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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 authored (every role)

  1. Garcia v. Acushnet Company 3:21-cv-01581 · 2022-04-29 · civil
  2. Kirby v. AT&T Corp. 3:21-cv-01680 · 2022-04-26 · civil
  3. Soares v. County of San Diego 3:21-cv-01738 · 2022-04-22 · civil
  4. Mahil v. Option Care Enterprises, Inc. 3:20-cv-01559 · 2022-04-15 · civil
  5. Oeland v. Citibank, N.A. 3:22-cv-00288 · 2022-04-14 · civil
  6. Indect USA Corp. v. Park Assist, LLC 3:18-cv-02409 · 2022-04-14 · civil
  7. Macgillivray v. Kijakazi 3:22-cv-00257 · 2022-04-13 · civil
  8. Ewing v. Sunroad BCV Auto, Inc 3:22-cv-00114 · 2022-04-11 · civil
  9. Tatoma, Inc. v. Newsom 3:21-cv-00098 · 2022-03-08 · civil
  10. Stone Brewing Co., LLC v. Molson Coors Brewing Company 3:18-cv-00331 · 2022-03-02 · civil
  11. Lackman v. Blazin Wings, Inc. 3:20-cv-01256 · 2022-02-24 · civil
  12. Fluence Energy, LLC v. M/V/BBC Finland 3:21-cv-01239 · 2022-02-08 · civil
  13. Fernandez v. Progressive Management Systems 3:21-cv-00841 · 2022-01-27 · civil
  14. Soil Retention Products, Inc. v. Brentwood Industries, Inc. 3:20-cv-02453 · 2022-01-27 · civil
  15. Indect USA Corp. v. Park Assist, LLC 3:18-cv-02409 · 2022-01-27 · civil
  16. Gutierrez v. Ford Motor Company 3:21-cv-02144 · 2022-01-27 · civil
  17. H.I.S.C, Inc. v. Franmar International Importers, Ltd. 3:16-cv-00480 · 2022-01-11 · civil
  18. Lesperance v. Kijakazi 3:20-cv-02506 · 2021-12-27 · civil
  19. Viani v. The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company 3:21-cv-00004 · 2021-12-23 · civil
  20. California Fair Plan Association v. United States Department of Agriculture 3:21-cv-02099 · 2021-12-21 · civil
  21. Indian Hills Holdings, LLC v. Frye 3:20-cv-00461 · 2021-12-17 · civil
  22. Jimenez v. San Diego Family Housing, LLC 3:21-cv-00027 · 2021-12-17 · civil
  23. SF 2402 LLC v. B.F.B., Inc. 3:21-cv-00906 · 2021-12-14 · civil
  24. Pappas v. Ford Motor Company 3:21-cv-00584 · 2021-12-07 · civil
  25. Kelly v. Hickman 3:21-cv-01226 · 2021-12-07 · civil