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Brian L. McCabe

Judge · Superior Court of Merced County · 2013–2026

Presiding Justice, Superior Court of California, County of Merced 2016–2016 · Presiding Justice, Superior Court of California, County of Merced 2015–2015 · Presiding Justice, Superior Court of California, County of Merced 2013–2014 · Presiding Justice, Superior Court of California, County of Merced 2011–2012 · Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Merced 2004–2011

55cases reviewed on appeal
35%reversed, in whole or part, of 37 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 24 reversed 11 dismissed 11 writ denied 4 vacated 2 other 2 writ granted 1

Areas

civil 21 dependency 17 criminal 10 probate 6 delinquency 1

By year: 2025 12 · 2022 12 · 2014 7 · 2013 6 · 2021 5 · 2023 3 · 2016 3 · 2024 2 · 2015 2 · 2026 1 · 2020 1 · 2019 1 ·

Analysis

No analyses yet. When they exist, this shows counts of the model's findings across this judge's reviewed cases — with the court's own dispositions beside them, and only from 10 cases.

Cases

  1. People v. Zambrano CA5 F088989 · 2026-03-24 · criminal · vacated
  2. John Doe R.L. v. Merced City Sch. Dist. F087142 · 2025-09-08 · civil · reversed
  3. Hegerle v. Mazda Motor of America CA5 F087056 · 2025-08-20 · civil · affirmed
  4. Sandton Agriculture Investments III, LLC v. 4-S Ranch Partners, LLC F086484A · 2025-08-08 · probate · affirmed
  5. Smith v. Robinson CA5 F086108 · 2025-07-31 · civil · reversed
  6. Water Audit California v. Merced Irrigation District F088084 · 2025-06-11 · civil · reversed
  7. C.M. v. Sims CA4/2 E084079 · 2025-06-06 · civil · affirmed
  8. Water Audit California v. Merced Irrigation District CA5 F088084 · 2025-05-13 · civil · reversed
  9. Aguilera v. Dole Packaged Foods CA5 F087224 · 2025-04-16 · civil · affirmed
  10. Pacific Bell Telephone Co. v. County of Merced F087825 · 2025-03-17 · civil · affirmed
  11. Sandton Agriculture Investments III, LLC v. 4-S Ranch Partners, LLC F086484 · 2025-03-14 · probate · affirmed
  12. K.C. v. County of Merced F087088 · 2025-03-11 · civil · affirmed
  13. People v. Newman CA5 F087828 · 2025-02-07 · criminal · affirmed
  14. Todd v. Johnson CA5 F087029 · 2024-08-02 · civil · affirmed
  15. Winzer v. Johnson CA5 F087031 · 2024-08-02 · civil · affirmed
  16. Kaur v. Pabla CA5 F085505 · 2023-12-15 · civil · affirmed
  17. Cruz v. City of Merced F083402 · 2023-09-13 · civil · reversed
  18. Pabla v. Super. Ct. F085495 · 2023-04-13 · civil · writ granted
  19. Bull Field, LLC v. Merced Irrigation Dist. B322603 · 2022-11-18 · civil · affirmed
  20. In re N.R. CA5 F083419 · 2022-09-07 · delinquency · affirmed
  21. In re Marcus C. CA5 F083899 · 2022-06-30 · dependency · dismissed
  22. In re S.L. CA5 F083898 · 2022-06-30 · dependency · dismissed
  23. Conservatorship of McDow CA5 F082035 · 2022-05-02 · probate · affirmed
  24. Mike Murphy's Enterprises v. Fineline Industries CA5 F080503 · 2022-04-13 · civil · vacated
  25. Mike Murphy's Enterprises v. Fineline Industries CA5 F080048 · 2022-04-13 · civil · reversed