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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 reviewed on appeal (every role)

  1. United States v. Rachel Ruvalcaba-Morales 21-50153 · 2022-04-19 · criminal · affirmed
  2. Sandra Seegert v. Rexall Sundown, Inc. 20-55486 · 2022-02-01 · civil · reversed in part
  3. Shane Cavanaugh v. County of San Diego 20-56311 · 2021-12-22 · civil · affirmed
  4. H.I.S.c, Inc. v. Maria Rajanayagam 20-56240 · 2021-12-01 · civil
  5. Virginia Duncan v. Rob Bonta 19-55376 · 2021-11-30 · criminal · reversed
  6. Virginia Duncan v. Rob Bonta 19-55376 · 2021-11-30 · criminal · reversed
  7. United States v. Elishay Banks 20-50026 · 2021-11-26 · criminal · affirmed
  8. United States v. Juan Valderama-Mancilla 20-50060 · 2021-06-22 · civil · affirmed
  9. Cta v. Rob Bonta 20-55106 · 2021-04-28 · civil · reversed
  10. United States v. Guadalupe Diaz-Cruz 19-50261 · 2021-04-22 · criminal · affirmed
  11. D.O. v. Escondido Union School Dist. 19-56043 · 2021-03-26 · civil
  12. Rochelle Nishimoto v. County of San Diego 19-55418 · 2021-03-18 · civil · reversed in part
  13. United States v. Armando Hernandez-Garcia 20-50124 · 2021-03-15 · criminal · affirmed
  14. Craig Plumley v. Sempra Energy 19-55121 · 2021-02-26 · civil · affirmed
  15. Hoyt Hart, II v. Scott Larson 20-55022 · 2021-01-19 · civil
  16. United States v. Robert Collazo 15-50509 · 2021-01-14 · criminal · remanded
  17. Ana Sandoval v. County of San Diego 18-55289 · 2021-01-13 · civil · reversed
  18. United States v. Erik Leon Del Angel 19-50254 · 2020-12-10 · criminal · affirmed
  19. United States v. Robert Collazo 15-50509 · 2020-12-02 · criminal · remanded
  20. Vincent Manikan v. Peters & Freedman, LLP 19-55393 · 2020-11-25 · civil · reversed
  21. Virginia Duncan v. Xavier Becerra 19-55376 · 2020-08-14 · criminal
  22. Certified Nutraceuticals, Inc. v. Avicenna Nutraceutical, LLC 18-56631 · 2020-07-17 · civil · affirmed
  23. H.I.S.c, Inc. v. Franmar Intl. Importers, Ltd. 19-55515 · 2020-06-23 · civil · affirmed
  24. San Diego Unified Port Dist. v. Landmark Ins. Co. 19-55409 · 2020-06-15 · civil · reversed
  25. United States v. Arturo Delgado-Vega 19-50224 · 2020-06-09 · criminal · affirmed