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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. Robert Aguilar 16-50319 · 2018-03-06 · criminal · affirmed
  2. United States v. Jose Alvarado-Manriquez 17-50010 · 2017-09-29 · criminal · affirmed
  3. United States v. Travis Job 14-50472 · 2017-08-21 · criminal · remanded
  4. United States v. Ivan Hernandez 16-50257 · 2017-05-11 · criminal · affirmed
  5. United States v. Tanya Morreo 16-50170 · 2017-05-11 · criminal · affirmed
  6. Brian Kenner v. United States 12-56358 · 2017-04-24 · civil · affirmed
  7. United States v. Monica Lopez-Real 16-50238 · 2017-04-24 · criminal · affirmed
  8. Darrin Gasper v. S. Sanchez 16-55760 · 2017-04-21 · civil · affirmed
  9. David Turner, Jr. v. Madson 16-55444 · 2017-04-21 · civil · affirmed
  10. United States v. Arturo Chavez-Melgoza 15-50210 · 2017-04-20 · criminal · vacated
  11. United States v. Pedro Castillo 16-50264 · 2017-04-19 · criminal · affirmed
  12. United States v. Jose Castillo 16-50278 · 2017-04-18 · criminal · affirmed
  13. United States v. Idalel Millan-Ortega 15-50319 · 2017-02-21 · criminal · reversed in part
  14. Fred MacDonald v. United States 15-56429 · 2017-02-16 · civil · affirmed
  15. Buckovetz v. United States Department of the Navy 15-56376 · 2017-01-30 · civil · affirmed
  16. United States v. Francisco Javier Garcia 15-50470 · 2017-01-25 · criminal · affirmed
  17. United States v. Jaime Becerra-Pulido 15-50385 · 2017-01-25 · criminal · vacated
  18. United States v. Juan Morales-Contreras 15-50361 · 2017-01-25 · criminal · vacated
  19. United States v. Daisy Figueroa 15-50432 · 2017-01-24 · criminal · vacated
  20. United States v. George Garibay 16-50098 · 2017-01-24 · civil · affirmed
  21. United States v. Ivan Martinez-Ramirez 16-50268 · 2017-01-24 · criminal · affirmed
  22. United States v. Reyna Negrete 15-50430 · 2017-01-24 · criminal · vacated
  23. United States v. Ezequiel Guillen-Campos 15-50461 · 2017-01-23 · criminal · vacated
  24. United States v. Lucina Rojo-Rivas 15-50564 · 2017-01-23 · civil · affirmed
  25. United States v. Steven Ortiz 15-50348, 15-50373 · 2017-01-23 · criminal