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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. Center for Community Action etc. v. City of Moreno Valley CA4/2 E082992M · 2025-03-06 · civil · reversed in part
  2. Center for Community Action etc. v. City of Moreno Valley CA4/2 E082992 · 2025-02-14 · civil · reversed in part
  3. Stronghold Engineering v. City of Monterey CA4/1 D082763 · 2024-06-21 · civil · reversed in part
  4. People v. Reyes CA4/2 E071303 · 2020-09-24 · criminal · reversed in part