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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. Exteres Corp. v. The Connections Group CA4/2 E078245 · 2023-04-20 · civil · affirmed
  2. CBGM v. Guralnick CA4/2 E078064 · 2023-01-05 · civil · reversed
  3. Joseph v. Cal. Dept. of Corrections CA4/2 E074481A · 2022-06-03 · civil · affirmed
  4. Bowser v. Ford Motor Company E073609 · 2022-05-11 · civil · affirmed
  5. Resendez v. Bayview Loan Servicing CA4/2 E076395 · 2022-03-24 · civil · affirmed
  6. Protect Our Neighborhoods v. City of Palm Springs E074233 · 2022-01-07 · civil · affirmed
  7. Joseph v. Cal. Dept. of Corrections CA4/2 E074481 · 2021-10-25 · civil · affirmed
  8. Riverside Community College Dist. v. Biersmith CA4/2 E073818A · 2021-10-15 · civil · reversed
  9. Riverside Community College Dist. v. Biersmith CA4/2 E073818 · 2021-10-15 · civil · reversed
  10. Clohecy v. Robertson CA4/2 E073927 · 2021-10-13 · civil · affirmed
  11. Mattson v. Feeding America Riverside San Bernardino Counties CA4/2 E073866 · 2021-06-03 · civil · affirmed
  12. Valbuena v. Ocwen Loan Servicing CA4/2 E073534 · 2021-05-12 · civil · affirmed
  13. Allee v. Super Ct. CA4/2 E073590 · 2021-04-21 · civil · dismissed
  14. Norris v. Lennar Homes of Cal. CA4/2 E073981 · 2021-01-22 · civil · affirmed
  15. City of Norco v. Mugar E072858 · 2021-01-08 · civil · affirmed
  16. People v. Jennings CA4/2 E072096 · 2020-11-30 · criminal · affirmed
  17. Moreno v. Munoz CA4/2 E074132 · 2020-11-19 · civil · affirmed
  18. People v. Reyes CA4/2 E071303 · 2020-09-24 · criminal · reversed in part
  19. Theriault v. Cal. State Personnel Board CA4/2 E073519 · 2020-08-26 · civil · affirmed