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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

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Analysis

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

Cases

  1. S.J. v. Superior Court CA4/2 E085969 · 2025-07-18 · dependency · writ denied
  2. Y.R. v. Superior Court CA4/2 E081720 · 2023-10-10 · dependency · writ denied
  3. L.T. v. Superior Court CA4/2 E081916 · 2023-10-09 · dependency · writ denied