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Ana L. Espana

Judge · Superior Court of San Diego County · 2014–2024

Sitting now: Dept. J1, Juvenile (Presiding, Juvenile) (the court's data of 01:00AM 16 Oct 2026)

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79% — 34 of 43 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 18% 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.

27cases reviewed on appeal
19%reversed, in whole or part, of 27 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 20 reversed in part 4 modified 2 reversed 1

Areas

criminal 16 dependency 7 delinquency 4

By year: 2014 9 · 2023 4 · 2015 4 · 2022 3 · 2024 2 · 2016 2 · 2021 1 · 2020 1 · 2018 1 ·

Analysis

51reviewed cases analysed
149rulings read
3rulings where the model disagrees with the court
7cases 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 M.C. CA4/1 D082381 · 2024-03-13 · delinquency · affirmed
  2. In re M.C. CA4/1 D082381 · 2024-03-13 · delinquency · affirmed
  3. People v. Rew CA4/1 D081435 · 2023-11-09 · criminal · affirmed
  4. In re E.S. CA4/1 D082104 · 2023-10-09 · dependency · affirmed
  5. In re Athviel G. CA4/1 D080466 · 2023-06-21 · delinquency · modified
  6. In re Hunter W. D079942 · 2023-02-15 · delinquency · affirmed
  7. In re J.W. CA4/1 D079636 · 2022-06-24 · dependency · affirmed
  8. In re J.Y. CA4/1 D079912 · 2022-06-17 · dependency · affirmed
  9. In re K.K. CA4/1 D080068 · 2022-05-25 · dependency · reversed
  10. In re J.M. CA4/1 D079061 · 2021-11-08 · dependency · affirmed
  11. In re T.E. CA4/1 D077501 · 2020-10-07 · dependency · affirmed
  12. In re A.S. D073561 · 2018-10-12 · dependency · affirmed
  13. People v. Rew CA4/1 D065909M · 2016-02-03 · criminal · reversed in part
  14. People v. Rew CA4/1 D065909 · 2016-01-27 · criminal · reversed in part
  15. People v. Valencia CA4/1 D066316 · 2015-11-05 · criminal · reversed in part
  16. People v. Lafond CA4/1 D066439 · 2015-10-15 · criminal · affirmed
  17. People v. Forrest D065056 · 2015-06-18 · criminal · modified
  18. People v. Cortez CA4/1 D064847 · 2015-03-23 · criminal · affirmed
  19. People v. Bolden CA4/1 D064172 · 2014-12-09 · criminal · affirmed
  20. People v. Shell CA4/1 D065143 · 2014-10-30 · criminal · affirmed
  21. People v. Pantoja CA4/1 D065011 · 2014-10-28 · criminal · affirmed
  22. People v. Sandoval CA4/1 D063815 · 2014-07-15 · criminal · affirmed
  23. People v. Brown D064641 · 2014-05-14 · criminal · affirmed
  24. People v. Pacheco CA4/1 D063907 · 2014-05-12 · criminal · reversed in part
  25. People v. Casillas CA4/1 D063400 · 2014-04-24 · criminal · affirmed