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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. Wilkerson CA4/1 D076954 · 2021-01-26 · delinquency · reversed in part
  2. People v. Hernandez CA4/1 D076941 · 2020-11-24 · delinquency · affirmed
  3. People v. Cobbs CA4/1 D076974 · 2020-11-13 · delinquency · affirmed
  4. People v. Olivares CA4/1 D077125 · 2020-10-22 · delinquency · affirmed
  5. People v. Donaldson CA4/1 D076957 · 2020-10-21 · delinquency · affirmed
  6. People v. Henderson CA4/1 D077216 · 2020-10-21 · delinquency · dismissed
  7. People v. Idiaquez CA4/1 D076162 · 2020-09-22 · delinquency · affirmed
  8. People v. Alford CA4/1 D074513 · 2020-09-11 · delinquency · affirmed
  9. People v. Jackson CA4/1 D074547 · 2020-09-11 · delinquency · modified
  10. People v. Korwin D073830 · 2019-06-24 · delinquency · affirmed
  11. People v. Sandoval D071560M · 2017-12-28 · delinquency · modified
  12. People v. Sandoval D071560 · 2017-11-30 · delinquency · modified
  13. People v. Brooks D070918M · 2017-09-22 · delinquency · modified
  14. Ramirez v. Super. Ct. D072473 · 2017-09-22 · delinquency · writ granted
  15. People v. Brooks D070918 · 2017-08-25 · delinquency · modified
  16. People v. Salas D070569 · 2017-03-13 · delinquency · modified
  17. People v. Martinez D068746 · 2017-02-08 · delinquency · affirmed
  18. People v. Gaustad CA4/1 D070193 · 2016-09-23 · delinquency · affirmed
  19. People v. Mendoza-Montoya CA4/1 D068383 · 2016-09-19 · delinquency · affirmed
  20. People v. Salcedo CA4/1 D069326 · 2016-08-24 · delinquency · affirmed
  21. People v. Griffith CA4/1 D068656 · 2016-06-27 · delinquency · affirmed
  22. People v. Valenzuela D066907 · 2016-02-03 · delinquency · affirmed
  23. People v. Olivas CA4/1 D066947 · 2016-01-25 · delinquency · affirmed
  24. People v. Godwin CA4/1 D064909 · 2015-05-18 · delinquency · modified
  25. People v. Vizcarra D065579 · 2015-04-30 · delinquency · affirmed