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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. People v. Williamson CA4/2 E083137A · 2024-07-26 · criminal · affirmed
  8. People v. Williamson CA4/2 E083137 · 2024-06-17 · criminal · affirmed
  9. People v. Allan CA4/1 D080414 · 2023-08-24 · criminal · affirmed
  10. In re Brown CA4/2 E071401A · 2023-06-28 · criminal · affirmed
  11. People v. Hernandez CA4/2 E072790A · 2022-05-12 · criminal · affirmed
  12. People v. Dean CA4/2 E073669 · 2021-03-19 · criminal · affirmed
  13. People v. Richardson CA4/1 D076747 · 2020-12-04 · criminal · reversed
  14. In re Brown E071401 · 2020-02-25 · criminal · affirmed
  15. People v. Vindiola CA4/2 E063203M · 2016-06-30 · criminal · affirmed
  16. People v. Vindiola CA4/2 E063203 · 2016-06-17 · criminal · affirmed
  17. People v. Maldonado CA4/2 E062616 · 2016-04-08 · criminal · affirmed
  18. People v. Morales CA4/2 E062734 · 2016-01-27 · criminal · affirmed
  19. People v. Thomas CA4/2 E063241 · 2016-01-22 · criminal · affirmed
  20. People v. Garness E062947 · 2015-11-09 · criminal · affirmed
  21. People v. Harris CA4/2 E063167 · 2015-08-24 · criminal · affirmed
  22. People v. Gonzalez CA4/2 E062894 · 2015-08-19 · criminal · affirmed
  23. People v. Trusty CA4/2 E063101 · 2015-08-18 · criminal · affirmed
  24. People v. Hove CA4/2 E062787 · 2015-07-24 · criminal · affirmed
  25. People v. Walker CA4/2 E062842 · 2015-06-10 · criminal · affirmed