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Christine K. Goldsmith

Judge · Superior Court of San Diego County · 2005–2025

Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Diego 1998–2014 · , Superior Court of California, County of San Diego 1987–1998

A+
91% — 39 of 43 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 4% 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.

17cases reviewed on appeal
13%reversed, in whole or part, of 15 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 13 reversed in part 1 reversed 1 other 1 dismissed 1

Areas

family 14 civil 2 criminal 1

By year: 2015 4 · 2014 3 · 2013 2 · 2025 1 · 2024 1 · 2023 1 · 2022 1 · 2016 1 · 2010 1 · 2009 1 · 2005 1 ·

Analysis

32reviewed cases analysed
126rulings read
0rulings where the model disagrees with the court
5cases 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. Marriage of Christina DeBenedetti and Morgan Ensburg D082801 · 2025-04-24 · family · affirmed
  2. Marriage of DeBenedetti and Ensberg CA4/1 D081607 · 2024-10-04 · family · affirmed
  3. Marriage of Kimbrell CA4/1 D078459 · 2023-09-08 · family · reversed in part
  4. Schrack v. Dwyar CA4/1 D078257 · 2022-02-28 · civil · affirmed
  5. Marriage of Childs CA4/1 D066960 · 2016-02-16 · family · affirmed
  6. Altafulla v. Ervin CA4/1 D066912 · 2015-11-20 · family · affirmed
  7. Altafulla v. Ervin D065980 · 2015-07-07 · family · affirmed
  8. Winternitz v. Winternitz D065131 · 2015-03-27 · family · affirmed
  9. Winternitz v. Winternitz CA4/1 D065131 · 2015-02-27 · family · affirmed
  10. Marriage of R. and T. CA4/1 D064438 · 2014-11-04 · family · affirmed
  11. Marriage of Schulman CA4/1 D063341 · 2014-01-31 · family · affirmed
  12. Gonzalez v. Kuerbiss CA4/1 D063410 · 2014-01-24 · family · dismissed
  13. Marr. of Simmons D060557 · 2013-04-18 · family · reversed
  14. Marriage of Brown CA4/1 D060142 · 2013-03-27 · family · affirmed
  15. People v. Ceja S157932 · 2010-05-17 · criminal · other
  16. Loeffler v. Medina D053096 · 2009-06-18 · family · affirmed
  17. ASP Properties Group, L.P. v. Fard, Inc. D044896 · 2005-10-05 · civil · affirmed