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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 reviewed on appeal (every role)

  1. Werker v. West Coast Smiles CA4/1 D080165 · 2023-06-21 · civil · affirmed
  2. Lech v. City of Carlsbad CA4/1 D080320 · 2023-05-12 · civil · reversed
  3. People v. Harper CA4/1 D081034 · 2023-05-03 · criminal · affirmed
  4. People v. Duenas CA4/1 D080225 · 2023-02-09 · criminal · affirmed
  5. People v. Harper CA4/1 D074943A · 2022-10-07 · criminal · reversed in part
  6. Surfer's Point v. City of Encinitas CA4/1 D079271 · 2022-09-20 · civil · modified
  7. Marriage of Favela and Symon CA4/1 D079319 · 2022-08-30 · family · reversed in part
  8. People v. Winslow CA4/1 D078773 · 2022-05-05 · criminal · affirmed
  9. R.S. v. M.N. CA4/1 D078444 · 2022-02-08 · family · affirmed
  10. In re Rodriguez D078421 · 2021-07-22 · criminal · writ denied
  11. People v. Galloway CA4/1 D077347 · 2021-04-30 · criminal · affirmed
  12. People v. Garrison CA4/1 D077149 · 2021-03-15 · criminal · reversed in part
  13. People v. Kruse D077038 · 2020-10-30 · criminal · affirmed
  14. People v. Sutton CA4/1 D075396 · 2020-09-23 · criminal · affirmed
  15. People v. Flores D073215 · 2019-04-12 · criminal · reversed
  16. People v. LaDuke D072597 · 2018-12-14 · criminal · modified
  17. People v. Leonard D070980 · 2017-09-13 · criminal · affirmed
  18. In re A.G. D071620 · 2017-06-16 · dependency · reversed in part
  19. People v. Withers CA4/1 D067156 · 2016-09-29 · criminal · affirmed
  20. People v. Stapleton CA4/1 D068519 · 2016-07-14 · criminal · affirmed
  21. People v. Silva CA4/1 D068855 · 2016-06-22 · criminal · modified
  22. In re N.T. CA4/1 D068805 · 2016-03-29 · dependency · affirmed
  23. People v. Grewal CA4/1 D068470 · 2016-03-23 · criminal · modified
  24. People v. Williams CA4/1 D067924 · 2016-03-17 · criminal · modified
  25. People v. Abelino CA4/1 D067504 · 2015-09-29 · criminal · affirmed