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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. Arroyo v. Pacific Ridge Neighborhood Homeowners Assn. CA4/1 D084293 · 2025-11-04 · civil · reversed
  2. People v. Lopez CA4/1 D082910 · 2025-11-03 · criminal · affirmed
  3. People v. International Fidelity Insurance Company CA4/1 D084948 · 2025-10-28 · criminal · affirmed
  4. In re K.E. CA4/1 D085780 · 2025-10-28 · dependency · affirmed
  5. In re L.C. CA4/1 D085502 · 2025-10-28 · dependency · affirmed
  6. Sanchez v. Prime Healthcare Management CA4/1 D084805 · 2025-10-23 · civil · affirmed
  7. Stewart v. Universal Health Services of Rancho Springs CA4/1 D085171 · 2025-10-23 · civil · reversed
  8. Guardian Piazza D'Oro v. Ozaeta CA4/1 D085374 · 2025-10-22 · civil · affirmed
  9. In re Z.P. CA4/1 D086156 · 2025-10-22 · dependency · affirmed
  10. People v. Torkelson CA4/1 D084188 · 2025-10-21 · criminal · affirmed
  11. People v. Perez CA4/1 D086174 · 2025-10-21 · criminal · affirmed
  12. People v. Corley CA4/1 D084639 · 2025-10-20 · criminal · affirmed
  13. People v. Sayles CA4/1 D084852 · 2025-10-20 · criminal · affirmed
  14. People v. U.S. Fire Ins. Co. D085717M · 2025-10-17 · criminal · affirmed
  15. People v. Davis CA4/1 D084281 · 2025-10-13 · criminal · vacated
  16. People v. Hefner CA4/1 D086348 · 2025-10-10 · criminal · reversed in part
  17. In re A.M. CA4/1 D085882 · 2025-10-10 · dependency · affirmed
  18. People v. Flores CA4/1 D083204 · 2025-10-07 · criminal · modified
  19. People v. Shanley CA4/1 D082989 · 2025-10-02 · criminal · affirmed
  20. People v. U.S. Fire Ins. Co. D085717 · 2025-10-01 · criminal · affirmed
  21. People v. Ruiz CA4/1 D086171 · 2025-09-30 · criminal · affirmed
  22. People v. Nathan CA4/1 D085221 · 2025-09-30 · criminal · affirmed
  23. In re K.B. CA4/1 D085837 · 2025-09-29 · dependency · affirmed
  24. People v. Cravens CA4/1 D083539 · 2025-09-25 · criminal · affirmed
  25. People v. Alvarez CA4/1 D085175 · 2025-09-24 · criminal · affirmed