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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. Hernandez CA4/2 E086323 · 2026-07-27 · criminal · reversed in part
  2. Patkins v. Piantini CA4/2 E073358 · 2020-12-16 · civil · reversed in part
  3. Petrolink, Inc. v. Lantel Enterprises D073012 · 2018-03-15 · civil · reversed in part
  4. Jones v. Cooke CA4/1 D068684 · 2016-01-22 · civil · reversed in part
  5. Shank v. CRST Van Expedited CA4/3 G049844 · 2015-01-14 · civil · reversed in part