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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. Masloub v. Masloub CA4/1 D085714 · 2025-11-20 · civil · affirmed
  4. Humble Fitness Beaumont v. Bedazzling Beaumont CA4/3 G064547 · 2025-05-07 · civil · affirmed
  5. Ramirez v. City of Indio CA4/1 D082997 · 2024-10-11 · civil · affirmed
  6. Ramirez v. City of Indio CA4/1 D082997 · 2024-09-13 · civil · affirmed
  7. Duong v. Uffer CA4/3 G063914 · 2024-09-12 · civil · affirmed
  8. People v. Velador E081372 · 2024-07-11 · criminal · affirmed
  9. Lucas v. The Law Offices of Nathan Mubasher CA4/2 E078620 · 2024-03-07 · civil · affirmed
  10. Preferred Hospitality v. Houston Casualty Co. CA4/2 E078892 · 2023-11-30 · civil · affirmed
  11. Said v. Cedars-Sinai Medical Group CA4/2 E078873 · 2023-10-05 · civil · affirmed
  12. Exteres Corp. v. The Connections Group CA4/2 E078245 · 2023-04-20 · civil · affirmed
  13. Joseph v. Cal. Dept. of Corrections CA4/2 E074481A · 2022-06-03 · civil · affirmed
  14. Bowser v. Ford Motor Company E073609 · 2022-05-11 · civil · affirmed
  15. Resendez v. Bayview Loan Servicing CA4/2 E076395 · 2022-03-24 · civil · affirmed
  16. Protect Our Neighborhoods v. City of Palm Springs E074233 · 2022-01-07 · civil · affirmed
  17. Joseph v. Cal. Dept. of Corrections CA4/2 E074481 · 2021-10-25 · civil · affirmed
  18. Clohecy v. Robertson CA4/2 E073927 · 2021-10-13 · civil · affirmed
  19. Mattson v. Feeding America Riverside San Bernardino Counties CA4/2 E073866 · 2021-06-03 · civil · affirmed
  20. Valbuena v. Ocwen Loan Servicing CA4/2 E073534 · 2021-05-12 · civil · affirmed
  21. Norris v. Lennar Homes of Cal. CA4/2 E073981 · 2021-01-22 · civil · affirmed
  22. City of Norco v. Mugar E072858 · 2021-01-08 · civil · affirmed
  23. People v. Jennings CA4/2 E072096 · 2020-11-30 · criminal · affirmed
  24. Moreno v. Munoz CA4/2 E074132 · 2020-11-19 · civil · affirmed
  25. Theriault v. Cal. State Personnel Board CA4/2 E073519 · 2020-08-26 · civil · affirmed