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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. Godoy CA4/1 D083126 · 2025-07-22 · criminal · modified
  2. Brewer v. Impact Biomedicines CA4/1 D082594 · 2025-07-21 · civil · reversed in part
  3. A.B. v. County of San Diego D084376M · 2025-07-18 · civil · reversed
  4. Mendoza v. Loma Linda University Shared Services CA4/1 D083320 · 2025-07-18 · civil · affirmed
  5. People v. Rodriguez CA4/1 D084529 · 2025-07-17 · criminal · affirmed
  6. In re N.W. CA4/1 D085210 · 2025-07-02 · dependency · reversed
  7. A.B. v. County of San Diego D084376 · 2025-06-26 · civil · reversed
  8. Bacon v. Cal. Dept. of Motor Vehicles CA4/1 D083829 · 2025-06-18 · civil · affirmed
  9. People v. Franco CA4/1 D084115 · 2025-06-06 · criminal · reversed
  10. Quality Aggregates v. Riverside Mining Limited CA4/1 D084509 · 2025-05-29 · civil · reversed
  11. People v. Jenkins CA4/1 D084174 · 2025-05-23 · criminal · affirmed
  12. Marriage of A.M. & R.Y. D084344M · 2025-05-21 · family · reversed
  13. People v. Thomas CA4/1 D082842 · 2025-05-20 · criminal · affirmed
  14. In re R.H. CA4/1 D083687 · 2025-05-20 · delinquency · affirmed
  15. In re A.M. CA4/1 D083816 · 2025-05-19 · delinquency · affirmed
  16. People v. Williams CA4/1 D084228 · 2025-05-15 · criminal · affirmed
  17. People v. Galaviz CA4/1 D084382 · 2025-05-09 · criminal · affirmed
  18. Marriage of A.M. and R.Y. D084344 · 2025-04-30 · family · reversed
  19. Reyes v. Hi-Grade Materials Co. D085178 · 2025-04-29 · civil · dismissed
  20. People v. Sanchez CA4/1 D082265M · 2025-04-23 · criminal · reversed in part
  21. Loma Linda Homeowners Association v. Aquino CA4/1 D085390 · 2025-04-22 · civil · affirmed
  22. People v. Walters CA4/1 D083672 · 2025-04-21 · criminal · affirmed
  23. Marriage of Carter CA4/1 D082959 · 2025-04-21 · family · affirmed
  24. People v. Navarro CA4/1 D083974 · 2025-04-18 · criminal · dismissed
  25. People v. Walker CA4/1 D082931 · 2025-04-09 · criminal · affirmed