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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

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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 sat on (every role)

  1. RANGEL-ZUAZO v. Holder 07-72316 · 2012-02-13 · criminal
  2. Carrillo De Palacios v. Holder 09-72059 · 2011-12-01 · civil
  3. In Re Cell Tower Litigation Case 07cv399 BEN (WVG) · 2011-08-05 · civil
  4. Gates v. ASSET ACCEPTANCE, LLC 3:10-cr-01244 · 2011-07-26 · criminal
  5. United States v. Eriksen 10-30056 · 2011-05-23 · criminal
  6. Gardner v. United States Bureau of Land Management 09-35647 · 2011-04-07 · other
  7. MEDWAY v. Cate 3:10-mj-00276 · 2010-11-17 · criminal · other
  8. Weakley v. Redline Recovery Services, LLC 3:09-cr-01423 · 2010-07-13 · criminal
  9. United States v. Saathoff Case 06cr43-BEN · 2010-04-06 · civil
  10. North County Communications Corp. v. Verizon Global Networks, Inc. 3:08-cr-01518 · 2010-02-09 · criminal
  11. Renteria v. Skelton 09cv1400 BEN (POR). Bankr.No. 08-09222 · 2009-12-17 · probate
  12. Yates v. Allied International Credit Corp. 3:06-cr-01458 · 2008-01-29 · criminal
  13. Quisenberry v. Compass Vision, Inc. 07CV1135 BEN (AJB) · 2007-11-14 · civil
  14. Wilson v. Kayo Oil Co. 3:06-cr-01035 · 2007-10-25 · criminal