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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. Anh Thai v. County of Los Angeles 23-55326 · 2025-02-12 · civil · affirmed
  2. United States v. Ruiz-Rivera 23-3775 · 2025-02-12 · criminal · affirmed
  3. Anh Thai v. County of Los Angeles 23-55326 · 2025-02-12 · civil · affirmed
  4. Bonilla v. Meza 3:25-cv-00165 · 2025-02-10 · civil
  5. Sansone v. Charter Communications, Inc. 3:17-cv-01880 · 2025-02-06 · civil
  6. Hill v. O'Malley 3:24-cv-02223 · 2025-02-03 · civil
  7. Williams v. Alvarado 3:24-cv-01501 · 2025-02-03 · civil
  8. McPhail v. FCA US, LLC. 3:24-cv-01879 · 2025-01-30 · civil
  9. Global Technology Solutions, Inc. v. RossLaw PLLC 3:24-cv-00320 · 2025-01-22 · civil
  10. Jones v. City of San Diego 3:23-cv-00529 · 2025-01-21 · civil
  11. Armour v. Housing Authority 3:23-cv-00808 · 2025-01-13 · civil
  12. Charman v. U.S.A. Home Inspectors 3:23-cv-00352 · 2025-01-13 · civil
  13. Bonilla v. Bashant 3:24-cv-02363 · 2025-01-08 · civil
  14. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Giguiere 3:18-cv-01530 · 2025-01-08 · civil
  15. McPhail v. FCA US, LLC. 3:24-cv-01879 · 2025-01-06 · civil
  16. United States v. Ellison 23-335 · 2024-12-23 · civil · affirmed
  17. Labyrinth, Inc. v. Pickett 3:23-cv-02212 · 2024-12-21 · civil
  18. Gomez v. Gonzalez 3965 3:23-cv-02026 · 2024-12-20 · civil
  19. Scripps Highland M/I Development, L.P. v. ASC Engineered Solutions, LLC 3:23-cv-01571 · 2024-12-20 · civil
  20. Bonilla v. Samartino 3:24-cv-01961 · 2024-11-22 · civil
  21. Blood v. Mercedez-Benz, USA, LLC 3:23-cv-01463 · 2024-11-22 · civil
  22. Roberts v. Ford Motor Company 3:24-cv-01424 · 2024-11-20 · civil
  23. Cooper v. Nicholas 3:24-cv-01585 · 2024-11-18 · civil
  24. Hairston v. Salazar 3:22-cv-01800 · 2024-11-18 · civil
  25. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Giguiere 3:18-cv-01530 · 2024-11-18 · civil