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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

  1. People v. Powell CA4/1 D086278 · 2026-08-27 · criminal · affirmed
  2. Hickenbottom v. Medical Solutions D086542 · 2026-08-26 · civil · dismissed
  3. People v. Luna CA4/1 D085699 · 2026-08-26 · criminal · affirmed
  4. Amini v. Dept. of Motor Vehicles CA4/1 D085964 · 2026-08-25 · civil · reversed in part
  5. In re N.S. CA4/1 D087765 · 2026-08-25 · dependency · affirmed
  6. Meza v. CoWorx Staffing Services CA4/1 D085734 · 2026-08-24 · civil · affirmed
  7. People v. Lopez CA4/1 D084633A · 2026-08-24 · criminal · affirmed
  8. People v. McDonnell CA4/1 D086396 · 2026-08-24 · criminal · reversed
  9. Marriage of Rebeca L. and Blaine L. CA4/1 D086924 · 2026-08-21 · family · affirmed
  10. The Regents of the U. of Cal. v. City of Riverside CA4/1 D088029 · 2026-08-20 · civil · affirmed
  11. In re Sergio M. CA4/1 D086210 · 2026-08-20 · criminal · reversed
  12. Marriage of Dillon CA4/1 D085064 · 2026-08-19 · family · affirmed
  13. People v. Mazzarino CA4/1 D087137 · 2026-08-19 · criminal · affirmed
  14. People v. Dilmaghanian CA4/1 D085089 · 2026-08-18 · criminal · affirmed
  15. People v. Hernandez CA4/1 D085762 · 2026-08-18 · criminal · reversed
  16. Marriage of Jessica L. and Sammer Z. CA4/1 D084336 · 2026-08-18 · family · reversed in part
  17. Armendariz v. Renfro CA4/1 D085598 · 2026-08-17 · civil · affirmed
  18. In re A.S. CA4/1 D087600 · 2026-08-17 · dependency · reversed
  19. Taber v. Missor CA4/1 D086425 · 2026-08-17 · civil · affirmed
  20. People v. Marples CA4/1 D088034 · 2026-08-14 · criminal · dismissed
  21. Zhao v. Sun CA4/1 D087438M · 2026-08-14 · civil · reversed in part
  22. Robinson v. Bhola CA4/1 D087156 · 2026-08-14 · civil · affirmed
  23. People v. House CA4/1 D085659 · 2026-08-10 · criminal · affirmed
  24. People v. Howard CA4/1 D086556 · 2026-08-07 · criminal · affirmed
  25. N.S. v. Superior Court CA4/1 D088004 · 2026-08-06 · dependency · writ denied