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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. Omar Lucas 12-50563 · 2013-12-18 · civil · affirmed
  2. United States v. Jose Zaines-Vargas 12-50037 · 2013-08-01 · criminal · affirmed
  3. United States v. Santos Jimenez-Arriaga 12-50505 · 2013-08-01 · criminal · dismissed
  4. United States v. Michael Araiza-Ortega 12-50284 · 2013-04-22 · criminal · affirmed
  5. United States v. Rosario Rodriguez-Portillo 12-50071 · 2012-10-16 · criminal · affirmed
  6. United States v. Aldin Martinez-Agustin 11-50489 · 2012-07-03 · criminal · affirmed
  7. United States v. Jose Mendoza-Naranjo 11-50487 · 2012-06-29 · criminal · affirmed
  8. Protect Our Communities Fo v. Agri 11-56917 · 2012-06-11 · civil · affirmed
  9. United States v. Aguila-Montes De Oca 05-50170 · 2011-08-11 · criminal · vacated
  10. Fortune Dynamic v. Victoria's Secret Stores Brand 08-56291 · 2011-07-15 · civil · affirmed
  11. United States v. Kenneth Mah 10-50568 · 2011-06-23 · criminal · vacated
  12. United States v. Christian Garcia-Garcia 10-50274 · 2011-04-11 · criminal · affirmed
  13. United States v. Alfredo Sepulveda-Iribe 09-50368 · 2011-03-29 · criminal · affirmed
  14. United States v. Jose Cervantes-Guerra 09-50578 · 2011-03-09 · criminal · affirmed
  15. United States v. Teodoro Martinez-Carmona 10-50307 · 2011-02-23 · criminal · affirmed
  16. United States v. Lucio Mora-Tarula 10-50108 · 2011-02-23 · criminal · affirmed
  17. United States v. Hector Rangel-Lopez 10-50068 · 2011-02-23 · criminal · affirmed
  18. United States v. Ricardo Alvarez-Cordova 09-50447 · 2011-01-19 · criminal · affirmed
  19. United States v. Joaquin Paramo-Maciel 09-50550 · 2010-09-21 · criminal · affirmed
  20. United States v. Eduardo Ayon 10-50021 · 2010-09-02 · criminal · affirmed
  21. United States v. Elias Gomez 08-50210 · 2010-08-02 · criminal · affirmed
  22. United States v. Jose Franceschy-Robles 09-50342 · 2010-07-22 · criminal · affirmed
  23. United States v. Emilio Reyes-Bosque 08-50253 · 2010-03-01 · criminal · affirmed
  24. United States v. Salvador Avila-Rivera 09-30067 · 2009-12-21 · criminal · reversed
  25. United States v. Eduardo Alba-Flores 08-50135 · 2009-08-18 · criminal · affirmed