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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 reviewed on appeal (every role)

  1. Vena v. Moore, Schulman & Moore, Apc 25-383 · 2026-05-11 · civil · affirmed
  2. United States v. Dickman 24-7035 · 2025-10-10 · criminal · affirmed
  3. United States v. Chipunov 23-2046 · 2025-04-14 · criminal · affirmed
  4. United States v. Jones 23-3045 · 2024-11-22 · criminal · affirmed
  5. United States v. Lewis 23-4029 · 2024-08-27 · civil · affirmed
  6. Av Builder Corp. v. Houston Casualty Company 22-55445 · 2023-10-10 · civil · affirmed
  7. Gregory Caputo v. Tungsten Heavy Powder, Inc. 22-55142 · 2023-01-12 · civil · affirmed
  8. Unite Here Local 30 v. Sycuan Band 21-55017 · 2022-05-20 · civil · affirmed
  9. United States v. William Wooten 21-50126 · 2021-12-27 · criminal · affirmed
  10. United States v. Barbara Ross 20-50223 · 2021-11-29 · criminal · affirmed
  11. United States v. John Vescuso 20-50165 · 2021-08-19 · criminal · reversed
  12. United States v. Radames Alonso 20-50112 · 2021-06-15 · criminal · reversed in part
  13. Bay Mar v. Andrew Saul 19-56147 · 2021-03-02 · civil · affirmed
  14. Richard Valentine v. Chad Wolf 18-56337 · 2020-02-07 · civil · affirmed
  15. United States v. Gabriel Rodriguez-Rodriguez 19-50216 · 2020-02-07 · criminal · affirmed
  16. Brett Hagewood v. William Gore 18-55986 · 2019-10-24 · civil · affirmed
  17. United States v. John Vescuso 16-50441 · 2019-08-02 · criminal · reversed in part
  18. Richard Samayoa v. Ron Davis 18-56047 · 2019-07-03 · criminal · reversed
  19. Richard Samayoa v. Ron Davis 18-56047 · 2019-07-03 · criminal · reversed
  20. United States v. Marchello McCain 18-50013 · 2019-05-06 · criminal · affirmed
  21. United States v. Guillermo Vallejo-Moreno 18-50100 · 2018-10-29 · civil · affirmed
  22. United States v. Javier Portillo 17-50142 · 2018-09-18 · civil · affirmed
  23. Ray Askins v. Usdhs 16-55719 · 2018-08-14 · civil
  24. United States v. Pedro Franco 16-50408 · 2018-08-03 · criminal · reversed
  25. United States v. Santos Valdovino-Torrez 16-50047 · 2017-01-23 · criminal · affirmed