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Thomas J. Whelan

District judge · Superior Court of Southern District of California County · 2001–2026

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99% — 243.5 of 246 orders sound, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 54% 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.

66cases reviewed on appeal
281opinions authored
281panels sat on (not as author)
29%reversed, in whole or part, of 59 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 42 reversed 10 reversed in part 4 vacated 3

The Ninth Circuit's later rulings on their dockets

affirmed 4 other 1

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 35 civil 31

By year: 2010 16 · 2008 6 · 2021 5 · 2019 5 · 2018 4 · 2011 4 · 2007 3 · 2005 3 · 2025 2 · 2024 2 · 2023 2 · 2020 2 · 2012 2 · 2006 2 · 2002 2 · 2026 1 · 2022 1 · 2017 1 · 2015 1 · 2004 1 · 2001 1 ·

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. 3:24-cv-00978 · 2026-09-09 · civil
  2. 3:24-cv-01668 · 2026-09-02 · civil
  3. 3:25-cv-00410 · 2026-08-19 · civil
  4. 3:25-cv-01073 · 2026-07-16 · civil
  5. 3:24-cv-00978 · 2026-06-25 · civil
  6. 3:25-cv-03034 · 2026-06-25 · civil
  7. 3:24-cv-00304 · 2026-06-23 · civil
  8. 3:26-cv-00585 · 2026-06-18 · civil
  9. ESTATE OF MICHAEL OLIVO, by and through successor in interest, PATRICIA OLIVO, et al. v. CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND REHABILITATION et al. 3:24-cv-00896 · 2026-06-10 · civil
  10. Vena v. Moore, Schulman & Moore, Apc 25-383 · 2026-05-11 · civil · affirmed
  11. 3:03-cv-00551 · 2026-04-29 · civil
  12. 3:25-cv-03643 · 2026-04-27 · civil
  13. 3:25-cv-03638 · 2026-04-23 · civil
  14. 3:25-cv-03686 · 2026-03-05 · civil
  15. 3:23-cv-02200 · 2026-03-05 · civil
  16. 3:24-cv-01777 · 2026-03-02 · civil
  17. 3:24-cv-00978 · 2026-03-02 · civil
  18. 3:24-cv-00978 · 2026-02-17 · civil
  19. 3:25-cv-01299 · 2026-02-17 · civil
  20. 3:24-cv-00978 · 2026-02-17 · civil
  21. 3:24-cv-01770 · 2026-02-06 · civil
  22. 3:25-cv-02221 · 2026-02-05 · civil
  23. 3:25-cv-02948 · 2026-02-04 · civil
  24. 3:25-cv-00884 · 2025-12-16 · civil
  25. 3:23-cv-01928 · 2025-12-09 · civil