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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. Sandoval v. San Diego, County of 3:16-cv-01004 · 2024-08-29 · civil
  2. Gonzalez v. Monterey Financial Services, LLC 3:23-cv-02368 · 2024-08-29 · civil
  3. Dlugos v. Commissioner of Social Security 3:22-cv-00318 · 2024-08-29 · civil
  4. Megan Rust v. Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings 23-55186 · 2024-08-23 · civil · affirmed
  5. Ortega v. O'Malley 3:23-cv-01596 · 2024-08-19 · civil
  6. United States v. Victor Chichande 23-50041 · 2024-08-15 · criminal · affirmed
  7. Memjet Technology Limited v. Vanguard Graphics International, LLC 3:23-cv-01810 · 2024-08-13 · civil
  8. Perez-Cruet v. Qualcomm Incorporated 3:23-cv-01890 · 2024-08-12 · civil
  9. Global Ally Customs Brokers Inc. v. Ford Motor Company 3:24-cv-00187 · 2024-08-07 · civil
  10. Jackson v. Health Center Partners of Southern California 3:24-cv-00106 · 2024-08-07 · civil
  11. 3:22-cv-00171 · 2024-07-22 · civil
  12. 3:23-cv-02223 · 2024-07-18 · civil
  13. 3:23-cv-01883 · 2024-07-18 · civil
  14. Them v. Mechanics Bank 3:23-cv-01193 · 2024-07-05 · civil
  15. E.C.D v. San Diego Unified School District 3:23-cv-00303 · 2024-06-21 · civil
  16. Chung v. QBE Insurance Corporation 3:23-cv-00856 · 2024-06-21 · civil
  17. Cushman v. Physical Rehabilitation Network, LLC 3:23-cv-01798 · 2024-06-20 · civil
  18. Linares v. Garland 3:21-cv-01169 · 2024-06-10 · civil · writ denied
  19. Morales v. Mayorkas 3:23-cv-01758 · 2024-06-07 · civil
  20. Rose v. Nexus Controls, LLC 3:23-cv-02159 · 2024-06-06 · civil
  21. Wilhoite v. Hou 3:23-cv-02333 · 2024-06-06 · civil
  22. Perez-Cruet v. Qualcomm Incorporated 3:23-cv-01890 · 2024-05-24 · civil
  23. Afshar v. Mayorkas 3:24-cv-00728 · 2024-05-21 · civil
  24. Dawes v. J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, National Association 3:22-cv-00198 · 2024-05-17 · civil
  25. United States v. Flavio Taveras 22-50109 · 2024-05-17 · criminal