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Chad W. Firetag

Judge · Superior Court of Riverside County · 2020–2026

Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Riverside 2015–

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62% — 8 of 13 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 58% of 312 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.

44cases reviewed on appeal
33%reversed, in whole or part, of 39 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 25 reversed 9 reversed in part 4 dismissed 3 writ denied 1 other 1 modified 1

Areas

civil 41 criminal 3

By year: 2025 9 · 2021 9 · 2024 8 · 2023 6 · 2026 4 · 2022 4 · 2020 4 ·

Analysis

17reviewed cases analysed
48rulings read
0rulings where the model disagrees with the court
4cases with a verified missed authority
0appellate opinions called questionable

Counts of a model's readings across this judge's reviewed cases, each shown on its case page beside the court's disposition. Not a finding about the judge.

Cases

  1. Sujan v. UHS Corona E084185 · 2026-09-16 · civil · affirmed
  2. Kyles v. Vista Pacifica Enterprises CA4/1 D086907 · 2026-06-18 · civil · affirmed
  3. AVL Test Systems v. Hensel Phelps Construction D086160 · 2026-04-28 · civil · reversed
  4. City of Riverside v. RLI Insurance Co. D085905 · 2026-03-20 · civil · reversed
  5. German v. La Floure CA4/1 D086600 · 2025-12-10 · civil · reversed
  6. Masloub v. Masloub CA4/1 D085714 · 2025-11-20 · civil · affirmed
  7. L.S. v. Superior Court CA4/2 E086053 · 2025-08-11 · civil · writ denied
  8. Hernandez v. Nunez CA4/2 E083404 · 2025-05-19 · civil · modified
  9. Humble Fitness Beaumont v. Bedazzling Beaumont CA4/3 G064547 · 2025-05-07 · civil · affirmed
  10. Blue Banner Company v. Superior Court CA4/2 E083453 · 2025-04-04 · civil · other
  11. Dechant v. Woodcock CA4/1 D085389 · 2025-03-26 · civil · reversed
  12. Center for Community Action etc. v. City of Moreno Valley CA4/2 E082992M · 2025-03-06 · civil · reversed in part
  13. Center for Community Action etc. v. City of Moreno Valley CA4/2 E082992 · 2025-02-14 · civil · reversed in part
  14. Ramirez v. City of Indio CA4/1 D082997 · 2024-10-11 · civil · affirmed
  15. Ramirez v. City of Indio CA4/1 D082997 · 2024-09-13 · civil · affirmed
  16. Duong v. Uffer CA4/3 G063914 · 2024-09-12 · civil · affirmed
  17. People v. Velador E081372 · 2024-07-11 · criminal · affirmed
  18. Stronghold Engineering v. City of Monterey CA4/1 D082763 · 2024-06-21 · civil · reversed in part
  19. Banning Heights Mutual Water Co. v. Lefebvre CA4/3 G063252 · 2024-06-07 · civil · reversed
  20. Lucas v. The Law Offices of Nathan Mubasher CA4/2 E078620 · 2024-03-07 · civil · affirmed
  21. City of Banning v. A&M Partners CA4/3 G062728 · 2024-01-17 · civil · dismissed
  22. Preferred Hospitality v. Houston Casualty Co. CA4/2 E078892 · 2023-11-30 · civil · affirmed
  23. Said v. Cedars-Sinai Medical Group CA4/2 E078873 · 2023-10-05 · civil · affirmed
  24. Northgate Gonzalez v. Realm Real Estate CA4/2 E078106 · 2023-06-16 · civil · dismissed
  25. Torricellas v. Cal. Dept. of Corrections & Rehabilitation CA4/2 E075182 · 2023-06-15 · civil · reversed