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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. Reyes CA4/1 D086282 · 2026-05-12 · criminal · affirmed
  2. People v. Dimas CA4/1 D086274 · 2026-05-05 · criminal · reversed
  3. Cesena v. So. Cal. Edison Co. CA4/1 D084157 · 2026-05-01 · civil · affirmed
  4. People v. Alarcon CA4/1 D085564 · 2026-04-30 · criminal · dismissed
  5. People v. Compre CA4/1 D085962 · 2026-04-30 · criminal · reversed
  6. People v. Ash CA4/1 D085435 · 2026-04-30 · criminal · affirmed
  7. AVL Test Systems v. Hensel Phelps Construction D086160 · 2026-04-28 · civil · reversed
  8. People v. The North River Ins. Co. D085358 · 2026-04-28 · criminal · affirmed
  9. People v. Zenquis CA4/1 D086035 · 2026-04-27 · criminal · modified
  10. Marriage of A.J. and C.J. CA4/1 D086285 · 2026-04-24 · family · affirmed
  11. People v. Letchaw CA4/1 D085028 · 2026-04-24 · criminal · reversed in part
  12. Alphatec Spine v. NuVasive CA4/1 D084368 · 2026-04-23 · civil · affirmed
  13. Unit 5 v. J.T. McKinney Co. CA4/1 D085422 · 2026-04-22 · civil · reversed
  14. People v. Fidler CA4/1 D087149 · 2026-04-22 · criminal · modified
  15. Washington v. Arrington CA4/1 D086193 · 2026-04-22 · family · affirmed
  16. McCoy v. Fleetwood Aluminum Products CA4/1 D087164 · 2026-04-22 · civil · reversed in part
  17. Cotton v. Geraci CA4/1 D084992M · 2026-04-21 · civil · affirmed
  18. Evans v. Adderley CA4/1 D085355 · 2026-04-21 · civil · affirmed
  19. Vanderford v. Cal. Unemployment Ins. Appeals Bd. CA4/1 D084735 · 2026-04-20 · civil · affirmed
  20. People v. Garcia CA4/1 D087615 · 2026-04-15 · criminal · affirmed
  21. People v. Urrutia CA4/1 D085707 · 2026-04-15 · criminal · affirmed
  22. People v. Horne CA4/1 D085619 · 2026-04-13 · criminal · affirmed
  23. People v. Davis CA4/1 D084971 · 2026-04-10 · criminal · affirmed
  24. People v. Lewis CA4/1 D085332 · 2026-04-10 · criminal · affirmed
  25. People v. Dennis CA4/1 D085219 · 2026-04-10 · criminal · affirmed