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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. California Trucking Association v. Becerra 3:18-cv-02458 · 2020-02-10 · civil
  2. California Trucking Association v. Becerra 3:18-cv-02458 · 2020-02-10 · civil
  3. Lugo-Navarrete v. United States 3:16-cv-02707 · 2020-02-06 · civil
  4. Torbert v. Gore 3:14-cv-02911 · 2020-01-31 · civil
  5. Park Assist, LLC v. San Diego County Regional Airport Authority 3:18-cv-02068 · 2020-01-31 · civil
  6. H.I.S.C, Inc. v. Franmar International Importers, Ltd. 3:16-cv-00480 · 2020-01-24 · civil
  7. Pierman v. Stryker Corporation 3:19-cv-00679 · 2020-01-24 · civil
  8. California Trucking Association v. Becerra 3:18-cv-02458 · 2020-01-16 · civil
  9. Pulse Electronics, Inc. v. U.D. Electronic Corp. 3:18-cv-00373 · 2020-01-15 · civil
  10. Nichols v. Berryhill 3:19-cv-00490 · 2020-01-15 · civil
  11. California Trucking Association v. Becerra 3:18-cv-02458 · 2019-12-31 · civil
  12. Shen v. Club Med SAS 3:19-cv-00349 · 2019-12-31 · civil
  13. SKAZZI3 Capital Limited v. Pathway Genomics Corporation 3:18-cv-00317 · 2019-12-20 · civil
  14. SKAZZI3 Capital Limited v. Pathway Genomics Corporation 3:18-cv-00317 · 2019-12-17 · civil
  15. Hart v. Larson 3:16-cv-01460 · 2019-12-05 · civil
  16. Andrews v. Saul 3:19-cv-01873 · 2019-11-18 · civil
  17. Franco v. City of San Diego 3:19-cv-00082 · 2019-11-18 · civil
  18. Lanning v. BMW of North America, LLC 3:19-cv-00773 · 2019-11-05 · civil
  19. Navarro v. Immigration and Customs Enforcement 3:18-cv-02908 · 2019-11-05 · civil
  20. Rutherford v. JC Resorts, LLC 3:19-cv-00665 · 2019-11-05 · civil
  21. Cavanaugh v. County of San Diego 3:18-cv-02557 · 2019-10-10 · civil
  22. Eubanks v. Espinoza 3:17-cv-00016 · 2019-10-03 · civil
  23. California Trucking Association v. Becerra 3:18-cv-02458 · 2019-09-24 · civil
  24. Mathews v. United States 3:16-cv-01356 · 2019-09-18 · civil
  25. Vohariwatt v. Matson 3:18-cv-02168 · 2019-09-10 · civil