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William Q. Hayes
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William Q. Hayes

District judge · Superior Court of Southern District of California County · 2005–2026

Judge, District Court, S.D. California 2003–

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98% — 459.5 of 467 orders sound, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 74% 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.

176cases reviewed on appeal
528opinions authored
529panels sat on (not as author)
21%reversed, in whole or part, of 154 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 121 reversed 15 vacated 11 reversed in part 7 remanded 5 dismissed 4

The Ninth Circuit's later rulings on their dockets

affirmed 25 reversed in part 5 vacated 2 reversed 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 94 criminal 76 probate 5 other 1

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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

  1. Raya v. Barka 25-2394 · 2026-07-28 · civil · reversed in part
  2. Pamela Bennett v. Cielo Homeowners Association 21-55550 · 2023-04-21 · civil · reversed in part
  3. Anh Tuyet Thai v. Andrew Saul 18-55304 · 2020-02-19 · civil · reversed in part
  4. United States v. Michael Peterson 18-50184 · 2019-09-03 · criminal · reversed in part
  5. United States v. Jose Milanez 18-50349 · 2019-03-19 · criminal · reversed in part
  6. La Jolla Friends of the Seals v. National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration's National Marine Fisheries Service 09-55828 · 2010-11-03 · civil · reversed in part
  7. Pan Pacific Retail Properties, Inc. v. Gulf Ins. Co. 04-56394 · 2006-12-21 · civil · reversed in part