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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. People v. Leon CA4/1 D084520 · 2026-02-23 · criminal · affirmed
  2. People v. Velasquez CA4/1 D085675 · 2026-02-23 · criminal · affirmed
  3. Environmental Health Advocates, Inc. v. Pancho Villa's, Inc. D084705 · 2026-02-20 · civil · reversed
  4. People v. James CA4/1 D085865 · 2026-02-20 · criminal · affirmed
  5. In re Amanda A. CA4/1 D086990 · 2026-02-19 · dependency · affirmed
  6. Sanchez v. Hart CA4/1 D084650 · 2026-02-18 · civil · affirmed
  7. Bishop v. San Diego County Employees Retirement Assn. D085406 · 2026-02-18 · civil · affirmed
  8. Haun v. Pagano D084385 · 2026-02-18 · probate · affirmed
  9. Herrin v. Doherty CA4/1 D086052 · 2026-02-17 · civil · dismissed
  10. Finley v. Gantz CA4/1 D084145 · 2026-02-06 · civil · affirmed
  11. People v. Espinoza CA4/1 D084544 · 2026-02-06 · criminal · affirmed
  12. Parsonage v. Wal-Mart Associates D083831 · 2026-02-04 · civil · reversed
  13. Higginson v. Kia Motors America D082322 · 2026-02-03 · civil · reversed
  14. Boos v. General Motors CA4/1 D086601 · 2026-01-30 · civil · reversed
  15. In re Q.R. CA4/1 D086937 · 2026-01-30 · dependency · reversed in part
  16. People v. Salazar CA4/1 D085650 · 2026-01-29 · criminal · modified
  17. People v. Wyatt CA4/1 D086040 · 2026-01-29 · criminal · affirmed
  18. Desert Valleys Builders Assn. v. The City of Coachella CA4/1 D085376 · 2026-01-27 · civil · vacated
  19. People v. Green CA4/1 D085367 · 2026-01-26 · criminal · affirmed
  20. People v. Resvaloso CA4/1 D086042 · 2026-01-26 · criminal · affirmed
  21. People v. Chavers CA4/1 D086607 · 2026-01-23 · criminal · reversed
  22. People v. Dickerson CA4/1 D087148 · 2026-01-22 · criminal · reversed in part
  23. Mustaqeem v. City of San Diego D085750 · 2026-01-22 · civil · reversed
  24. People v. Ayala CA4/1 D084713 · 2026-01-21 · criminal · reversed in part
  25. People v. Zaczkiewicz CA4/1 D084817 · 2026-01-21 · criminal · modified