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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. Inigo v. Express Movers, Inc. 3:18-cv-02844 · 2020-06-24 · civil
  2. Pyper v. Oceanside Police Department 3:19-cv-01572 · 2020-06-24 · civil
  3. H.I.S.c, Inc. v. Franmar Intl. Importers, Ltd. 19-55515 · 2020-06-23 · civil · affirmed
  4. Zaback v. Kellogg Sales Company 3:20-cv-00268 · 2020-06-22 · civil
  5. Miller v. Unified Science, LLC 3:19-cv-02004 · 2020-06-22 · civil
  6. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Procopio 3:20-cv-00182 · 2020-06-16 · civil
  7. San Diego Unified Port Dist. v. Landmark Ins. Co. 19-55409 · 2020-06-15 · civil · reversed
  8. Augustine v. Berryhill 3:19-cv-00826 · 2020-06-10 · civil
  9. United States v. Arturo Delgado-Vega 19-50224 · 2020-06-09 · criminal · affirmed
  10. Lopez-Huerta v. United States 3:18-cv-02773 · 2020-06-04 · civil
  11. P.I.C. International, Inc. v. Gooper Hermetic, LTD. 3:19-cv-00734 · 2020-06-04 · civil
  12. Sara Dees v. County of San Diego 17-56621 · 2020-05-27 · civil · remanded
  13. Garcia v. United States 3:19-cv-01353 · 2020-05-15 · civil
  14. Zamora v. United States 3:18-cv-02728 · 2020-05-08 · civil
  15. Serrano-Menoscal v. United States 3:18-cv-02370 · 2020-05-08 · civil
  16. Victaulic Company v. Allied Rubber & Gasket Co., Inc. 3:17-cv-01006 · 2020-05-08 · civil
  17. Morreo v. United States 3:18-cv-02100 · 2020-05-06 · civil
  18. Mora-Espinosa v. United States 3:18-cv-01462 · 2020-05-05 · civil
  19. Ybara v. United States 3:18-cv-01825 · 2020-05-01 · civil
  20. Avalos v. United States 3:17-cv-01269 · 2020-04-28 · civil
  21. Rhode v. Becerra 3:18-cv-00802 · 2020-04-24 · civil
  22. United States v. Gilberto Ayun-Flores 18-50254 · 2020-04-07 · civil · affirmed
  23. Seegert v. Rexall Sundown, Inc. 3:17-cv-01243 · 2020-04-03 · civil
  24. United States v. Robert Rodriguez 18-50067 · 2020-03-20 · criminal · affirmed
  25. McClain v. United States 3:16-cv-02495 · 2020-03-16 · civil · other