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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 reviewed on appeal (every role)

  1. People v. Rocha CA4/2 E077031A · 2022-06-23 · criminal · reversed
  2. People v. Magallon CA4/2 E076464 · 2022-05-12 · criminal · reversed in part
  3. People v. Padilla CA4/2 E076813 · 2022-04-21 · criminal · reversed
  4. People v. Rocha CA4/2 E077031 · 2021-11-16 · criminal · reversed in part
  5. People v. Forhan CA4/2 E073969 · 2021-09-14 · criminal · affirmed
  6. People v. Derouen CA4/2 E072796 · 2021-05-26 · criminal · affirmed
  7. People v. Bradford CA4/2 E074048 · 2021-02-02 · criminal · affirmed
  8. People v. Quiroz CA4/2 E069820 · 2020-10-16 · criminal · reversed in part
  9. People v. Layral CA4/1 D076744 · 2020-09-25 · criminal · affirmed
  10. People v. Alcala CA4/2 E071190M · 2020-08-31 · criminal · affirmed
  11. People v. Mirmon E072119 · 2020-08-10 · criminal · affirmed
  12. In re Thomas E069454 · 2018-12-27 · criminal · writ denied
  13. People v. Russell E064121 · 2017-03-17 · criminal · affirmed
  14. People v. Walker CA4/3 G052145 · 2016-04-28 · criminal · affirmed
  15. People v. Ragland CA4/2 E062592 · 2016-03-30 · criminal · affirmed
  16. People v. Cunningham E063206 · 2016-02-11 · criminal · affirmed
  17. People v. Diederich CA4/2 E060198 · 2015-11-23 · criminal · affirmed
  18. People v. Elias CA4/2 E061512 · 2015-10-02 · criminal · affirmed
  19. People v. Phillips CA4/2 E061757 · 2015-07-24 · criminal · affirmed
  20. People v. Ventura CA4/2 E060044 · 2015-07-10 · criminal · affirmed
  21. People v. Pardo CA4/1 D066858 · 2015-04-28 · criminal · affirmed
  22. People v. Garcia-Vega CA4/2 E057831 · 2014-11-25 · criminal · affirmed
  23. People v. Rocha CA4/2 E059570 · 2014-10-30 · criminal · affirmed
  24. People v. Barahona CA4/2 E057558 · 2014-08-01 · criminal · affirmed
  25. People v. James CA4/3 G049901 · 2014-07-31 · criminal · modified