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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. SF 2402 LLC v. B.F.B., Inc. 3:21-cv-00906 · 2021-12-14 · civil
  2. Pappas v. Ford Motor Company 3:21-cv-00584 · 2021-12-07 · civil
  3. Kelly v. Hickman 3:21-cv-01226 · 2021-12-07 · civil
  4. Board of Trustees of the Glaziers, Architectural Metal & Glass Workers Local Union 1399 Health & Welfare Trust v. Summit Commercial Floors, Inc. 3:21-cv-00081 · 2021-12-02 · civil
  5. H.I.S.c, Inc. v. Maria Rajanayagam 20-56240 · 2021-12-01 · civil
  6. Virginia Duncan v. Rob Bonta 19-55376 · 2021-11-30 · criminal · reversed
  7. Virginia Duncan v. Rob Bonta 19-55376 · 2021-11-30 · criminal · reversed
  8. United States v. Elishay Banks 20-50026 · 2021-11-26 · criminal · affirmed
  9. Stoff v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 3:21-cv-00793 · 2021-11-22 · civil
  10. BUCHANNON v. ASSOCIATED CREDIT SERVICES INC 3:20-cv-02245 · 2021-11-17 · civil
  11. Indian Hills Holdings, LLC v. Frye 3:20-cv-00461 · 2021-11-17 · civil
  12. Nuguid v. Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC 3:21-cv-00435 · 2021-11-17 · civil
  13. Indect USA Corp. v. Park Assist, LLC 3:18-cv-02409 · 2021-11-16 · civil
  14. Pacific Surf Designs, Inc. v. Whitewater West Industries, Ltd..r West 3:20-cv-01464 · 2021-11-16 · civil
  15. Noriega v. Volvo Cars of North America, Inc. 3:21-cv-01671 · 2021-11-10 · civil
  16. Reintegrative Therapy Association, Inc. v. Kinitz 3:21-cv-01297 · 2021-11-04 · civil
  17. United States of America v. S.M.R.T., LLC 3:18-cv-00822-BEN-BGS · 2021-10-28 · civil
  18. S.S. v. Peloton Interactive, Inc. 3:21-cv-01367 · 2021-10-07 · civil
  19. Maisel v. AEH Company, Inc. 3:21-cv-01493 · 2021-10-05 · civil
  20. Jimenez v. San Diego Family Housing, LLC 3:21-cv-00027 · 2021-10-01 · civil
  21. Williams v. United States 3:15-cv-02126-BEN · 2021-09-28 · civil
  22. Stone Brewing Co., LLC v. Molson Coors Brewing Company 3:18-cv-00331 · 2021-09-28 · civil
  23. Indect USA Corp. v. Park Assist, LLC 3:18-cv-02409 · 2021-09-24 · civil
  24. Antonio v. United States 3:21-cv-00997 · 2021-09-23 · civil
  25. Fouts v. Becerra 3:19-cv-01662 · 2021-09-22 · civil