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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. NEXA Mortgage, LLC v. Diaz 3:24-cv-00061 · 2024-05-16 · civil
  2. David Yocom v. Uscis 23-55430 · 2024-05-16 · civil · reversed in part
  3. Cushman v. Physical Rehabilitation Network, LLC 3:23-cv-01798 · 2024-05-15 · civil
  4. Kachaluba v. General Motors, LLC 3:23-cv-02301 · 2024-05-15 · civil
  5. Yousif v. Jaguar Land Rover North America, LLC 3:21-cv-01232 · 2024-05-13 · civil
  6. Banks v. United States 3:22-cv-01133 · 2024-05-08 · civil
  7. Acab v. Chenrosa, LLC 3:23-cv-00994 · 2024-03-26 · civil
  8. Ward v. County of San Diego 3:23-cv-01819 · 2024-03-26 · civil
  9. Paselio v. Fresenius Medical Care Holding, Inc. 3:23-cv-00887 · 2024-03-26 · civil
  10. Enriquez v. County of San Diego 3:23-cv-00903 · 2024-03-26 · civil
  11. Borrego Community Health Foundation v. Hebets 3:22-cv-01056 · 2024-03-25 · civil
  12. Borrego Community Health Foundation v. Inland Valley Investments, LLC 3:21-cv-01417 · 2024-03-21 · civil
  13. Fouts v. Becerra 3:19-cv-01662 · 2024-02-23 · civil
  14. Apex Systems, LLC v. Sperber 3:23-cv-02011 · 2024-02-16 · civil
  15. Rhode v. Becerra 3:18-cv-00802 · 2024-01-30 · civil
  16. Wilhoite v. Hou 3:23-cv-02333 · 2024-01-23 · civil
  17. Stadtmueller v. Sarkisian 3:22-cv-00994 · 2024-01-12 · civil
  18. United States v. Melvin Rivers 23-50043 · 2024-01-10 · civil · dismissed
  19. S.S. v. Peloton Interactive, Inc. 3:21-cv-01367 · 2023-12-19 · civil
  20. Valenzuela v. CalEnergy Operating Corporation 3:23-cv-01204 · 2023-11-20 · civil
  21. Scheibe v. Esupplements, LLC 3:22-cv-01765 · 2023-11-16 · civil
  22. Oakberry SD UTC, LLC v. Oakberry Acai, Inc. 3:23-cv-01883 · 2023-11-13 · civil
  23. Sandoval v. San Diego, County of 3:16-cv-01004 · 2023-11-09 · civil
  24. Garcia v. Hertz Local Edition Corp. 3:23-cv-01270 · 2023-11-08 · civil
  25. S.S. v. Peloton Interactive, Inc. 3:21-cv-01367 · 2023-10-27 · civil