gno.law
William Q. Hayes
Work of Federal Government · source

William Q. Hayes

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

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

D-
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

By year: 2020 18 · 2019 17 · 2018 16 · 2025 14 · 2023 13 · 2024 11 · 2021 10 · 2011 10 · 2010 10 · 2022 9 · 2016 8 · 2017 6 · 2009 6 · 2013 5 · 2008 5 · 2026 4 · 2012 3 · 2006 3 · 2005 3 · 2014 2 · 2007 2 · 2015 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 authored (every role)

  1. Panzl v. United Airlines, Inc. 3:25-cv-02046 · 2025-09-12 · civil
  2. Gomez v. Gonzalez 3965 3:23-cv-02026 · 2025-09-12 · civil
  3. Cabrera v. Ford Motor Company 3:23-cv-01775 · 2025-08-26 · civil
  4. Sansone v. Charter Communications, Inc. 3:17-cv-01880 · 2025-08-08 · civil
  5. The Estate of Roselee Bartolacci v. County of San Diego 3:24-cv-01156 · 2025-07-31 · civil
  6. Limpin v. Unknown Names of Federal Employees of Social Security Administration 3:25-cv-00956 · 2025-07-17 · civil
  7. Quade v. Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC 3:24-cv-02120 · 2025-07-17 · civil
  8. Hale v. Kijakazi 3:22-cv-01963 · 2025-07-17 · civil
  9. Dalrada Financial Corporation v. Bonar 3:24-cv-02166 · 2025-07-16 · civil
  10. North v. Salazar 3:25-cv-01750 · 2025-07-14 · civil
  11. Williams v. Alvarado 3:24-cv-01501 · 2025-07-11 · civil
  12. Salazar v. O'Malley 3:24-cv-01432 · 2025-07-10 · civil
  13. (PC) Juarez v. Abdi 3:25-cv-01432 · 2025-07-07 · civil
  14. Jones v. Equifax Information Services, LLC 3:25-cv-00946 · 2025-07-07 · civil
  15. Lily v. Rosenow 3:23-cv-00644 · 2025-07-07 · civil
  16. Sansone v. Charter Communications, Inc. 3:17-cv-01880 · 2025-06-04 · civil
  17. Sundby v. San Diego County Sheriff 3:24-cv-01535 · 2025-06-02 · civil
  18. Global Technology Solutions, Inc. v. RossLaw PLLC 3:24-cv-00320 · 2025-06-02 · civil
  19. Peterfai v. USA Logistics Inc. 3:23-cv-01695 · 2025-06-02 · civil
  20. Cooper v. Nicholas 3:24-cv-01585 · 2025-05-27 · civil
  21. Shallowhorn v. Carrillo 3:24-cv-00399 · 2025-05-27 · civil
  22. Scott v. Hill 3:24-cv-02400 · 2025-05-27 · civil
  23. Dorado v. Stephan 3:25-cv-00083 · 2025-05-14 · civil
  24. Jones v. Equifax Information Services, LLC 3:25-cv-00946 · 2025-05-14 · civil
  25. Marvin Donius v. County of San Diego 3:19-cv-01898 · 2025-05-14 · civil