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Aaron H. Katz

Judge · Superior Court of San Diego County · 2013–2026

Sitting now: Dept. 1504, Central Courthouse — CRIMINAL TRIALS (the court's data of 01:00AM 17 Oct 2026)

Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Diego 2012– · , Superior Court of California, County of San Diego 2010–2012 · Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Diego 2003–2010

D++
60% — 37 of 62 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 64% of 312 graded judges

On the assumption that the model is right — qwen3.8-27b reads the court's own disposition right 70% of the time, 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.

42cases reviewed on appeal
12%reversed, in whole or part, of 41 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 31 modified 5 reversed in part 3 reversed 2 dismissed 1

Areas

criminal 28 delinquency 14

By year: 2026 9 · 2016 6 · 2025 5 · 2024 4 · 2017 4 · 2014 4 · 2015 3 · 2013 3 · 2023 2 · 2022 1 · 2020 1 ·

Analysis

84reviewed cases analysed
208rulings read
0rulings where the model disagrees with the court
14cases with a verified missed authority
0appellate opinions called questionable

Counts of a model's readings across this judge's reviewed cases, each shown on its case page beside the court's disposition. Not a finding about the judge.

Cases

  1. In re Jose S. D070521 · 2017-06-21 · delinquency · affirmed
  2. People v. I.V. D070611 · 2017-04-28 · delinquency · affirmed
  3. People v. R.S. D071020 · 2017-04-28 · delinquency · modified
  4. In re M.F. D068971 · 2017-01-12 · delinquency · reversed in part
  5. In re M.J. CA4/1 D068125 · 2016-08-30 · delinquency · modified
  6. In re Sammy A. CA4/1 D069003 · 2016-08-12 · delinquency · affirmed
  7. In re Juan A. CA4/1 D069133 · 2016-04-29 · delinquency · affirmed
  8. In re D.M. CA4/1 D068970 · 2016-04-25 · delinquency · affirmed
  9. People v. Y.A. D068405 · 2016-04-14 · delinquency · affirmed
  10. In re Zachary T. CA4/1 D067539 · 2016-01-14 · delinquency · reversed
  11. In re D.S. CA4/1 D067269 · 2015-10-15 · delinquency · reversed in part
  12. In re Michael J. CA4/1 D066278 · 2015-04-01 · delinquency · affirmed
  13. In re Paige W. CA4/1 D066037 · 2015-02-24 · delinquency · modified
  14. In re Gage J. CA4/1 D065363 · 2014-09-23 · delinquency · affirmed