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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. Portillo v. City of National City 3:20-cv-02429 · 2022-07-19 · civil
  2. Certified Nutraceuticals Inc. v. The Clorox Company 3:18-cv-00744 · 2022-07-18 · civil
  3. Piccini v. City of San Diego 3:21-cv-01343 · 2022-07-15 · civil
  4. Bouey v. United States of America 3:22-cv-00442 · 2022-07-14 · civil
  5. Fisher v. Ford Motor Company 3:22-cv-00339 · 2022-06-16 · civil
  6. Craig v. Discover Bank 3:21-cv-01407 · 2022-06-13 · civil
  7. Property West, Inc. v. Kinsale Insurance Company 3:22-cv-00530 · 2022-06-13 · civil
  8. E-Z Living LLC v. A10 Capital, LLC 3:21-cv-01270 · 2022-06-09 · civil
  9. Donahue v. Saul 3:19-cv-01818 · 2022-05-26 · civil
  10. General Marine II, LLC v. Kelly 3:21-cv-01425 · 2022-05-09 · civil
  11. Dalton v. County of San Diego 3:21-cv-02143 · 2022-04-25 · civil
  12. New York Marine and General Insurance Company v. Peters 3:21-cv-01692 · 2022-04-13 · civil
  13. Li v. Zhang 3:21-cv-02017 · 2022-04-11 · civil
  14. Johnson v. Midland Credit Management, Inc. 3:21-cv-01563 · 2022-04-06 · civil
  15. E-Z Living LLC v. A10 Capital, LLC 3:21-cv-01270 · 2022-04-06 · civil
  16. Portillo v. City of National City 3:20-cv-02429 · 2022-04-04 · civil
  17. Free Sacred Trinity Church v. Internal Revenue Service 3:21-cv-01756 · 2022-03-30 · civil
  18. Bracalente v. Foward Air Services, LLC 3:21-cv-01551 · 2022-03-30 · civil
  19. Colbath v. Merck & Co., Inc. 3:21-cv-00120 · 2022-03-29 · civil
  20. Sterling Park LLC v. Axos Financial, Inc. 3:21-cv-01347 · 2022-03-29 · civil
  21. Certified Nutraceuticals Inc. v. The Clorox Company 3:18-cv-00744 · 2022-03-03 · civil
  22. TNHC Arizona LLC v. Peter-Lacke USA, LLC 3:21-cv-01017 · 2022-02-16 · civil
  23. Ostrander v. Dioces of San Diego Education & Welfare Corporation 3:21-cv-00175 · 2022-02-10 · civil
  24. Samia v. Experian Information Solutions, Inc. 3:21-cv-01015 · 2022-02-01 · civil
  25. Jungers v. City of San Diego 3:21-cv-00829 · 2021-12-22 · civil