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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. 3:24-cv-01535 · 2026-03-10 · civil
  2. 3:25-cv-02602 · 2026-03-05 · civil
  3. 3:26-cv-01087 · 2026-02-27 · civil · other
  4. 3:26-cv-01049 · 2026-02-27 · civil
  5. 3:23-cv-01821 · 2026-02-27 · civil
  6. 3:25-cv-01602 · 2026-02-10 · civil
  7. 3:25-cv-02826 · 2026-02-09 · civil
  8. United States v. Contreras-Vergara 24-6033 · 2026-02-06 · criminal · affirmed
  9. 3:23-cv-02026 · 2026-01-29 · civil
  10. 3:25-cv-01432 · 2026-01-20 · civil
  11. 3:24-cv-00511 · 2026-01-09 · civil
  12. 3:23-cv-01803 · 2025-12-19 · civil
  13. United States v. Jorge Moraga-Valdez 22-50124 · 2025-12-19 · civil · affirmed
  14. 3:25-cv-02233 · 2025-12-05 · civil
  15. McKinley v. Hugie 24-4858 · 2025-11-18 · civil · affirmed
  16. 3:25-cv-01750 · 2025-11-17 · civil
  17. 3:22-cv-00219 · 2025-11-17 · civil
  18. 3:25-cv-02498 · 2025-11-12 · civil
  19. 3:24-cv-01536 · 2025-11-06 · civil
  20. 3:22-cv-00895 · 2025-11-06 · civil
  21. Edleson v. Travel Insured International, Inc. 24-5042 · 2025-10-31 · civil · affirmed
  22. 3:25-cv-02046 · 2025-10-27 · civil
  23. Wilson v. Gamboa 24-1818 · 2025-10-22 · criminal · affirmed
  24. 3:25-cv-00241 · 2025-10-20 · civil
  25. 3:25-cv-00065 · 2025-10-20 · civil