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Buchanan

Justice, Court of Appeal · California Court of Appeal, Fourth District, Division One · 2022–2026

D+
98% — 360.0 of 368 opinions sound, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 65% of 80 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.

397opinions authored
1,124panels sat on (not as author)

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 sat on (every role)

  1. In re J.V. CA4/1 D085329 · 2025-05-28 · dependency · reversed
  2. People v. Dorey CA4/1 D082268 · 2025-05-28 · criminal · modified
  3. Estate of Lindsey CA4/1 D083008 · 2025-05-27 · probate · reversed
  4. San Diego Housing Commission v. Rodriguez CA4/1 D084268 · 2025-05-23 · civil · affirmed
  5. Autolino v. Thomas CA4/1 D083390 · 2025-05-22 · civil · affirmed
  6. Michael D. v. Joseph S. CA4/1 D081928 · 2025-05-22 · civil · affirmed
  7. People v. Loeffler CA4/1 D084199 · 2025-05-22 · criminal · affirmed
  8. Ndizeye v. City of San Diego CA4/1 D084061 · 2025-05-21 · civil · affirmed
  9. People v. Xavier CA4/1 D083589 · 2025-05-20 · criminal · affirmed
  10. Norris v. 1st Lending Solutions CA4/1 D085017 · 2025-05-20 · civil · affirmed
  11. J.M. v. H.D. CA4/1 D082804 · 2025-05-19 · family · affirmed
  12. People v. Thompson CA4/1 D084401 · 2025-05-16 · criminal · affirmed
  13. People v. Lopez CA4/1 D084077 · 2025-05-15 · criminal · affirmed
  14. In re Jose C. CA4/1 D083971 · 2025-05-13 · criminal · affirmed
  15. People v. Conroy CA4/1 D083885 · 2025-05-09 · criminal · affirmed
  16. People v. Bravo CA4/1 D083258 · 2025-05-09 · criminal · affirmed
  17. Cirignano v. Miranda CA4/1 D084455 · 2025-05-07 · civil · reversed
  18. People v. Pimentel CA4/1 D085451 · 2025-05-07 · criminal · affirmed
  19. Marriage of Filipp CA4/1 D081558 · 2025-05-02 · family · affirmed
  20. People v. Curtis CA4/1 D083739 · 2025-04-30 · criminal · reversed
  21. Pappas v. Trustees of the Cal. State University CA4/1 D084860 · 2025-04-30 · civil · affirmed
  22. In re Covarrubias on Habeas Corpus CA4/1 D083996 · 2025-04-28 · criminal · dismissed
  23. People v. Hall CA4/1 D085391 · 2025-04-25 · criminal · affirmed
  24. Marriage of Christina DeBenedetti and Morgan Ensburg D082801 · 2025-04-24 · family · affirmed
  25. People v. Monzon CA4/1 D082553 · 2025-04-24 · delinquency · affirmed