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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. United States v. Younes Nasri 22-55685 · 2026-09-02 · civil · vacated
  2. Ruiz v. the Bradford Exchange, Ltd. 24-3378 · 2025-08-28 · civil · vacated
  3. United States v. Younes Nasri 22-55685 · 2024-10-29 · civil · vacated
  4. Brenda Andersen-Swiderski v. Kpasco 19-55235 · 2020-05-11 · civil · vacated
  5. United States v. Miguel Garcia-Aguilar 15-50336 · 2016-12-19 · criminal · vacated
  6. United States v. Rafael Zamarripa-Baca 15-50402 · 2016-12-19 · criminal · vacated
  7. United States v. Sergio Rodriguez-Dominguez 15-50383 · 2016-12-19 · criminal · vacated
  8. United States v. Guadalupe Hernandez 15-50161 · 2016-11-01 · criminal · vacated
  9. United States v. Reinna Hernandez 15-50167 · 2016-11-01 · criminal · vacated
  10. United States v. Sissy Solano-Yanez 15-50056 · 2016-10-03 · criminal · vacated
  11. United States v. Sergio Rodriguez-Mepfords 10-50263 · 2011-05-16 · criminal · vacated