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Carolyn M. Caietti

Judge · Superior Court of San Diego County · 2009–2026

Sitting now: Dept. 70, Hall of Justice — CIVIL IC (the court's data of 01:00AM 17 Oct 2026)

Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Diego 2006–

B++
76% — 52 of 68 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 23% of 312 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.

40cases reviewed on appeal
17%reversed, in whole or part, of 35 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 28 reversed 4 dismissed 3 writ granted 2 reversed in part 2 modified 1

Areas

civil 24 delinquency 7 criminal 5 dependency 2 other 1 family 1

By year: 2026 8 · 2025 7 · 2013 7 · 2024 6 · 2021 4 · 2023 2 · 2022 2 · 2020 1 · 2016 1 · 2014 1 · 2009 1 ·

Analysis

80reviewed cases analysed
242rulings read
1rulings where the model disagrees with the court
10cases with a verified missed authority
0appellate opinions called questionable

Counts of a model's readings across this judge's reviewed cases, each shown on its case page beside the court's disposition. Not a finding about the judge.

Cases

  1. Hickenbottom v. Medical Solutions D086542 · 2026-08-26 · civil · dismissed
  2. Isolate Innovations v. Lisenko CA4/1 D086411 · 2026-08-19 · civil · affirmed
  3. Morales v. Super. Ct. D087448 · 2026-08-03 · civil · writ granted
  4. Esparza v. Sharp Healthcare CA4/1 D086499 · 2026-06-26 · civil · affirmed
  5. Schneider v. Domeyer CA4/1 D086228 · 2026-06-05 · civil · affirmed
  6. Thakore v. MLT Encinitas CA4/1 D085184 · 2026-04-06 · civil · affirmed
  7. Parsonage v. Wal-Mart Associates D083831 · 2026-02-04 · civil · reversed
  8. Mustaqeem v. City of San Diego D085750 · 2026-01-22 · civil · reversed
  9. Howell Management Services v. Vashisht-Rota CA4/1 D086055 · 2025-12-15 · civil · dismissed
  10. Mitchell v. Chula Vista Parole CA4/1 D084234 · 2025-11-13 · civil · affirmed
  11. Garfield Beach CVS v. Board of Pharmacy etc. CA4/1 D083962 · 2025-07-18 · civil · affirmed
  12. San Diego Housing Commission v. Rodriguez CA4/1 D084268 · 2025-05-23 · civil · affirmed
  13. Ndizeye v. City of San Diego CA4/1 D084061 · 2025-05-21 · civil · affirmed
  14. Romane v. Dept. of Motor Vehicles D083569 · 2025-04-23 · civil · reversed
  15. Howell Management Services v. Vashisht-Rota CA4/1 D084575 · 2025-02-05 · civil · affirmed
  16. Built Pacific v. Denning Moores CA4/1 D081638 · 2024-10-25 · civil · affirmed
  17. Barrelet v. Liu CA4/1 D083088 · 2024-08-21 · civil · affirmed
  18. People v. Welk Resort Group CA4/1 D081961 · 2024-08-15 · civil · affirmed
  19. Light Wireless Communications v. Jaffe CA4/1 D081842 · 2024-06-20 · civil · affirmed
  20. People v. Financial Casualty & Surety CA4/1 D082328 · 2024-05-23 · civil · dismissed
  21. Molinar v. 21st Century Ins. Co. D081431 · 2024-02-26 · civil · reversed
  22. Herron v. Feast and Fareway CA4/1 D079915 · 2023-05-17 · civil · affirmed
  23. Cabandong v. Weber CA4/1 D080352 · 2023-04-20 · civil · affirmed
  24. \BBishop v. The Bishop's School D079827 · 2022-12-21 · civil · reversed in part
  25. People v. Cook CA4/1 D077072 · 2022-03-11 · criminal · affirmed