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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. Hidalgo v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. 3:24-cv-02386 · 2025-05-12 · civil
  2. Tijerina v. United Airlines, Inc. 3:24-cv-02466 · 2025-05-09 · civil
  3. Williams v. Newson 3:25-cv-00728 · 2025-05-06 · civil
  4. Hannonen v. McCloskey 3:24-cv-02408 · 2025-05-06 · civil
  5. Jones v. Oceanside Police Department 3:25-cv-01091 · 2025-05-05 · civil · writ denied
  6. Harrison v. Willoughby 3:24-cv-02369 · 2025-05-02 · civil
  7. Van Druten v. McDowell 24-1800 · 2025-05-02 · civil · affirmed
  8. Underwood v. County of San Diego Human Services Agency 3:25-cv-00120 · 2025-04-25 · civil
  9. Jazi v. Blinken 3:25-cv-00027 · 2025-04-25 · civil
  10. Synchrony Bank v. Szantos 3:25-cv-00265 · 2025-04-04 · civil
  11. Tyler v. Gomez 3:24-cv-02346 · 2025-04-04 · civil
  12. Tyler v. Hernandez 3:24-cv-02343 · 2025-04-04 · civil
  13. Shorty v. Hill 3:25-cv-00656 · 2025-04-03 · civil
  14. Roberts v. IFS Topco, LLC 3:24-cv-02433 · 2025-04-03 · civil
  15. Evans v. County of Imperial 3:25-cv-00249 · 2025-03-28 · civil
  16. Virginia Duncan v. Rob Bonta 23-55805 · 2025-03-20 · civil · reversed
  17. Cuiriz-Lopez v. United States Navy 3:24-cv-02135 · 2025-03-10 · civil
  18. Apex Systems, LLC v. Sperber 3:23-cv-02011 · 2025-03-07 · civil
  19. Swanson v. Flores 3:23-cv-02021 · 2025-01-14 · civil
  20. Stone Brewing Co., LLC v. Molson Coors Beverage Company USA LLC 23-3142 · 2024-12-30 · civil · affirmed
  21. Pacific Surf Designs, Inc. v. Whitewater West Industries, Ltd. 23-2609 · 2024-12-23 · civil · affirmed
  22. Meredith v. Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC 23-3380 · 2024-12-17 · civil · affirmed
  23. Duran v. The People of the State of California 3:24-cv-01625 · 2024-10-23 · civil · dismissed
  24. A.L. v. Grossmont Union High School District 3:23-cv-02281 · 2024-10-07 · civil
  25. Abdusattorov v. Current or Acting Filed Office Director San Diego Field Office, United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement 3:24-cv-01601 · 2024-09-10 · civil