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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 sat on (every role)

  1. SeneMan v. Corona Industrial JV CA4/1 D083702 · 2025-07-23 · civil · affirmed
  2. Montez v. U.S. Bank CA4/1 D084312 · 2025-07-23 · civil · affirmed
  3. People v. Montano CA4/1 D082692 · 2025-07-21 · criminal · affirmed
  4. People v. Superior Court (Broadway) D085508 · 2025-07-08 · criminal · writ granted
  5. People v. Barnum D082890 · 2025-06-27 · criminal · affirmed
  6. People v. Hartwell CA4/1 D085452 · 2025-06-27 · criminal · affirmed
  7. People v. Morales CA4/1 D084780 · 2025-06-26 · criminal · affirmed
  8. People v. Superior Court (Broadway) CA4/1 D085508 · 2025-06-25 · criminal · writ granted
  9. People v. Cook CA4/1 D083578 · 2025-06-25 · criminal · affirmed
  10. Johnson v. Crew Builders CA4/1 D083549 · 2025-06-18 · civil · affirmed
  11. Ortiz v. Vazquez CA4/1 D084101 · 2025-06-17 · civil · affirmed
  12. People v. Felix CA4/1 D084175 · 2025-06-17 · criminal · affirmed
  13. People v. Financial Casualty & Surety CA4/1 D085170 · 2025-06-16 · criminal · affirmed
  14. Palm Springs Promenade, LLC v. Dept. of Industrial Relations D083069 · 2025-06-13 · civil · affirmed
  15. Kirkeby v. Kahn CA4/1 D083388 · 2025-06-09 · civil · affirmed
  16. In re S.M. CA4/1 D085516 · 2025-06-05 · dependency · reversed
  17. Amundson v. Catello D082158A · 2025-06-03 · civil · reversed
  18. In re K.D. CA4/1 D085243 · 2025-05-30 · dependency · affirmed
  19. People v. Morales CA4/1 D084603 · 2025-05-29 · delinquency · affirmed
  20. People v. Makuach CA4/1 D083625 · 2025-05-29 · criminal · reversed
  21. In re J.V. CA4/1 D085329 · 2025-05-28 · dependency · reversed
  22. ANE Holdings v. Purity Preserved CA4/1 D083065 · 2025-05-28 · civil · affirmed
  23. People v. George CA4/1 D084810 · 2025-05-28 · criminal · dismissed
  24. Thomas v. Corbyn Restaurant Development Corp. D083655 · 2025-05-27 · civil · affirmed
  25. People v. Jenkins CA4/1 D084174 · 2025-05-23 · criminal · affirmed