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Brian S. McCarville

Judge · Superior Court of San Bernardino County · 1996–2026

, Municipal Court of California, County of San Bernardino 1990–1995

C+
67% — 24 of 36 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 45% 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.

70cases reviewed on appeal
17%reversed, in whole or part, of 66 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 54 reversed 6 reversed in part 5 writ granted 2 writ denied 1 modified 1 dismissed 1

Areas

civil 39 criminal 30 dependency 1

By year: 2015 15 · 2020 8 · 2023 7 · 2016 7 · 2022 6 · 2024 5 · 2014 5 · 2026 4 · 2025 4 · 2013 3 · 2021 2 · 2018 1 · 2008 1 · 1998 1 · 1996 1 ·

Analysis

27reviewed cases analysed
105rulings read
0rulings where the model disagrees with the court
3cases 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. Amaya CA4/1 D087802 · 2026-09-29 · criminal · affirmed
  2. People v. Pazpadilla CA4/2 E086277 · 2026-08-28 · criminal · affirmed
  3. People v. Hernandez CA4/2 E086323 · 2026-07-27 · criminal · reversed in part
  4. People v. Palacio CA4/2 E086963 · 2026-06-12 · criminal · affirmed
  5. People v. Allan CA4/1 D080414A · 2025-11-18 · criminal · affirmed
  6. People v. Vines CA4/2 E082893 · 2025-11-12 · criminal · affirmed
  7. Lin v. Board of Directors of PrimeCare Medical Network D084821 · 2025-02-19 · civil · affirmed
  8. Dean v. Great American Pool Care CA4/1 D082245 · 2025-01-30 · civil · affirmed
  9. Snell v. BNSF Railway Company CA4/3 G063079 · 2024-12-13 · civil · affirmed
  10. People v. Williamson CA4/2 E083137A · 2024-07-26 · criminal · affirmed
  11. Medina v. St. George Auto Sales, Inc. G063909 · 2024-07-26 · civil · affirmed
  12. People v. Williamson CA4/2 E083137 · 2024-06-17 · criminal · affirmed
  13. Gutierrez v. Liu CA4/1 D083004 · 2024-01-17 · civil · affirmed
  14. Memula v. Mojave Radiation Oncology Medical Group CA4/1 D082262 · 2023-12-14 · civil · affirmed
  15. Pullen v. Jacuzzi CA4/1 D082254 · 2023-11-17 · civil · reversed
  16. People v. Allan CA4/1 D080414 · 2023-08-24 · criminal · affirmed
  17. In re Brown CA4/2 E071401A · 2023-06-28 · criminal · affirmed
  18. Patkins v. Piantini CA4/2 E077938 · 2023-05-26 · civil · affirmed
  19. Walker v. City of Victorville CA4/2 E076679 · 2023-04-10 · civil · reversed
  20. Walker v. Viveros CA4/2 E077215 · 2023-04-10 · civil · reversed
  21. Wininger v. Long CA4/2 E078084 · 2022-12-14 · civil · affirmed
  22. Johnson v. Barstow Youth Activity Center CA2/8 B322630 · 2022-11-29 · civil · affirmed
  23. Electronic Frontier Foundation, Inc. v. Super. Ct. E076778 · 2022-09-15 · civil · affirmed
  24. Haghighi v. Mercury Casualty Co. CA4/2 E074669 · 2022-06-23 · civil · affirmed
  25. People v. Hernandez CA4/2 E072790A · 2022-05-12 · criminal · affirmed