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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

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97% — 286.0 of 294 opinions sound, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 71% 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.

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. Ochoa CA4/1 D084250M · 2026-01-20 · criminal · reversed in part
  2. People v. Lopez CA4/1 D084046 · 2026-01-20 · criminal · reversed
  3. People v. Turner CA4/1 D085274 · 2026-01-12 · criminal · affirmed
  4. People v. Johnson CA4/1 D082203A · 2026-01-09 · criminal · affirmed
  5. People v. Woods CA4/1 D085646 · 2026-01-09 · criminal · affirmed
  6. Barbanell v. Lodge D084193 · 2026-01-08 · civil · affirmed
  7. Zappala v. Government Employees Ins. Co. CA4/1 D084973 · 2026-01-08 · civil · affirmed
  8. People v. Ardeleanu CA4/1 D084840M · 2026-01-06 · criminal · reversed
  9. People v. Jones CA4/1 D085399 · 2026-01-06 · criminal · affirmed
  10. In re E.K. CA4/1 D086664 · 2026-01-05 · dependency · affirmed
  11. Doe v. Coronado Unified School District CA4/1 D084342 · 2026-01-02 · civil · reversed in part
  12. In re A.A. CA4/1 D086583 · 2025-12-30 · dependency · affirmed
  13. People v. Price CA4/1 D086606 · 2025-12-30 · criminal · affirmed
  14. Barboza v. Sherman CA4/1 D085289 · 2025-12-26 · family · reversed
  15. Ghosal v. Ajou CA4/1 D084846 · 2025-12-24 · civil · affirmed
  16. People v. Ardeleanu CA4/1 D084840 · 2025-12-24 · criminal · reversed
  17. People v. Daniels CA4/1 D083366 · 2025-12-24 · criminal · affirmed
  18. In re J.C. CA4/1 D086142 · 2025-12-23 · dependency · affirmed
  19. People v. Baldonado CA4/1 D086352 · 2025-12-23 · criminal · affirmed
  20. People v. Goodwin CA4/1 D086605 · 2025-12-23 · criminal · affirmed
  21. People v. Ochoa CA4/1 D084250 · 2025-12-23 · criminal · reversed in part
  22. People v. Vanzandt CA4/1 D085138 · 2025-12-23 · criminal · affirmed
  23. Ellis-Sanders v. Guardia Piazza D'Oro CA4/1 D084362 · 2025-12-22 · civil · affirmed
  24. People v. Masila CA4/1 D086611 · 2025-12-22 · criminal · reversed in part
  25. People v. Sy CA4/1 D085569 · 2025-12-22 · criminal · affirmed