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Cynthia A. Freeland

Judge · Superior Court of San Diego County · 2019–2026

Sitting now: Dept. 27, North County Court — CIVIL IC (the court's data of 01:00AM 15 Oct 2026)

Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Diego 2017–

A--
80% — 56 of 70 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 16% 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.

37cases reviewed on appeal
17%reversed, in whole or part, of 36 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 30 reversed 6 dismissed 1

Areas

civil 34 family 3

By year: 2026 12 · 2023 10 · 2025 7 · 2024 4 · 2021 2 · 2022 1 · 2019 1 ·

Analysis

61reviewed cases analysed
221rulings read
1rulings where the model disagrees with the court
13cases with a verified missed authority
1appellate 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. Kotowski v. Salehi CA4/1 D085655M · 2026-09-09 · civil · affirmed
  2. Garcia v. AINW Corp. CA4/1 D085487 · 2026-09-02 · civil · affirmed
  3. Esensten v. Leavitt CA4/1 D086505 · 2026-08-18 · civil · affirmed
  4. Kotowski v. Salehi CA4/1 D085655 · 2026-08-18 · civil · affirmed
  5. Armendariz v. Renfro CA4/1 D085598 · 2026-08-17 · civil · affirmed
  6. Deng v. Gogal Law Office CA4/1 D086588 · 2026-06-05 · civil · affirmed
  7. Cesena v. So. Cal. Edison Co. CA4/1 D084157N · 2026-06-01 · civil · affirmed
  8. Cesena v. So. Cal. Edison Co. CA4/1 D084157M · 2026-05-28 · civil · affirmed
  9. Radovic v. Milosevic CA4/1 D086565 · 2026-05-26 · civil · affirmed
  10. Cesena v. So. Cal. Edison Co. CA4/1 D084157 · 2026-05-01 · civil · affirmed
  11. Davis v. Corvel Corp. CA4/1 D085457 · 2026-04-20 · civil · affirmed
  12. Herrin v. Doherty CA4/1 D086052 · 2026-02-17 · civil · dismissed
  13. Varga v. Lomas Serenas Property Owners Assn. CA4/1 D082364 · 2025-12-17 · civil · affirmed
  14. Meeker v. Chen CA4/1 D084993 · 2025-12-12 · civil · affirmed
  15. Gogal v. Deng D084158 · 2025-07-22 · civil · reversed
  16. Gogal v. Deng D084405 · 2025-07-22 · civil · affirmed
  17. Landa v. Simmons CA4/1 D083814 · 2025-04-16 · civil · affirmed
  18. Courtois v. Nationstar Mortgage CA4/1 D083821 · 2025-02-05 · civil · affirmed
  19. Frye v. Fore the Ladies CA4/1 D083759 · 2025-01-31 · civil · affirmed
  20. Hedayatzadeh v. North County Transit District CA4/1 D081656M · 2024-10-01 · civil · affirmed
  21. Hedayatzadeh v. North County Transit District CA4/1 D081656 · 2024-09-06 · civil · affirmed
  22. Quinn v. Cardiff Towne Center CA4/1 D081414M · 2024-06-13 · civil · reversed
  23. Radovic v. Milosevic CA4/1 D081145 · 2024-02-23 · civil · affirmed
  24. Peppertree Villages v. Lounsbery Ferguson Altona & Peak CA4/1 D080882 · 2023-12-26 · civil · reversed
  25. Taggart v. North Coast Village Home Owners Assn. CA4/1 D081102 · 2023-11-28 · civil · affirmed