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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. Reyna Negrete 17-50234 · 2018-10-29 · criminal · affirmed
  2. John Cobb v. Ramiro Rodriguez 16-56300 · 2018-09-26 · civil · affirmed
  3. United States v. Arrez Meliton-Salto 18-50038 · 2018-09-20 · criminal · affirmed
  4. United States v. Gloria Sanchez 17-50168 · 2018-09-18 · criminal · affirmed
  5. United States v. Jaime Lujan-Salgado 17-50376 · 2018-09-18 · criminal · affirmed
  6. United States v. Miguel Espino-Valverde 17-50257 · 2018-09-18 · criminal · affirmed
  7. United States v. Francisco Ochoa-Oregel 16-50413 · 2018-09-14 · criminal · reversed
  8. United States v. Francisco Ochoa-Oregel 16-50413 · 2018-09-14 · criminal · reversed
  9. United States v. Donnell Thomas 18-50123 · 2018-08-29 · civil · affirmed
  10. United States v. Sergeyi Bazar 16-50180 · 2018-08-23 · criminal · affirmed
  11. United States v. Angel Salinas-Mandujano 17-50289 · 2018-08-22 · criminal · vacated
  12. United States v. Antonio Barrera-Ramirez 17-50232 · 2018-08-21 · criminal · affirmed
  13. United States v. Noe Garcia-Lima 17-50242 · 2018-08-21 · criminal · affirmed
  14. United States v. Benito Robles-Diaz 17-50398 · 2018-08-16 · criminal · affirmed
  15. United States v. Luther Ray 17-50065 · 2018-08-14 · criminal · affirmed
  16. United States v. Francisco Ochoa-Oregel 16-50413 · 2018-08-02 · criminal · reversed
  17. United States v. Jeffrey Spanier 17-50128 · 2018-07-30 · criminal · remanded
  18. Interpipe Contracting, Inc. v. Xavier Becerra 17-55248 · 2018-07-30 · civil · affirmed
  19. Virginia Duncan v. Xavier Becerra 17-56081 · 2018-07-17 · criminal · affirmed
  20. The Regents of the Uc v. Paul Aisen 17-55307 · 2018-07-13 · civil · affirmed
  21. Immanuel Price v. Alexandru Galiu 17-56948 · 2018-05-23 · criminal · affirmed
  22. United States v. Jesus Berrelleza 17-50052 · 2018-05-18 · criminal · affirmed
  23. United States v. Sacramento Diaz 16-50444 · 2018-03-29 · criminal · vacated
  24. United States v. Graciela Potenciano 16-50430 · 2018-03-21 · criminal · affirmed
  25. United States v. Alejandro Aguilar Diaz 16-50102 · 2018-03-09 · criminal · vacated