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Michele M. Castillo

Justice, Court of Appeal · California Court of Appeal, Fourth District, Division One · 2023–2026

Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Ventura 2016– · , Superior Court of California, County of Ventura 2014–2016

F++
97% — 285.0 of 293 opinions sound, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 83% of 27 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.

313opinions authored
930panels 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

  1. People v. Yeakel CA4/1 D087804 · 2026-09-29 · criminal · affirmed
  2. Arora v. Arora CA4/1 D086321 · 2026-09-28 · family · affirmed
  3. Salmer v. Southern Cal. Permanente Medical Group CA4/1 D086908 · 2026-09-28 · civil · reversed
  4. People v. Holley CA4/1 D086338 · 2026-09-24 · criminal · affirmed
  5. Diplomat Property Manager v. FortiFi Financial CA4/1 D086371 · 2026-09-23 · civil · affirmed
  6. Howard v. Dept. of Motor Vehicles CA4/1 D085484 · 2026-09-23 · civil · reversed
  7. People v. Hernandez CA4/1 D087127 · 2026-09-22 · criminal · affirmed
  8. People v. Estrada CA4/1 D087122 · 2026-09-22 · criminal · affirmed
  9. Shane v. Garfield Beach CVS CA4/1 D087134 · 2026-09-22 · civil · affirmed
  10. Marriage of Pfaff CA4/1 D086904 · 2026-09-17 · family · reversed
  11. People v. Velasco CA4/1 D085791 · 2026-09-16 · criminal · remanded
  12. In re A.J. CA4/1 D087995 · 2026-09-11 · dependency · affirmed
  13. People v. Mercado CA4/1 D086865 · 2026-09-10 · criminal · reversed in part
  14. Kotowski v. Salehi CA4/1 D085655M · 2026-09-09 · civil · affirmed
  15. Marriage of Prince CA4/1 D086947 · 2026-09-09 · family · affirmed
  16. In re Moore D086215 · 2026-09-08 · criminal · writ granted
  17. People v. Hawthorn D085679 · 2026-09-04 · criminal · affirmed
  18. People v. Vilaysane CA4/1 D086283 · 2026-09-04 · criminal · modified
  19. People v. Adams CA4/1 D084606 · 2026-09-01 · criminal · affirmed
  20. People v. Cavazos CA4/1 D085915 · 2026-09-01 · criminal · reversed in part
  21. Prince v. Prince CA4/1 D085227 · 2026-08-31 · family · affirmed
  22. People v. Ayala CA4/1 D088197 · 2026-08-27 · criminal · modified
  23. People v. Hayes CA4/1 D086414 · 2026-08-27 · criminal · affirmed
  24. People v. Powell CA4/1 D086278 · 2026-08-27 · criminal · affirmed
  25. Hickenbottom v. Medical Solutions D086542 · 2026-08-26 · civil · dismissed