Thomas J. Whelan
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.
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
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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 authored (every role)
- R. T. B. v. United States
- Yarn v. Wilkie
- Freeman v. Flowers Baking Co. of Henderson, LLC
- Wilson v. Commissioner of Social Security
- Trevino v. Costco Wholesale Corporation
- Dalfio v. Elan Enterprise, LLC
- Felix v. City of San Diego
- Certified Nutraceuticals Inc. v. The Clorox Company
- Clines v. County of San Diego
- Ostrander v. Dioces of San Diego Education & Welfare Corporation
- Jurek v. Piller USA, Inc.
- Whiteslate, LLP v. Dahlin
- Avina v. Berryhill
- Freeman v. Flowers Baking Co. of Henderson, LLC
- Almahmodi v. City of La Mesa
- Ellsworth v. Integon National Insurance Company
- Doe v. Johnson
- M.L.M. v. Grossmont Union High School District
- Najarro v. County of San Diego
- U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Bay Club Fairbanks Ranch, LLC
- Graves v. DJO, LLC
- Carolino v. City of San Diego
- Abolafia v. Omni Hotels Management Corporation
- Word v. City of San Diego
- Broom v. Interact Communications, Inc.