Judge Benjamin J. Cheeks

Judge Benjamin J. Cheeks (S.D. California) has 15 assigned dockets in the Repleader record, filed to , 15 still open. Activity, not outcomes.

Data through . Dockets come from the CourtListener bulk snapshot of , complete through , plus newer dockets from court feeds.

Assigned dockets
15

Filed to

Last 90 days
5

Filed in the 90 days to

Open (estimate)
15

No termination date in the record

Terminated
0

With a termination date

Dockets assigned per month

Measured: dockets in the record assigned to this judge each month by filing date, stacked by case group.

Dockets assigned to Judge Benjamin J. Cheeks per month
Dockets assigned to Judge Benjamin J. Cheeks per monthDockets assigned each month by filing date, stacked by case group; hatched months are estimates0123Nov 2025Feb 2026May 2026Aug 2026Nov 2026Dockets assigned to Judge Benjamin J. Cheeks per monthDockets assigned each month by filing date, stacked by case group; hatched months are estimates0123Nov 2025Mar 2026Jul 2026Nov 2026
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Dockets assigned to Judge Benjamin J. Cheeks per month. Source: CourtListener bulk dockets. Hatched months are estimates (projection-1.0, method).
MonthOther statutesTortsContractObservedEstimate (pace and trend)
2002
0011
1001
0101
0000
0000
1001
1001
10011
30033
01011
1
1

Hatched months are estimates: the snapshot reads low for its newest months and later months come only from court feeds; the table shows what was observed. Source: CourtListener bulk dockets.

Pace and shares

Each figure with n, the cases behind it, beside the district figure. Under 20 cases a rate is too few to rate.

MeasureThis judgenS.D. CalifornianData
Median days to first order no data0 no data0
Median days to scheduling order no data0
Median days to first dispositive ruling no data0
Median days to termination no data0 6624
Share ended within 90 days too few to rate10 JSON
Share ended within 180 days too few to rate8 10.2%137 JSON
Share ended within 365 days no data0
Jury demand share too few to rate15 87.0%269 JSON
Removal share too few to rate15 0.0%269 JSON
Class action share too few to rate15 6.2%272 JSON

Days to an order count only dockets whose numbered entries are all held from the first through that order, so the first order is known. Sources: CourtListener docket entries; methods on the registry.

Caseload by case type

Assigned dockets by nature-of-suit code, with the open count.

Case typeGroupDocketsOpenShare
890 Other Statutory Actions Other statutes 7 7 46.7%
370 Other Fraud Torts 2 2 13.3%
480 Consumer Credit Other statutes 2 2 13.3%
850 Securities/Commodities/Exchange Other statutes 2 2 13.3%
195 Contract Product Liability Contract 1 1 6.7%
485 Telephone Consumer Protection Act Other statutes 1 1 6.7%

Codes from the JS 44 civil cover sheet. Counts cover the case types this site tracks, not every case on the judge's docket.

Recent matters

The newest dockets assigned to this judge, each linked to its record.

FiledDocketCaseCourtStatus
3:26-cv-05070 Mullen v. SF Markets, LLC S.D. California Open
3:26-cv-04790 Fitch v. Operating Engineers Local Union No. 3 Federal Credit Union S.D. California Open
3:26-cv-04643 Wonderly v. Aardvark Therapeutics, Inc. S.D. California Open
3:26-cv-04521 Kimbell v. American Express National Bank S.D. California Open
3:26-cv-04010 Vanderpoel v. Matterport, LLC S.D. California Open
3:26-cv-03471 Gibbons v. Iridex Corporation S.D. California Open
3:26-cv-03161 Yardley v. Ameriprise Financial, Inc. S.D. California Open
3:26-cv-00689 Geraci v. Swyft, Inc. S.D. California Open
3:26-cv-00102 Dickinson v. Dexcom, Inc. S.D. California Open
3:25-cv-03488 Kelly Grisoli v. DexCom, Inc. S.D. California Open
3:25-cv-03210 Dalora v. Dexcom, Inc. S.D. California Open
3:25-cv-02984 Gutierrez v. Credit Corp Solutions Inc. S.D. California Open
3:25-cv-02891 Vargas v. LVNV Funding, LLC S.D. California Open
3:25-cv-02826 King v. aTyr Pharma Inc. S.D. California Open
3:25-cv-02693 Bellon v. Top Gun CRE, Inc. S.D. California Open

Recent rulings

Court-issued docket entries on this judge's dockets, classified from the entry text.

None yet: Repleader holds docket entries for recent days only, and none on these dockets is a classified order.

Federal Judicial Center record

Court
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
Appointed by
Joseph R. Biden
Commissioned

Linked by name and court to the FJC Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges.

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