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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. Harrison v. Willoughby 25-3470 · 2026-08-31 · civil · affirmed
  2. Reintegrative Therapy Association, Inc. v. David Kinitz 22-56009 · 2026-06-03 · civil · reversed
  3. Rhode v. Bonta 24-542 · 2025-07-24 · criminal · affirmed
  4. Scheibe v. Prosupps USA, LLC 23-3300 · 2025-06-23 · civil · reversed
  5. Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, Inc. v. Bonta 24-2341 · 2025-05-16 · civil · affirmed
  6. Van Druten v. McDowell 24-1800 · 2025-05-02 · civil · affirmed
  7. Virginia Duncan v. Rob Bonta 23-55805 · 2025-03-20 · civil · reversed
  8. Stone Brewing Co., LLC v. Molson Coors Beverage Company USA LLC 23-3142 · 2024-12-30 · civil · affirmed
  9. Pacific Surf Designs, Inc. v. Whitewater West Industries, Ltd. 23-2609 · 2024-12-23 · civil · affirmed
  10. Meredith v. Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC 23-3380 · 2024-12-17 · civil · affirmed
  11. Megan Rust v. Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings 23-55186 · 2024-08-23 · civil · affirmed
  12. United States v. Victor Chichande 23-50041 · 2024-08-15 · criminal · affirmed
  13. United States v. Flavio Taveras 22-50109 · 2024-05-17 · criminal
  14. David Yocom v. Uscis 23-55430 · 2024-05-16 · civil · reversed in part
  15. United States v. Melvin Rivers 23-50043 · 2024-01-10 · civil · dismissed
  16. United States v. Marcos Delarosa Ramirez 23-50009 · 2023-10-18 · criminal · affirmed
  17. United States v. Javier Mendoza 22-50079 · 2023-05-23 · criminal · affirmed
  18. D.O. v. Escondido Union School Dist. 21-55498 · 2023-01-31 · civil · reversed
  19. Chris Langer v. Milan Kiser 21-55183 · 2023-01-23 · civil
  20. Palomar Health v. Aglic 21-56073 · 2022-07-28 · civil · affirmed
  21. Christopher Garnier v. Michelle O'connor-Ratcliff 21-55118 · 2022-07-27 · probate · affirmed
  22. United States v. Segundo Dominguez-Caicedo 19-50268 · 2022-07-18 · criminal · remanded
  23. United States v. Maurice Smith 21-50120 · 2022-07-07 · criminal · affirmed
  24. United States v. Richard Mathews 19-56110 · 2022-06-13 · criminal
  25. United States v. Robert Collazo 15-50509 · 2022-05-17 · criminal · reversed in part