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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. Nguyen v. Bonta 24-2036 · 2025-06-20 · civil · affirmed
  2. Sansone v. Charter Communications, Inc. 3:17-cv-01880 · 2025-06-04 · civil
  3. Sundby v. San Diego County Sheriff 3:24-cv-01535 · 2025-06-02 · civil
  4. Global Technology Solutions, Inc. v. RossLaw PLLC 3:24-cv-00320 · 2025-06-02 · civil
  5. Peterfai v. USA Logistics Inc. 3:23-cv-01695 · 2025-06-02 · civil
  6. Cooper v. Nicholas 3:24-cv-01585 · 2025-05-27 · civil
  7. Shallowhorn v. Carrillo 3:24-cv-00399 · 2025-05-27 · civil
  8. Scott v. Hill 3:24-cv-02400 · 2025-05-27 · civil
  9. United States v. Yafa 23-4330 · 2025-05-15 · civil · affirmed
  10. United States v. Yafa 23-4330 · 2025-05-15 · criminal · affirmed
  11. Dorado v. Stephan 3:25-cv-00083 · 2025-05-14 · civil
  12. Jones v. Equifax Information Services, LLC 3:25-cv-00946 · 2025-05-14 · civil
  13. Marvin Donius v. County of San Diego 3:19-cv-01898 · 2025-05-14 · civil
  14. Marlin Royal v. Raymond Madden 23-55260 · 2025-04-21 · civil · affirmed
  15. United States v. Felipe-Zavala 23-2840 · 2025-04-18 · criminal · affirmed
  16. Tu v. Experian Information Solutions, Inc. 3:24-cv-01221 · 2025-04-16 · civil
  17. Martinez v. United States 3:24-cv-01020 · 2025-04-08 · civil
  18. Sansone v. Charter Communications, Inc. 3:17-cv-01880 · 2025-04-03 · civil
  19. Dorado v. Stephan 3:25-cv-00083 · 2025-04-01 · civil
  20. Soares v. City of San Diego 3:23-cv-00369 · 2025-03-28 · civil
  21. Rosenow v. Facebook, Inc. 3:19-cv-01297 · 2025-03-28 · civil
  22. Raya v. Barka 3:19-cv-02295 · 2025-03-10 · civil
  23. McPhail v. FCA US, LLC. 3:24-cv-01879 · 2025-03-03 · civil
  24. Hairston v. Salazar 3:22-cv-01800 · 2025-02-26 · civil
  25. Dorado v. Stephan 3:25-cv-00083 · 2025-02-25 · civil