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Cynthia Bashant
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Cynthia Bashant

Judge · Superior Court of San Diego County · 2013–2026

Judge, District Court, S.D. California 2014– · Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Diego 2000–2014

A+
91% — 39 of 43 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 4% 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.

27cases reviewed on appeal
8%reversed, in whole or part, of 25 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 23 reversed in part 2 writ granted 1 writ denied 1

Areas

dependency 20 family 3 criminal 2 delinquency 1 civil 1

By year: 2014 15 · 2013 9 · 2026 1 · 2020 1 · 2018 1 ·

Analysis

48reviewed cases analysed
122rulings read
0rulings where the model disagrees with the court
10cases 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. United States v. Cannon 24-5917 · 2026-07-13 · criminal · affirmed
  2. United States v. Carlo Santilla 19-50371 · 2020-04-16 · criminal · affirmed
  3. Architectureart, LLC v. City of San Diego 17-55645 · 2018-12-10 · civil · affirmed
  4. In re Madison T. CA4/1 D066116 · 2014-11-13 · family · affirmed
  5. In re Emilio M. CA4/1 D065901 · 2014-09-12 · dependency · reversed in part
  6. In re A.A. CA4/1 D065436 · 2014-09-11 · dependency · affirmed
  7. In re A.Z. CA4/1 D065385 · 2014-09-09 · dependency · affirmed
  8. In re Elijah W. CA4/1 D065012 · 2014-06-18 · dependency · affirmed
  9. In re Athena Q. CA4/1 D064938 · 2014-06-03 · dependency · affirmed
  10. In re R.M. CA4/1 D065035 · 2014-05-22 · dependency · affirmed
  11. In re Miguel A. CA4/1 D064941 · 2014-05-15 · dependency · reversed in part
  12. In re Isaac J. CA4/1 D064730 · 2014-05-14 · dependency · affirmed
  13. In re H.M. CA4/1 D064915 · 2014-05-12 · dependency · affirmed
  14. In re Raquel S. CA4/1 D064808 · 2014-04-22 · dependency · affirmed
  15. Torres v. Superior Court CA4/1 D064672 · 2014-03-27 · delinquency · writ granted
  16. In re M.W. CA4/1 D064326 · 2014-03-14 · dependency · affirmed
  17. In re Tyrone K. CA4/1 D064612 · 2014-02-28 · dependency · affirmed
  18. In re V.A. CA4/1 D064361 · 2014-02-28 · dependency · affirmed
  19. In re A.B. CA4/1 D064187 · 2013-12-17 · dependency · affirmed
  20. In re Madison W. CA4/1 D063971 · 2013-12-13 · dependency · affirmed
  21. Marco v. v. Superior Court CA4/1 D064414 · 2013-12-09 · dependency · writ denied
  22. In re Dominic L. CA4/1 D063958 · 2013-10-09 · dependency · affirmed
  23. In re Ava H. CA4/1 D063284 · 2013-08-02 · family · affirmed
  24. In re T.V. D063023 · 2013-06-14 · dependency · affirmed
  25. In re I.M. CA4/1 D063298 · 2013-05-31 · dependency · affirmed