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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. Theodore Cabaniss v. Pfizer, Inc. 23-55297 · 2024-02-09 · civil · affirmed
  2. Maldonado v. Robles Cha 3:24-cv-00083 · 2024-01-23 · civil
  3. Ndandu v. Golden State Annex Detention Center 3:23-cv-00792 · 2024-01-08 · civil
  4. Mills v. San Diego County Medical Dept 3:23-cv-02248 · 2024-01-08 · civil
  5. Fields v. Gates 3:23-cv-01412 · 2023-12-01 · civil
  6. Fields v. Newsome 3:23-cv-01416 · 2023-12-01 · civil
  7. Flagstar Bank, N.A. v. Santiago 3:23-cv-01889 · 2023-10-31 · civil
  8. Carrillo v. Mission Valley Nordstrom Rack 3:23-cv-01535 · 2023-10-30 · civil
  9. Turner v. Luxottica Retail North America, Inc. 3:23-cv-01771 · 2023-10-30 · civil
  10. Turner v. Advantage GPS 3:23-cv-01773 · 2023-10-30 · civil
  11. R.J. v. County of San Diego 3:22-cv-01905 · 2023-10-03 · civil
  12. Guthrie v. Allison 3:19-cv-01452 · 2023-09-29 · civil · writ denied
  13. United States v. Robert Cota, Jr. 19-56376 · 2023-09-28 · civil · affirmed
  14. Lacroix v. Howard 3:22-cv-01956 · 2023-09-18 · civil
  15. Sanchez v. Martinez 3:23-cv-01561 · 2023-09-18 · civil · dismissed
  16. R.J. v. County of San Diego 3:22-cv-01905 · 2023-09-05 · civil
  17. Hernandez v. Williams 3:21-cv-00944 · 2023-07-17 · civil
  18. United States v. Robert Cota, Jr. 21-50094 · 2023-07-12 · criminal · affirmed
  19. United States v. David Jacquot 22-50116 · 2023-07-03 · criminal · affirmed
  20. Alonso v. Quan 3:23-cv-00760 · 2023-06-21 · civil
  21. Russell v. Wertz 3:23-cv-00819 · 2023-05-26 · civil
  22. Johnson v. LVNV Funding 3:23-cv-00412 · 2023-05-26 · civil
  23. United States v. Robert Cota, Jr. 21-50094 · 2023-05-16 · criminal · affirmed
  24. Christina Pearson v. Apria Healthcare Group, Inc. 21-55786 · 2023-05-04 · civil
  25. Peggy Rust v. Target Corporation 22-55123 · 2023-04-27 · civil · affirmed