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Daniel A. Ottolia

Judge · Superior Court of Riverside County · 2013–2026

Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Riverside 2010–

D+
59% — 17 of 29 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 66% 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.

104cases reviewed on appeal
33%reversed, in whole or part, of 95 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 64 reversed 16 reversed in part 15 writ granted 6 dismissed 2 writ denied 1

Areas

civil 97 criminal 7

By year: 2014 24 · 2024 10 · 2021 10 · 2026 9 · 2025 9 · 2015 9 · 2022 6 · 2016 6 · 2023 5 · 2018 5 · 2020 4 · 2019 3 · 2017 2 · 2013 2 ·

Analysis

36reviewed cases analysed
119rulings read
0rulings where the model disagrees with the court
8cases 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. Vinkov v. Superior Court CA4/2 E089131 · 2026-08-28 · civil · writ granted
  2. Varma v. The Bank of New York Mellon CA4/2 E085566 · 2026-08-27 · civil · affirmed
  3. The Regents of the U. of Cal. v. City of Riverside CA4/1 D088029 · 2026-08-20 · civil · affirmed
  4. Santana v. FCA US CA4/3 G064472 · 2026-08-03 · civil · affirmed
  5. Patterson v. Nuvision Credit Union CA4/2 E085327 · 2026-07-02 · civil · dismissed
  6. Patterson v. Digital Federal Credit Union CA4/2 E085332 · 2026-06-23 · civil · affirmed
  7. Smith v. Stater Bros. Markets CA4/1 D086159 · 2026-04-07 · civil · reversed
  8. Ketterer v. Teshome CA4/2 E084203 · 2026-01-14 · civil · affirmed
  9. Meza v. Shah CA4/2 E082921 · 2026-01-08 · civil · affirmed
  10. Horton v. Takeda Pharmaceuticals USA CA4/1 D085379 · 2025-12-29 · civil · affirmed
  11. Heredia v. County of Riverside CA4/1 D085375 · 2025-12-17 · civil · affirmed
  12. Contreras v. Green Thumb Produce Inc. D085440 · 2025-12-15 · civil · reversed
  13. Tarbutton v. Deutsche Bank Trust Co. CA4/2 E083479 · 2025-12-04 · civil · affirmed
  14. So-McKinley v. Organic Roots Temecula CA4/1 D085917 · 2025-08-21 · civil · reversed
  15. People v. Nguyen CA4/2 E083046 · 2025-06-12 · criminal · affirmed
  16. Carmichael v. Cafe Sevilla of Riverside, Inc. G063589 · 2025-01-24 · civil · affirmed
  17. Federal National Mortgage Association v. DeSmidt CA4/2 E082682 · 2025-01-22 · civil · affirmed
  18. Carmichael v. Cafe Sevilla of Riverside CA4/3 G063589 · 2025-01-07 · civil · affirmed
  19. King City Entertainment v. Town & Country Investments CA4/2 E080963 · 2024-12-05 · civil · affirmed
  20. Juarez v. San Bernardino City Unified Sch. Dist. D084517 · 2024-11-25 · criminal · reversed
  21. Bent v. Goger CA4/2 E083575 · 2024-11-07 · civil · affirmed
  22. Petree v. Pub. Employees' Retirement System D082749 · 2024-11-06 · civil · affirmed
  23. City of Perris v. Henry CA4/1 D084029 · 2024-10-28 · civil · reversed
  24. People v. Godinez CA4/2 E081149 · 2024-09-06 · criminal · affirmed
  25. Brothers v. Heritage Logistics CA4/3 G063267M · 2024-08-28 · civil · reversed