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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 authored (every role)

  1. 3:24-cv-00295 · 2025-11-20 · civil
  2. 3:25-cv-00192 · 2025-11-13 · civil
  3. 3:24-cv-00978 · 2025-10-14 · civil
  4. Delgadillo v. O'Malley 3:24-cv-01487 · 2025-08-25 · civil
  5. Bernal v. County of San Diego 3:24-cv-01668 · 2025-07-31 · civil
  6. Diaz v. O'Malley 3:24-cv-00525 · 2025-06-18 · civil
  7. Donahue v. Saul 3:19-cv-01818 · 2025-06-13 · civil
  8. Strickland v. O'Malley 3:24-cv-01057 · 2025-06-03 · civil
  9. Ober v. Commissioner of Social Security 3:24-cv-01461 · 2025-05-23 · civil
  10. Blue Line Foodservice Distribution, Inc. v. Cathcart 3:24-cv-01250 · 2025-04-30 · civil
  11. Bernal v. County of San Diego 3:24-cv-01668 · 2025-04-25 · civil
  12. Freedom Forever Procurement LLC v. Silfab Solar Inc. 3:24-cv-02452 · 2025-04-14 · civil
  13. Schmidt v. County of San Diego 3:23-cv-00899 · 2025-04-14 · civil
  14. Gale v. Unifi Aviation, LLC 3:24-cv-01355 · 2025-04-02 · civil
  15. Moran v. Kijakazi 3:23-cv-02182 · 2025-04-02 · civil
  16. Thompson v. Government Employees Insurance Company 3:24-cv-02067 · 2025-03-27 · civil
  17. Walpert v. Solar Integrated Roofing Corp. 3:24-cv-00041 · 2025-03-19 · civil
  18. United States v. Schaedler-Moore 3:24-cv-00978 · 2025-03-17 · civil
  19. Sexton v. Mitratech Holdings, Inc. 3:23-cv-00375 · 2025-03-14 · civil
  20. Asencio v. City of San Diego 3:24-cv-02074 · 2025-03-11 · civil
  21. Wally v. Kijakazi 3:23-cv-00769 · 2025-03-10 · civil
  22. Lynk Remote Technologies, LLC v. Sky Harbour, LLC 3:24-cv-00551 · 2025-03-06 · civil
  23. Fiallo v. United Services Automobile Association 3:25-cv-00318 · 2025-02-19 · civil
  24. Brown v. Sweetwater Union High School District 3:24-cv-00493 · 2025-02-18 · civil
  25. Spriggs v. City of San Diego 3:24-cv-01006 · 2025-02-12 · civil