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Blaine K. Bowman

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

Sitting now: Dept. 74, Hall of Justice — CIVIL IC (the court's data of 01:00AM 15 Oct 2026)

Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Diego 2008–

D+
58% — 47 of 81 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 67% 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.

60cases reviewed on appeal
27%reversed, in whole or part, of 56 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 34 reversed 8 reversed in part 7 modified 7 writ granted 2 writ denied 2

Areas

criminal 27 civil 25 dependency 6 family 2

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Analysis

112reviewed cases analysed
330rulings read
0rulings where the model disagrees with the court
23cases 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. Business Alliance Ins. Co. v. Celis CA4/1 D086880 · 2026-09-01 · civil · reversed
  2. People v. Harper CA4/1 D086897 · 2026-07-31 · criminal · affirmed
  3. Guild Mortgage Company v. CrossCounty Mortgage D085036 · 2026-05-27 · civil · reversed
  4. McGarry v. Uber Technologies CA4/1 D084711 · 2026-05-19 · civil · affirmed
  5. Amezcua v. Super. Ct. D087216 · 2026-04-24 · civil · writ granted
  6. Evans v. Adderley CA4/1 D085355 · 2026-04-21 · civil · affirmed
  7. Stewart v. USAA General Indemnity Co. CA4/1 D084464M · 2026-03-24 · civil · affirmed
  8. Elasali v. Verdieck CA4/1 D084171 · 2026-03-19 · civil · affirmed
  9. Berger v. Antonyan Miranda CA4/1 D084941 · 2026-03-17 · civil · affirmed
  10. Stewart v. USAA General Indemnity Co. CA4/1 D084464 · 2026-03-04 · civil · affirmed
  11. Leahy v. Cameron CA4/1 D083623 · 2025-08-19 · civil · affirmed
  12. Kalajian v. Calidi Biotherapeutics CA4/1 D084437 · 2025-08-06 · civil · affirmed
  13. A.B. v. County of San Diego D084376M · 2025-07-18 · civil · reversed
  14. People v. Withers CA4/1 D082423 · 2025-06-30 · criminal · affirmed
  15. A.B. v. County of San Diego D084376 · 2025-06-26 · civil · reversed
  16. Ortiz v. Vazquez CA4/1 D084101 · 2025-06-17 · civil · affirmed
  17. Frank Zimmerman Collective v. City of Vista CA4/1 D082921 · 2025-01-28 · civil · affirmed
  18. Henkel v. Blasi CA4/1 D082895 · 2025-01-16 · civil · affirmed
  19. People v. Harper CA4/1 D081977 · 2024-11-22 · criminal · affirmed
  20. Beucke v. Pitonyak CA4/1 D081807 · 2024-08-21 · civil · reversed
  21. Andrade v. Western Riverside Council of Governments D080978 · 2024-02-20 · civil · reversed
  22. Epochal Enterprises, Inc. v. LF Encinitas Properties, LLC D079905M · 2024-01-31 · civil · reversed in part
  23. Epochal Enterprises, Inc. v. LF Encinitas Properties, LLC D079905 · 2024-01-25 · civil · reversed in part
  24. Epochal Enterprises v. LF Encinitas Properties CA4/1 D079905 · 2024-01-12 · civil · reversed in part
  25. Pollock v. Macdonald CA4/1 D080710 · 2023-10-17 · civil · affirmed