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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. Stone Brewing Co., LLC v. Molson Coors Brewing Company 3:18-cv-00331 · 2021-01-07 · civil
  2. Charman v. Selectquote Insurance Services 3:20-cv-00710 · 2021-01-06 · civil
  3. Kohler v. Garden Communities 3:19-cv-01870 · 2021-01-06 · civil
  4. Golden Eye Media USA, Inc. v. Trolley Bags UK Ltd 3:18-cv-02109 · 2021-01-06 · civil
  5. Gruder v. Crisp Marketing, LLC 3:20-cv-00796 · 2021-01-04 · civil
  6. Vance v. Berkshire Hathaway Life Insurance Company of Nebraska 3:20-cv-01480 · 2021-01-04 · civil
  7. Hedayatzadeh v. City of Del Mar 3:19-cv-00842 · 2020-12-30 · civil
  8. Gimutao v. United States 3:20-cv-01868 · 2020-12-22 · civil
  9. Boss v. Centene Corporation 3:20-cv-01841 · 2020-12-15 · civil
  10. Langer v. US Green Energy Technologies, Inc. 3:20-cv-01717 · 2020-12-14 · civil
  11. GIC Private Limited v. Qualcomm Incorporated 3:18-cv-00463 · 2020-12-14 · civil
  12. United States v. Erik Leon Del Angel 19-50254 · 2020-12-10 · criminal · affirmed
  13. Attisha Enterprises Inc. v. Capital One Bank 3:20-cv-01366 · 2020-12-07 · civil
  14. Indect USA Corp. v. Park Assist, LLC 3:18-cv-02409 · 2020-12-04 · civil
  15. Park Assist, LLC v. San Diego County Regional Airport Authority 3:18-cv-02068 · 2020-12-04 · civil
  16. United States v. Robert Collazo 15-50509 · 2020-12-02 · criminal · remanded
  17. Wilcox v. C R Bard Incorporated 3:20-cv-00599 · 2020-11-30 · civil
  18. Vincent Manikan v. Peters & Freedman, LLP 19-55393 · 2020-11-25 · civil · reversed
  19. Calexico Auto Dismantlers, Inc. v. City of Calexico 3:20-cv-01822 · 2020-11-20 · civil
  20. Hogg-Johnson v. Merz North America 3:20-cv-00884 · 2020-11-19 · civil
  21. Staker v. C R Bard Inc 3:20-cv-01726 · 2020-11-19 · civil
  22. Indian Hills Holdings, LLC v. Frye 3:20-cv-00461 · 2020-11-18 · civil
  23. Inigo v. Express Movers, Inc. 3:18-cv-02844 · 2020-11-18 · civil
  24. Cazares v. City of El Centro 3:20-cv-01571 · 2020-11-18 · civil
  25. Andrews v. Saul 3:19-cv-01873 · 2020-11-12 · civil