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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. People v. Nguyen CA4/2 E083046 · 2025-06-12 · criminal · affirmed
  2. Juarez v. San Bernardino City Unified Sch. Dist. D084517 · 2024-11-25 · criminal · reversed
  3. People v. Godinez CA4/2 E081149 · 2024-09-06 · criminal · affirmed
  4. People v. Guillen CA4/3 G062522 · 2024-03-07 · criminal · affirmed
  5. People v. Polk E069651M · 2019-07-08 · criminal · affirmed
  6. People v. Polk E069641 · 2019-06-14 · criminal · affirmed
  7. People v. Lara CA4/2 E058858 · 2014-11-17 · criminal · affirmed