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Bernard J. Schwartz

Judge · Superior Court of Riverside County · 2013–2026

Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Riverside 2003– · , Superior Court of California, County of Riverside 2000–2003

F-
40% — 10 of 25 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 92% 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.

24cases reviewed on appeal
32%reversed, in whole or part, of 22 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 12 reversed in part 5 modified 3 writ granted 2 vacated 1 reversed 1

Areas

criminal 24

By year: 2023 5 · 2021 3 · 2015 3 · 2014 3 · 2024 2 · 2022 2 · 2016 2 · 2026 1 · 2025 1 · 2019 1 · 2013 1 ·

Analysis

25reviewed cases analysed
98rulings read
0rulings where the model disagrees with the court
5cases 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. People v. Landry CA4/1 D087169 · 2026-05-04 · criminal · affirmed
  2. People v. Cortez CA4/1 D085922 · 2025-07-17 · criminal · affirmed
  3. Austin v. Superior Court CA4/2 E080939M · 2024-02-09 · criminal · writ granted
  4. Austin v. Superior Court CA4/2 E080939 · 2024-01-25 · criminal · writ granted
  5. People v. Alvarado CA4/2 E078497 · 2023-08-04 · criminal · affirmed
  6. People v. Ochoa CA4/1 D080014M · 2023-06-30 · criminal · reversed in part
  7. People v. Ochoa CA4/1 D080014 · 2023-06-20 · criminal · reversed in part
  8. People v. Garcia CA4/2 E078159 · 2023-05-23 · criminal · affirmed
  9. People v. Ortega CA4/1 D080017 · 2023-05-04 · criminal · vacated
  10. People v. Ratcliffe CA4/2 E076359 · 2022-03-14 · criminal · modified
  11. People v. Welch CA4/2 E073394 · 2022-01-12 · criminal · reversed in part
  12. People v. James CA4/2 E075837 · 2021-08-24 · criminal · affirmed
  13. People v. Guzman CA4/1 D077892 · 2021-08-12 · criminal · affirmed
  14. People v. Hawara E074698 · 2021-03-08 · criminal · affirmed
  15. People v. Merchant D075388 · 2019-10-09 · criminal · affirmed
  16. People v. Rodriguez CA4/1 D069656 · 2016-05-23 · criminal · affirmed
  17. People v. Rainey CA4/1 D069431 · 2016-05-06 · criminal · modified
  18. People v. Mendez CA4/1 D068724 · 2015-12-22 · criminal · reversed in part
  19. People v. Garcia CA4/2 E061618 · 2015-09-10 · criminal · reversed
  20. People v. Branch CA4/1 D067450 · 2015-05-08 · criminal · affirmed
  21. People v. Quijano CA4/1 D065968 · 2014-09-23 · criminal · modified
  22. People v. Fletcher CA4/1 D063230 · 2014-06-19 · criminal · affirmed
  23. People v. Lara CA4/3 G048951 · 2014-03-04 · criminal · reversed in part
  24. People v. Ruvalcaba CA4/1 D061753 · 2013-11-04 · criminal · affirmed