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Christopher J. Plourd

Judge · Superior Court of Imperial County · 2013–2026

Presiding Justice, Superior Court of California, County of Imperial 2016–2017 · Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Imperial 2011–2016

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57% — 47 of 83 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 69% 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.

58cases reviewed on appeal
12%reversed, in whole or part, of 56 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 39 modified 10 reversed in part 4 reversed 2 writ granted 1 vacated 1 dismissed 1

Areas

delinquency 54 criminal 4

By year: 2020 8 · 2025 7 · 2022 7 · 2017 7 · 2016 6 · 2023 5 · 2014 5 · 2021 4 · 2015 3 · 2026 2 · 2013 2 · 2024 1 · 2019 1 ·

Analysis

109reviewed cases analysed
331rulings read
2rulings where the model disagrees with the court
17cases 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. People v. Ambriz CA4/1 D084906 · 2026-09-02 · delinquency · affirmed
  2. People v. Suarez CA4/1 D084412 · 2026-03-02 · criminal · affirmed
  3. People v. Smith CA4/1 D085118 · 2025-11-05 · delinquency · affirmed
  4. People v. Contreras CA4/1 D083593 · 2025-11-04 · delinquency · affirmed
  5. People v. Salazar CA4/1 D084565 · 2025-10-17 · delinquency · affirmed
  6. People v. Mendoza CA4/1 D084554 · 2025-08-14 · criminal · reversed
  7. People v. Monzon CA4/1 D082553 · 2025-04-24 · delinquency · affirmed
  8. People v. Tiebout CA4/1 D082238 · 2025-04-03 · delinquency · affirmed
  9. People v. Gonzalez D082662 · 2025-02-07 · delinquency · affirmed
  10. People v. Stowers CA4/1 D082983 · 2024-11-26 · delinquency · affirmed
  11. People v. Flores CA4/1 D079965 · 2023-06-08 · delinquency · affirmed
  12. People v. Maldonado CA4/1 D080418 · 2023-05-31 · delinquency · modified
  13. People v. Gonzalez-Buttner CA4/1 D079065 · 2023-05-18 · delinquency · reversed
  14. People v. Banuelos CA4/1 D079842 · 2023-04-14 · delinquency · affirmed
  15. People v. Funez CA4/1 D079844 · 2023-01-19 · delinquency · vacated
  16. People v. Gomez CA4/1 D079761 · 2022-09-29 · delinquency · affirmed
  17. People v. Alvarado CA4/1 D079570 · 2022-07-22 · delinquency · modified
  18. People v. Romero CA4/1 D079291 · 2022-06-30 · delinquency · affirmed
  19. People v. Zuniga D079767 · 2022-06-14 · criminal · affirmed
  20. People v. Ferguson CA4/1 D078244 · 2022-06-13 · delinquency · affirmed
  21. People v. Diaz CA4/1 D078649 · 2022-05-16 · delinquency · affirmed
  22. People v. Smith CA4/1 D079959 · 2022-05-13 · criminal · affirmed
  23. People v. Haro D076919 · 2021-09-09 · delinquency · affirmed
  24. People v. Gamboa CA4/1 D078245 · 2021-06-11 · delinquency · affirmed
  25. People v. Gomez CA4/1 D077707 · 2021-05-04 · delinquency · reversed in part