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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 reviewed on appeal (every role)

  1. Duran v. County of San Bernardino CA4/2 E075647 · 2022-02-16 · civil · affirmed
  2. People v. $9,800 United States Currency CA4/2 E074446 · 2021-11-08 · civil · affirmed
  3. People v. Dean CA4/2 E073669 · 2021-03-19 · criminal · affirmed
  4. Patkins v. Piantini CA4/2 E073358 · 2020-12-16 · civil · reversed in part
  5. Smith v. Select Portfolio Servicing CA4/2 E072852 · 2020-12-07 · civil · dismissed
  6. Matthews v. Dept. of Veterans Affairs CA4/2 E071918 · 2020-12-04 · civil · affirmed
  7. People v. Richardson CA4/1 D076747 · 2020-12-04 · criminal · reversed
  8. Mendez v. Iglesia de Cristo Ministerios Llamada Final, Inc. CA4/2 E072536 · 2020-10-02 · civil · affirmed
  9. Collie v. The Icee Co. E071654 · 2020-07-20 · civil · affirmed
  10. Arace v. Medico Investments, LLC E071194 · 2020-05-11 · civil · affirmed
  11. In re Brown E071401 · 2020-02-25 · criminal · affirmed
  12. Petrolink, Inc. v. Lantel Enterprises D073012 · 2018-03-15 · civil · reversed in part
  13. People v. Vindiola CA4/2 E063203M · 2016-06-30 · criminal · affirmed
  14. People v. Vindiola CA4/2 E063203 · 2016-06-17 · criminal · affirmed
  15. People v. Maldonado CA4/2 E062616 · 2016-04-08 · criminal · affirmed
  16. People v. Morales CA4/2 E062734 · 2016-01-27 · criminal · affirmed
  17. People v. Thomas CA4/2 E063241 · 2016-01-22 · criminal · affirmed
  18. Jones v. Cooke CA4/1 D068684 · 2016-01-22 · civil · reversed in part
  19. Stearn v. County of San Bernardino CA4/2 E060417 · 2016-01-06 · civil · affirmed
  20. Moen v. Slater CA4/1 D068489 · 2015-11-20 · civil · affirmed
  21. People v. Garness E062947 · 2015-11-09 · criminal · affirmed
  22. Sproal v. City of Colton CA4/2 E062370 · 2015-11-03 · civil · affirmed
  23. Cal. Housing Finance Agency v. Rothman CA4/1 D068480 · 2015-10-23 · civil · affirmed
  24. 21st Century Insurance v. Superior Court E062244 · 2015-09-10 · civil · writ granted
  25. People v. Harris CA4/2 E063167 · 2015-08-24 · criminal · affirmed