Daniel F. Link
Sitting now: Dept. 21, North County Court — TRIALS (the court's data of 01:00AM 15 Oct 2026)
Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Diego 2014–
F+
48% — 19 of 40 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 86% 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.
33cases reviewed on appeal
9%reversed, in whole or part, of 32 merits decisions
Outcomes on appeal
affirmed 24 modified 5 reversed in part 2 writ granted 1 reversed 1
Areas
By year: 2025 8 · 2026 7 · 2024 6 · 2023 3 · 2016 3 · 2022 2 · 2021 2 · 2020 1 · 2018 1 ·
Analysis
66reviewed cases analysed
160rulings read
1rulings where the model disagrees with the court
12cases 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
- People v. Colin CA4/1
- People v. Johnson CA4/1
- People v. Miller CA4/1
- People v. Huerta CA4/1
- People v. Vargas CA4/1
- People v. Krystal CA4/1
- People v. Mueller CA4/1
- People v. Hernandez CA4/1
- People v. Chandrashekar CA4/1
- People v. Washington CA4/1
- People v. Ulloa CA4/1
- People v. Montelongo CA4/1
- People v. Petrungaro CA4/1
- People v. Huerta CA4/1
- People v. Smith CA4/1
- Snap v. Super. Ct.
- People v. Tamayo CA4/1
- People v. Lane CA4/1
- People v. Powers CA4/1
- People v. Mendoza CA4/1
- People v. Schemensky CA4/1
- People v. Esparza
- People v. Hilburn
- People v. Brown CA4/1
- People v. Barrios CA4/1