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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 17 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. People v. Harper CA4/1 D086897 · 2026-07-31 · criminal · affirmed
  2. McGarry v. Uber Technologies CA4/1 D084711 · 2026-05-19 · civil · affirmed
  3. Evans v. Adderley CA4/1 D085355 · 2026-04-21 · civil · affirmed
  4. Stewart v. USAA General Indemnity Co. CA4/1 D084464M · 2026-03-24 · civil · affirmed
  5. Elasali v. Verdieck CA4/1 D084171 · 2026-03-19 · civil · affirmed
  6. Berger v. Antonyan Miranda CA4/1 D084941 · 2026-03-17 · civil · affirmed
  7. Stewart v. USAA General Indemnity Co. CA4/1 D084464 · 2026-03-04 · civil · affirmed
  8. Leahy v. Cameron CA4/1 D083623 · 2025-08-19 · civil · affirmed
  9. Kalajian v. Calidi Biotherapeutics CA4/1 D084437 · 2025-08-06 · civil · affirmed
  10. People v. Withers CA4/1 D082423 · 2025-06-30 · criminal · affirmed
  11. Ortiz v. Vazquez CA4/1 D084101 · 2025-06-17 · civil · affirmed
  12. Frank Zimmerman Collective v. City of Vista CA4/1 D082921 · 2025-01-28 · civil · affirmed
  13. Henkel v. Blasi CA4/1 D082895 · 2025-01-16 · civil · affirmed
  14. People v. Harper CA4/1 D081977 · 2024-11-22 · criminal · affirmed
  15. Pollock v. Macdonald CA4/1 D080710 · 2023-10-17 · civil · affirmed
  16. Werker v. West Coast Smiles CA4/1 D080165 · 2023-06-21 · civil · affirmed
  17. People v. Harper CA4/1 D081034 · 2023-05-03 · criminal · affirmed
  18. People v. Duenas CA4/1 D080225 · 2023-02-09 · criminal · affirmed
  19. People v. Winslow CA4/1 D078773 · 2022-05-05 · criminal · affirmed
  20. R.S. v. M.N. CA4/1 D078444 · 2022-02-08 · family · affirmed
  21. People v. Galloway CA4/1 D077347 · 2021-04-30 · criminal · affirmed
  22. People v. Kruse D077038 · 2020-10-30 · criminal · affirmed
  23. People v. Sutton CA4/1 D075396 · 2020-09-23 · criminal · affirmed
  24. People v. Leonard D070980 · 2017-09-13 · criminal · affirmed
  25. People v. Withers CA4/1 D067156 · 2016-09-29 · criminal · affirmed