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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. 3:23-cv-01780 · 2024-08-05 · civil
  2. 3:23-cv-00375 · 2024-07-18 · civil
  3. 3:23-cv-01554 · 2024-07-16 · civil
  4. 3:23-cv-01850 · 2024-07-16 · civil
  5. Belangue v. Costco Wholesale Corporation 3:23-cv-01850 · 2024-07-09 · civil
  6. Kard v. GMAC Mortage, LLC 3:23-cv-01780 · 2024-07-08 · civil
  7. Hodges v. Gloria 3:23-cv-02065 · 2024-06-24 · civil
  8. United States v. Abbott Laboratories 3:20-cv-00286 · 2024-05-14 · civil
  9. Ponce v. CalEnergy Operating Corporation 3:22-cv-01808 · 2024-05-08 · civil
  10. Reynolds v. McLaren Group, LLC 3:23-cv-01928 · 2024-05-06 · civil
  11. Pham v. Jaddou 3:23-cv-01058 · 2024-04-30 · civil
  12. Rose v. Selene Finance, LP 3:23-cv-01691 · 2024-04-22 · civil
  13. Phan v. University & State Employees Credit Union 3:23-cv-00075 · 2024-04-22 · civil
  14. Bouman v. County of San Diego 3:23-cv-01648 · 2024-04-05 · civil
  15. M.J. v. La Maestra Family Clinic Inc. 3:23-cv-00395 · 2024-03-25 · civil
  16. Hampton v. Commissioner of Social Security 3:22-cv-01833 · 2024-03-18 · civil
  17. Cortina v. Kijakazi 3:22-cv-01669 · 2024-03-18 · civil
  18. Kard v. GMAC Mortage, LLC 3:23-cv-01780 · 2024-03-04 · civil
  19. Lee v. United States Department of the Navy 3:23-cv-00576 · 2024-02-09 · civil
  20. Sexton v. Mitratech Holdings, Inc. 3:23-cv-00375 · 2024-02-08 · civil
  21. Pham v. Jaddou 3:23-cv-01058 · 2024-02-05 · civil
  22. Akkawi v. Sadr 3:23-cv-02168 · 2024-01-30 · civil
  23. United States v. Abbott Laboratories 3:20-cv-00286 · 2024-01-26 · civil
  24. Pardo v. United States of America Customs and Border Patrol 3:23-cv-00649 · 2024-01-24 · civil
  25. Dr. Lokesh Tantuwaya MD Inc. v. JetSuite, Inc. 3:19-cv-00049-W-BLM · 2024-01-09 · civil