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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. Surfer's Point v. City of Encinitas CA4/1 D079271 · 2022-09-20 · civil · modified
  2. People v. LaDuke D072597 · 2018-12-14 · criminal · modified
  3. People v. Silva CA4/1 D068855 · 2016-06-22 · criminal · modified
  4. People v. Grewal CA4/1 D068470 · 2016-03-23 · criminal · modified
  5. People v. Williams CA4/1 D067924 · 2016-03-17 · criminal · modified
  6. People v. Salazar CA4/1 D065589 · 2015-05-29 · criminal · modified
  7. People v. Garritson CA4/1 D063942 · 2014-06-17 · criminal · modified