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

In re Rodriguez D078421 · 2021-07-22 · criminal · writ denied
Douglas M. v. Superior Court CA4/1 D063633 · 2013-07-01 · dependency · writ denied