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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 reviewed on appeal (every role)

  1. People v. Bailey CA4/1 D064758 · 2015-03-24 · delinquency · modified
  2. People v. Swaim CA4/1 D064117 · 2014-12-31 · delinquency · reversed in part
  3. People v. Castillo D063266 · 2014-07-28 · delinquency · affirmed
  4. People v. Sanchez CA4/1 D063574 · 2014-03-18 · delinquency · affirmed
  5. People v. Gonzalez CA4/1 D063129 · 2014-02-26 · delinquency · affirmed
  6. People v. Gastelum CA4/1 D062985 · 2014-02-05 · delinquency · affirmed
  7. P. v. Dunning CA4/1 D062581 · 2013-06-13 · delinquency · affirmed
  8. P. v. Vizcarra CA4/1 D061878 · 2013-05-22 · delinquency · reversed in part