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Bernard Schwartz

Judge · Superior Court of Riverside County · 2009–2026

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

B-
71% — 12 of 17 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 35% 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.

65cases reviewed on appeal
21%reversed, in whole or part, of 58 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 44 reversed in part 8 reversed 4 dismissed 3 writ granted 2 writ denied 2 modified 2

Areas

criminal 64 civil 1

By year: 2014 9 · 2013 9 · 2025 8 · 2024 6 · 2023 6 · 2022 6 · 2015 5 · 2021 4 · 2020 4 · 2016 3 · 2026 2 · 2018 1 · 2017 1 · 2009 1 ·

Analysis

15reviewed cases analysed
55rulings read
0rulings where the model disagrees with the court
4cases 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. Rosales CA4/1 D082745 · 2025-12-08 · criminal · reversed in part
  2. People v. Vasquez CA4/1 D085867 · 2025-07-10 · criminal · reversed in part
  3. People v. Metoyer CA4/3 G062772 · 2025-05-06 · criminal · reversed in part
  4. People v. Magallon CA4/2 E076464 · 2022-05-12 · criminal · reversed in part
  5. People v. Rocha CA4/2 E077031 · 2021-11-16 · criminal · reversed in part
  6. People v. Quiroz CA4/2 E069820 · 2020-10-16 · criminal · reversed in part
  7. People v. Phillips CA4/2 E055866 · 2013-10-10 · criminal · reversed in part
  8. P. v. Segobia CA4/1 E055050 · 2013-08-05 · criminal · reversed in part