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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. Sara Dees v. County of San Diego 17-56621 · 2020-05-27 · civil · remanded
  2. United States v. Gilberto Ayun-Flores 18-50254 · 2020-04-07 · civil · affirmed
  3. United States v. Robert Rodriguez 18-50067 · 2020-03-20 · criminal · affirmed
  4. Frank Cammarata v. Kelly Capital, LLC 18-56320 · 2020-03-12 · civil · affirmed
  5. United States v. Adrian Zitlalpopoca-Hernandez 18-50004 · 2020-03-11 · criminal · affirmed
  6. United States v. Michael Lustig 18-50426 · 2020-03-09 · civil · affirmed
  7. United States v. Mercedes De La Paz 18-50439 · 2020-03-06 · criminal · affirmed
  8. United States v. Travis Job 18-50066 · 2020-01-09 · criminal · affirmed
  9. City of Fort Lauderdale Gers v. Edison International 18-55496 · 2019-11-29 · civil · affirmed
  10. United States v. Elisha Harley 18-50285 · 2019-10-24 · civil · affirmed
  11. United States v. Cesar Mercado-Castaneda 19-50152 · 2019-10-23 · civil · affirmed
  12. United States v. Guillermo Osorio-Piedrahita 18-50427 · 2019-09-23 · criminal · affirmed
  13. Hussein Ibrahim v. Scott Kernan 18-55381 · 2019-08-28 · criminal · affirmed
  14. United States v. Angel Salinas-Mandujano 19-50100 · 2019-08-23 · criminal · affirmed
  15. United States v. Santos Guzman-Ortiz 18-50377 · 2019-08-22 · criminal · affirmed
  16. American News and Information v. William Gore 16-55770 · 2019-07-24 · civil · affirmed
  17. United States v. Johnny Ramirez 18-50235 · 2019-06-14 · criminal · affirmed
  18. United States v. Jose Roldan-Gil 18-50166 · 2019-02-27 · criminal · affirmed
  19. United States v. Mark Achin 18-50077 · 2019-01-22 · criminal · affirmed
  20. United States v. Isela Campos 18-50044 · 2019-01-18 · criminal · affirmed
  21. United States v. Jorge Rivera 18-50033 · 2018-12-21 · criminal · affirmed
  22. United States v. Sergio Caballero 17-50199 · 2018-12-10 · civil · affirmed
  23. United States v. Arturo Delgado-Vega 17-50412 · 2018-12-03 · criminal · vacated
  24. United States v. Carlos Herrera-Rivera 16-50450 · 2018-11-21 · criminal · dismissed
  25. United States v. Ernesto Erding 17-50059 · 2018-10-29 · criminal · affirmed