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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. 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. People v. Hernandez CA4/1 D087127 · 2026-09-22 · criminal · affirmed
  6. Shane v. Garfield Beach CVS CA4/1 D087134 · 2026-09-22 · civil · affirmed
  7. Marriage of Pfaff CA4/1 D086904 · 2026-09-17 · family · reversed
  8. People v. Velasco CA4/1 D085791 · 2026-09-16 · criminal · remanded
  9. People v. Mercado CA4/1 D086865 · 2026-09-10 · criminal · reversed in part
  10. Marriage of Prince CA4/1 D086947 · 2026-09-09 · family · affirmed
  11. People v. Vilaysane CA4/1 D086283 · 2026-09-04 · criminal · modified
  12. People v. Adams CA4/1 D084606 · 2026-09-01 · criminal · affirmed
  13. People v. Cavazos CA4/1 D085915 · 2026-09-01 · criminal · reversed in part
  14. Prince v. Prince CA4/1 D085227 · 2026-08-31 · family · affirmed
  15. People v. Ayala CA4/1 D088197 · 2026-08-27 · criminal · modified
  16. People v. Hayes CA4/1 D086414 · 2026-08-27 · criminal · affirmed
  17. People v. Powell CA4/1 D086278 · 2026-08-27 · criminal · affirmed
  18. Hickenbottom v. Medical Solutions D086542 · 2026-08-26 · civil · dismissed
  19. In re N.S. CA4/1 D087765 · 2026-08-25 · dependency · affirmed
  20. L.H. v. County of San Diego CA4/1 D085668 · 2026-08-19 · civil · reversed in part
  21. Montelongo v. Simpson Sandblasting and Special Coating CA4/1 D088187 · 2026-08-18 · civil · affirmed
  22. People v. Morales CA4/1 D086758 · 2026-08-14 · criminal · affirmed
  23. People v. Porter CA4/1 D084543 · 2026-08-14 · criminal · affirmed
  24. Robinson v. Bhola CA4/1 D087156 · 2026-08-14 · civil · affirmed
  25. People v. Vaughn CA4/1 D088036 · 2026-08-13 · criminal · affirmed