Chad W. Firetag
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
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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
- AVL Test Systems v. Hensel Phelps Construction
- City of Riverside v. RLI Insurance Co.
- German v. La Floure CA4/1
- Dechant v. Woodcock CA4/1
- Banning Heights Mutual Water Co. v. Lefebvre CA4/3
- Torricellas v. Cal. Dept. of Corrections & Rehabilitation CA4/2
- CBGM v. Guralnick CA4/2
- Riverside Community College Dist. v. Biersmith CA4/2
- Riverside Community College Dist. v. Biersmith CA4/2