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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. Franco v. City of San Diego 3:19-cv-00082 · 2019-11-18 · civil
  2. Lanning v. BMW of North America, LLC 3:19-cv-00773 · 2019-11-05 · civil
  3. Navarro v. Immigration and Customs Enforcement 3:18-cv-02908 · 2019-11-05 · civil
  4. Rutherford v. JC Resorts, LLC 3:19-cv-00665 · 2019-11-05 · civil
  5. United States v. Elisha Harley 18-50285 · 2019-10-24 · civil · affirmed
  6. United States v. Cesar Mercado-Castaneda 19-50152 · 2019-10-23 · civil · affirmed
  7. Cavanaugh v. County of San Diego 3:18-cv-02557 · 2019-10-10 · civil
  8. Eubanks v. Espinoza 3:17-cv-00016 · 2019-10-03 · civil
  9. California Trucking Association v. Becerra 3:18-cv-02458 · 2019-09-24 · civil
  10. United States v. Guillermo Osorio-Piedrahita 18-50427 · 2019-09-23 · criminal · affirmed
  11. Mathews v. United States 3:16-cv-01356 · 2019-09-18 · civil
  12. Vohariwatt v. Matson 3:18-cv-02168 · 2019-09-10 · civil
  13. Bishop v. Boral Industries, Inc. 3:18-cv-02701 · 2019-09-09 · civil
  14. Young v. Greystar Real Estate Partners, LLC 3:18-cv-02149 · 2019-09-03 · civil
  15. Kennedy v. Client Services, Inc. 3:19-cv-01274 · 2019-09-03 · civil
  16. Hussein Ibrahim v. Scott Kernan 18-55381 · 2019-08-28 · criminal · affirmed
  17. Park Assist, LLC v. San Diego County Regional Airport Authority 3:18-cv-02068 · 2019-08-26 · civil
  18. Hermiz v. Berryhill 3:18-cv-01035 · 2019-08-26 · civil
  19. Langer v. Kiser 3:18-cv-00195 · 2019-08-26 · civil
  20. Barreto v. Berryhill 3:18-cv-00755 · 2019-08-26 · civil
  21. United States v. Angel Salinas-Mandujano 19-50100 · 2019-08-23 · criminal · affirmed
  22. United States v. Santos Guzman-Ortiz 18-50377 · 2019-08-22 · criminal · affirmed
  23. Bondurant v. Foss 3:19-cv-00528 · 2019-08-15 · civil · other
  24. American News and Information v. William Gore 16-55770 · 2019-07-24 · civil · affirmed
  25. United States v. Johnny Ramirez 18-50235 · 2019-06-14 · criminal · affirmed