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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

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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

  1. United States v. John Vescuso 20-50165 · 2021-08-19 · criminal · reversed
  2. Richard Samayoa v. Ron Davis 18-56047 · 2019-07-03 · criminal · reversed
  3. Richard Samayoa v. Ron Davis 18-56047 · 2019-07-03 · criminal · reversed
  4. United States v. Pedro Franco 16-50408 · 2018-08-03 · criminal · reversed
  5. United States v. Jonathan Leal-Del Carmen 11-50094 · 2012-09-14 · criminal · reversed
  6. Duarte v. Bardales 06-56808 · 2008-05-19 · civil · reversed
  7. United States v. Forrester 05-50410 · 2008-01-07 · criminal · reversed
  8. United States v. Forrester 05-50401 · 2007-07-24 · criminal · reversed
  9. United States v. Forrester 05-50410 · 2007-07-06 · criminal · reversed
  10. Thomas v. Fry's Electronics 03-56306 · 2005-03-14 · civil · reversed