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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. Meredith v. Morgan Stanley & Co, LLC 3:23-cv-00850 · 2023-10-25 · civil
  2. United States v. Marcos Delarosa Ramirez 23-50009 · 2023-10-18 · criminal · affirmed
  3. Dlugos v. Commissioner of Social Security 3:22-cv-00318 · 2023-09-28 · civil
  4. Stone Brewing Co., LLC v. Molson Coors Brewing Company 3:18-cv-00331 · 2023-09-28 · civil
  5. Stone Brewing Co., LLC v. Molson Coors Brewing Company 3:18-cv-00331 · 2023-09-25 · civil
  6. Mirabelli v. Olson 3:23-cv-00768 · 2023-09-14 · civil
  7. Astorga v. County of San Diego 3:21-cv-00463 · 2023-07-25 · civil
  8. Astorga v. County of San Diego 3:21-cv-00463 · 2023-06-15 · civil
  9. United States v. Javier Mendoza 22-50079 · 2023-05-23 · criminal · affirmed
  10. Scheibe v. ProSupps USA, LLC 3:22-cv-01784 · 2023-05-18 · civil
  11. Barton v. Harker 3:21-cv-01332 · 2023-05-08 · civil
  12. Doe v. Neighborhood Healthcare 3:21-cv-01587 · 2023-05-03 · civil
  13. O'Dell v. Aya Healthcare, Inc. 3:22-cv-01151 · 2023-04-27 · civil
  14. S.S. v. Peloton Interactive, Inc. 3:21-cv-01367 · 2023-04-17 · civil
  15. Hernandez v. Mercedez-Benz USA, LLC 3:22-cv-00824 · 2023-03-20 · civil
  16. Yocom v. United States Citizenship and Immigration Services 3:22-cv-00839 · 2023-03-10 · civil
  17. MT v. United States of America 3:22-cv-00171 · 2023-03-10 · civil
  18. Selker v. Xcentric Ventures, LLC 3:22-cv-00393 · 2023-03-01 · civil
  19. D.O. v. Escondido Union School Dist. 21-55498 · 2023-01-31 · civil · reversed
  20. Rust v. Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings 3:21-cv-00885 · 2023-01-30 · civil
  21. Barton v. Harker 3:21-cv-01332 · 2023-01-24 · civil
  22. Chris Langer v. Milan Kiser 21-55183 · 2023-01-23 · civil
  23. United States of America v. S.M.R.T., LLC 3:18-cv-00822-BEN-BGS · 2022-12-29 · civil
  24. Markowitz v. United Financial Casualty Company 3:22-cv-00331 · 2022-12-19 · civil
  25. South Bay Rod & Gun Club, Inc. v. Bonta 3:22-cv-01461 · 2022-12-19 · civil