inc. 3:20-cv-01627 · 2020-11-06 · civil
  8. Fernandez-Perez v. United States 3:19-cv-00127 · 2020-11-06 · civil
  9. Honey v. Kijakazi 3:20-cv-00700 · 2020-11-05 · civil
  10. Vance v. Berkshire Hathaway Life Insurance Company of Nebraska 3:20-cv-01480 · 2020-11-05 · civil
  11. Castro v. LaRose 3:20-cv-00764 · 2020-10-30 · civil · other
  12. Zaback v. Kellogg Sales Company 3:20-cv-00268 · 2020-10-29 · civil
  13. Stone Brewing Co., LLC v. Molson Coors Brewing Company 3:18-cv-00331 · 2020-10-29 · civil
  14. Castro v. United States 3:19-cv-00749 · 2020-10-26 · civil
  15. Cruz-Venegas v. United States 3:18-cv-02511 · 2020-10-26 · civil
  16. Stone Brewing Co., LLC v. Molson Coors Brewing Company 3:18-cv-00331 · 2020-10-23 · civil
  17. H.I.S.C, Inc. v. Franmar International Importers, Ltd. 3:16-cv-00480 · 2020-10-22 · civil
  18. Miller v. Unified Science, LLC 3:19-cv-02004 · 2020-10-20 · civil
  19. Stone Brewing Co., LLC v. Molson Coors Brewing Company 3:18-cv-00331 · 2020-10-16 · civil
  20. Langer v. Kiser 3:18-cv-00195 · 2020-10-16 · civil
  21. Stone Brewing Co., LLC v. Molson Coors Brewing Company 3:18-cv-00331 · 2020-10-16 · civil
  22. Cota v. Aveda Corporation 3:20-cv-01137 · 2020-10-14 · civil
  23. Langer v. Lapiz Properties Group 3:20-cv-00664 · 2020-10-02 · civil
  24. Flowrider Surf, Ltd. v. Pacific Surf Designs, Inc. 3:15-cv-01879 · 2020-09-30 · civil
  25. Miller v. Becerra 3:19-cv-01537 · 2020-09-23 · civil