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Todd W. Robinson

District judge · Superior Court of Southern District of California County · 2020–2026

Judge, District Court, S.D. California 2020–

B--
100% — 350.5 of 352 orders sound, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 36% 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.

52cases reviewed on appeal
392opinions authored
392panels sat on (not as author)
23%reversed, in whole or part, of 47 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 36 reversed in part 5 reversed 4 vacated 2 remanded 2 dismissed 1

The Ninth Circuit's later rulings on their dockets

affirmed 15 reversed in part 3 reversed 3 remanded 1 dismissed 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

civil 31 criminal 21

By year: 2024 15 · 2023 11 · 2026 9 · 2022 9 · 2025 7 · 2021 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. Lance Williams v. Navarro 22-55974 · 2024-04-30 · civil · affirmed
  2. Louisa Gutierrez v. Llt Management LLC 21-55141 · 2024-04-29 · civil · affirmed
  3. United States v. Gustavo Lazcano-Neria 22-50068 · 2024-04-04 · civil · affirmed
  4. United States v. Wafa Murad 23-50026 · 2024-04-03 · criminal · vacated
  5. United States v. Jose Jimenez-Chaidez 22-50069 · 2024-03-25 · criminal · reversed in part
  6. United States v. Melchor Orozco-Orozco 22-50146 · 2024-03-12 · criminal · remanded
  7. Denise Van Osten v. Home Depot USA, Inc. 22-55228 · 2023-12-26 · civil · affirmed
  8. Youssif Kamal v. Eden Creamery, LLC 21-56260 · 2023-12-21 · civil · remanded
  9. United States v. Carlos Estrada 23-50012 · 2023-08-24 · criminal · affirmed
  10. Paul Lucore v. Bank of America, N.A. 22-56117 · 2023-08-22 · civil · affirmed
  11. Lauren Souter v. Edgewell Personal Care Company 22-55898 · 2023-08-07 · civil · reversed
  12. William Bortz v. Jp Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. 22-55582 · 2023-07-24 · civil · affirmed
  13. United States v. Daniel Butcher 22-50247 · 2023-04-26 · criminal · affirmed
  14. Zest Anchors, LLC v. Geryon Ventures, LLC 22-55704 · 2023-04-05 · civil · reversed in part
  15. Sana Kappouta v. Valiant Integrated Services 21-56310 · 2023-02-21 · civil · affirmed
  16. Constitution Association, Inc. v. Kamala Harris 21-56287 · 2023-01-26 · civil · affirmed
  17. Michael Dunbar v. Raul Campos, Jr. 22-55848 · 2023-01-25 · criminal · affirmed
  18. United States v. Joaquin Robles 21-50187 · 2022-08-25 · criminal · affirmed
  19. William Klaehn v. Cali Bamboo, LLC 21-55738 · 2022-06-03 · civil · affirmed
  20. Carlton Roark v. Leslie Gladstone 21-55040 · 2022-03-25 · civil · affirmed
  21. Jihan, Inc. v. Amco Insurance Company 21-55633 · 2022-03-22 · civil · reversed in part
  22. Stewart Mayer v. Robert J. Harrington 20-56340 · 2022-03-08 · civil · reversed
  23. Stewart Mayer v. Robert J. Harrington 20-56340 · 2022-03-08 · civil · reversed
  24. United States v. Doroteo Ruiz-Hernandez 21-50136 · 2022-02-18 · criminal
  25. Jeffrey Almada v. Krieger Law Firm, A.P.C. 21-55275 · 2022-01-24 · civil · reversed in part