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Cara D. Hutson

Judge · Superior Court of San Bernardino County · 2010–2026

Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino 2007–

F-
provisional — 33% — 2 of 6 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; would rank in the top 96% of 312 graded judges, but ten rulings are needed for a standing letter — 6 so far

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.

79cases reviewed on appeal
27%reversed, in whole or part, of 71 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 52 reversed 12 reversed in part 7 dismissed 4 writ denied 3 writ granted 1

Areas

dependency 48 criminal 31

By year: 2024 21 · 2025 14 · 2026 10 · 2023 7 · 2021 7 · 2022 6 · 2015 4 · 2016 3 · 2014 2 · 2013 2 · 2020 1 · 2017 1 · 2010 1 ·

Analysis

6 of this judge's reviewed cases have an analysis; counts are shown from 10.

Cases

  1. In re A.W.-C. CA4/2 E087681 · 2026-08-18 · dependency · reversed
  2. In re L.W. CA4/2 E087971 · 2026-07-28 · dependency · reversed
  3. In re D.D. CA4/2 E085682 · 2025-06-20 · dependency · reversed
  4. In re L.G. CA4/2 E084417 · 2025-01-27 · dependency · reversed
  5. In re Eb.D. CA4/2 E082572 · 2024-07-05 · dependency · reversed
  6. In re A.G. CA4/2 E082662 · 2024-06-05 · dependency · reversed
  7. People v. Blocker CA4/2 E080221 · 2024-02-15 · criminal · reversed
  8. In re Antonio T. CA4/2 E081656 · 2024-02-08 · dependency · reversed
  9. People v. Fowlkes CA4/2 E078270 · 2023-04-06 · criminal · reversed
  10. People v. Keel D079181 · 2022-10-21 · criminal · reversed
  11. People v. Orosco D079723 · 2022-08-17 · criminal · reversed
  12. People v. Williams E048899 · 2010-04-28 · criminal · reversed