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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. Uhl v. Roblox Corporation 25-5057 · 2026-09-03 · civil · affirmed
  2. Mirch v. United States 25-814 · 2026-07-13 · civil · affirmed
  3. Okai v. Office and Professional Employees International Union - Local 30 24-5035 · 2026-05-27 · civil · affirmed
  4. United States v. Hackett 25-2247 · 2026-05-27 · civil · affirmed
  5. United States v. Morin-Moreno 24-1531 · 2026-05-22 · criminal · affirmed
  6. United States v. Gonzalez-Reyes 23-3532 · 2026-04-15 · criminal
  7. United States v. Barnes 24-1613 · 2026-03-30 · civil · affirmed
  8. United States v. Smith 25-2177 · 2026-02-23 · civil · affirmed
  9. Steeves v. United States Government 24-2935 · 2026-01-23 · civil · dismissed
  10. United States v. Espinoza 23-4156 · 2025-10-31 · criminal · affirmed
  11. United States v. Stephens 24-6889 · 2025-10-10 · criminal · affirmed
  12. United States v. Rabon 24-7066 · 2025-10-03 · criminal · vacated
  13. United States v. Michael Dunbar 23-50036 · 2025-05-09 · criminal · affirmed
  14. United States v. Salazar 24-993 · 2025-04-07 · criminal · affirmed
  15. United States v. Villegas 23-3492 · 2025-02-18 · civil · affirmed
  16. 3729, LLC v. Evernorth Health, Inc. 23-55645 · 2025-02-04 · civil · reversed
  17. United States v. Andrew Hackett 22-50142 · 2024-12-18 · criminal · affirmed
  18. United States v. Andrew Hackett 22-50142 · 2024-12-18 · criminal · affirmed
  19. United States v. Korotkiy 23-2443 · 2024-10-10 · criminal · affirmed
  20. Nathan Rivera v. Brian Cates 22-55602 · 2024-09-13 · civil · affirmed
  21. United States v. Cuevas 23-1668 · 2024-09-12 · criminal · affirmed
  22. Stevie Stevenson v. Jeffrey Beard 22-56027 · 2024-09-12 · civil · affirmed
  23. Mya Hendrix v. City of San Diego 22-55732 · 2024-09-04 · civil · reversed in part
  24. United States v. Gilberto Campos 22-50308 · 2024-07-15 · criminal · affirmed
  25. United States v. Ulises Lucas-Hernandez 22-50110 · 2024-05-23 · criminal · affirmed