William Q. Hayes
Judge, District Court, S.D. California 2003–
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 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 reviewed on appeal (every role)
- Dean Steeves v. Irs
- Estate of Timothy Gene Smith v. Dan Escamilla
- United States v. Anthony Navarro
- Theodore Cabaniss v. Pfizer, Inc.
- United States v. Robert Cota, Jr.
- United States v. Robert Cota, Jr.
- United States v. David Jacquot
- United States v. Robert Cota, Jr.
- Christina Pearson v. Apria Healthcare Group, Inc.
- Peggy Rust v. Target Corporation
- Pamela Bennett v. Cielo Homeowners Association
- Drickey Jackson v. Amzn
- Drickey Jackson v. Amzn
- United States v. Jesus Covarruvias-Villareal
- United States v. Michael Carey
- Robert Romoff v. General Motors LLC
- United States v. Bobby Sehorn
- JILANNE BARTO V. DAVID MIYASHIRO
- Naomi Aylward v. Selecthealth, Inc.
- Rogelio Espinoza v. Shawn Hatton
- James Austin v. Robert Brown
- United States v. Carsten Rosenow
- Estate of Timothy Gene Smith v. Scott Holslag
- Naomi Aylward v. Selecthealth, Inc.
- Tasha Williamson v. City of National City