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Charles J. Umeda

Judge · Superior Court of San Bernardino County · 2018–2026

Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino 2015–

A++
provisional — 100% — 3 of 3 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; would rank in the top 1% of 312 graded judges, but ten rulings are needed for a standing letter — 3 so far

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.

23cases reviewed on appeal
20%reversed, in whole or part, of 20 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 16 reversed in part 3 writ granted 2 reversed 1 dismissed 1

Areas

delinquency 13 criminal 9 civil 1

By year: 2022 7 · 2024 5 · 2025 4 · 2023 4 · 2026 1 · 2021 1 · 2018 1 ·

Analysis

4 of this judge's reviewed cases have an analysis; counts are shown from 10.

Cases

  1. People v. Roach CA4/1 D085185 · 2026-06-11 · criminal · affirmed
  2. People v. Chavez CA4/3 G064134 · 2025-07-09 · criminal · affirmed
  3. In re T.J. CA4/2 E084812 · 2025-06-16 · delinquency · affirmed
  4. Coyote Aviation Corp. v. City of Redlands E081591 · 2025-06-05 · civil · affirmed
  5. People v. Serna E082722 · 2025-03-10 · criminal · affirmed
  6. People v. Hemsley CA4/2 E079829 · 2024-05-30 · criminal · reversed in part
  7. In re K.J. CA4/2 E082588 · 2024-05-15 · delinquency · affirmed
  8. In re M.M. CA4/2 E081571 · 2024-03-29 · delinquency · affirmed
  9. In re T.J. CA4/2 E081349A · 2024-02-16 · delinquency · reversed
  10. In re T.J. CA4/2 E081349 · 2024-01-04 · delinquency · affirmed
  11. In re B.B. CA4/2 E081240 · 2023-12-26 · delinquency · affirmed
  12. In re A.P. CA4/2 E079724 · 2023-12-06 · delinquency · affirmed
  13. In re B.M. CA4/2 E081419 · 2023-11-28 · delinquency · affirmed
  14. In re K.M. CA4/2 E078356 · 2023-03-03 · delinquency · dismissed
  15. In re I.Q. CA4/2 E078374 · 2022-09-30 · delinquency · affirmed
  16. In re A.P. CA4/2 E078730 · 2022-09-20 · delinquency · affirmed
  17. In re A.B. CA4/2 E078659 · 2022-08-15 · delinquency · affirmed
  18. In re A.R. CA4/2 E077863 · 2022-08-10 · delinquency · reversed in part
  19. People v. Hemsley CA4/2 E074782 · 2022-03-10 · criminal · reversed in part
  20. In re Terraza E077170M · 2022-01-14 · criminal · writ granted
  21. In re Terraza E077170 · 2022-01-12 · criminal · writ granted
  22. People v. Herr CA4/2 E073223 · 2021-01-05 · criminal · affirmed
  23. People v. Arebalos-Cabrera D074047 · 2018-09-14 · criminal · affirmed