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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 authored (every role)

  1. People v. Myrick CA4/1 D085127 · 2026-01-15 · criminal · affirmed
  2. Zappala v. Government Employees Ins. Co. CA4/1 D084973 · 2026-01-08 · civil · affirmed
  3. People v. Vanzandt CA4/1 D085138 · 2025-12-23 · criminal · affirmed
  4. People v. Ramirez CA4/1 D084804 · 2025-12-22 · criminal · reversed in part
  5. People v. Wilburn CA4/1 D084186 · 2025-12-22 · criminal · affirmed
  6. People v. English CA4/1 D083942 · 2025-12-19 · criminal · reversed
  7. People v. Meyers CA4/1 D085404 · 2025-12-18 · criminal · modified
  8. People v. Motsenbocker CA4/1 D084913 · 2025-12-18 · criminal · affirmed
  9. Rodriguez v. WNT, Inc. D084642 · 2025-12-04 · civil · affirmed
  10. People v. Bisbee CA4/1 D083884 · 2025-12-03 · criminal · modified
  11. People v. Corona CA4/1 D084413 · 2025-12-02 · criminal · reversed in part
  12. Pacific Equity Solutions v. Nicholson CA4/1 D085107 · 2025-11-19 · civil · affirmed
  13. Anton's Services v. Hagen D084833 · 2025-11-18 · civil · affirmed
  14. People v. Vaughn CA4/1 D084678 · 2025-11-18 · criminal · affirmed
  15. People v. Schlemmer CA4/1 D084494 · 2025-11-18 · criminal · modified
  16. Bols v. Levine CA4/1 D084595 · 2025-11-12 · civil · affirmed
  17. People v. Colosimo CA4/1 D085059 · 2025-11-10 · criminal · affirmed
  18. In re Z.L. CA4/1 D086200 · 2025-11-05 · dependency · affirmed
  19. Anton's Services v. Hagen CA4/1 D084833 · 2025-10-23 · civil · affirmed
  20. Marriage of Betancourt CA4/1 D085161 · 2025-10-23 · family · affirmed
  21. People v. Dene CA4/1 D085212 · 2025-10-16 · criminal · affirmed
  22. People v. Minggia CA4/1 D085101 · 2025-10-15 · criminal · affirmed
  23. People v. Lucatero CA4/1 D084608 · 2025-10-08 · criminal · affirmed
  24. Kaye v. JPMorgan Chase Bank CA4/1 D084131 · 2025-09-24 · civil · affirmed
  25. People v. Hartsfield CA4/1 D084114 · 2025-09-24 · criminal · affirmed