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Daniel F. Link

Judge · Superior Court of San Diego County · 2016–2026

Sitting now: Dept. 21, North County Court — TRIALS (the court's data of 01:00AM 17 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

criminal 30 family 3

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

  1. People v. Washington CA4/1 D083542 · 2025-08-29 · criminal · modified
  2. People v. Smith CA4/1 D082370 · 2025-01-13 · criminal · modified
  3. People v. Chavez CA4/1 D079428 · 2022-09-08 · criminal · modified
  4. Marriage of Clayton CA4/1 D077033 · 2021-10-06 · family · modified
  5. People v. Acosta D071575 · 2018-02-06 · criminal · modified