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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. Price CA4/1 D084723 · 2026-01-21 · criminal · reversed
  2. Elasali v. Regents of the U. of Cal. CA4/1 D084363 · 2026-01-20 · civil · affirmed
  3. People v. Gonzalez CA4/1 D085003 · 2026-01-20 · criminal · affirmed
  4. People v. Hillard CA4/1 D083925 · 2026-01-14 · criminal · dismissed
  5. People v. Santiago CA4/1 D085214 · 2026-01-07 · criminal · affirmed
  6. Barboza v. Sherman CA4/1 D085289 · 2025-12-26 · family · reversed
  7. Marriage of Zayas-Alvarez and Alvarez-Cabanillas CA4/1 D085337 · 2025-12-23 · family · dismissed
  8. Marriage of Zayas-Alvarez and Alvarez-Cabanillas CA4/1 D086065 · 2025-12-23 · family · affirmed
  9. Gary S. v. Alexis B. CA4/1 D084497 · 2025-12-18 · family · affirmed
  10. People v. Hampton CA4/1 D085923 · 2025-12-05 · criminal · affirmed
  11. Selker v. Xcentric Ventures CA4/1 D084428 · 2025-12-05 · civil · affirmed
  12. Arroyo v. Pacific Ridge Neighborhood Homeowners Assn. D084293 · 2025-12-02 · civil · reversed
  13. People v. Rojas CA4/1 D084251 · 2025-11-26 · criminal · affirmed
  14. People v. Gallardo D084845 · 2025-11-26 · criminal · affirmed
  15. People v. Huerta CA4/1 D085991 · 2025-11-24 · criminal · reversed in part
  16. People v. Leon CA4/1 D084519 · 2025-11-21 · criminal · reversed in part
  17. People v. Nawaz CA4/1 D084195 · 2025-11-21 · criminal · affirmed
  18. People v. Archie CA4/1 D085919 · 2025-11-20 · criminal · reversed
  19. In re Meki G. CA4/1 D085507 · 2025-11-18 · delinquency · affirmed
  20. People v. Allan CA4/1 D080414A · 2025-11-18 · criminal · affirmed
  21. People v. McInnis D082909 · 2025-11-13 · criminal · reversed
  22. Mitchell v. Chula Vista Parole CA4/1 D084234 · 2025-11-13 · civil · affirmed
  23. Marriage of Manning CA4/1 D084718 · 2025-11-12 · family · reversed
  24. People v. Cummings CA4/1 D086176 · 2025-11-05 · criminal · affirmed
  25. People v. Hernandez CA4/1 D083815 · 2025-11-05 · criminal · dismissed