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

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

People v. Mendoza CA4/1 D084554 · 2025-08-14 · criminal · reversed
People v. Gonzalez-Buttner CA4/1 D079065 · 2023-05-18 · delinquency · reversed