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Daniel G. Lamborn

Judge · Superior Court of San Diego County · 2014–2026

Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Diego 2013–

B+
74% — 25 of 34 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 28% 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.

39cases reviewed on appeal
11%reversed, in whole or part, of 36 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 29 reversed in part 3 modified 3 dismissed 2 writ denied 1 reversed 1

Areas

criminal 36 dependency 3

By year: 2026 6 · 2025 6 · 2024 6 · 2021 6 · 2023 5 · 2022 3 · 2016 3 · 2020 2 · 2015 1 · 2014 1 ·

Analysis

71reviewed cases analysed
182rulings read
0rulings where the model disagrees with the court
11cases 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. Dilmaghanian CA4/1 D085089 · 2026-08-18 · criminal · affirmed
  2. People v. Inman CA4/1 D085348 · 2026-06-10 · criminal · reversed in part
  3. People v. Ramadhan D084475 · 2026-05-27 · criminal · affirmed
  4. People v. Ochoa CA4/1 D085612 · 2026-04-15 · criminal · affirmed
  5. People v. Watson CA4/1 D085363 · 2026-03-20 · criminal · affirmed
  6. People v. Ailey CA4/1 D085629 · 2026-01-30 · criminal · affirmed
  7. People v. Wills CA4/1 D085789 · 2025-12-15 · criminal · affirmed
  8. People v. Luciano CA4/1 D083868 · 2025-11-19 · criminal · affirmed
  9. People v. Bevis CA4/1 D084410 · 2025-08-22 · criminal · reversed in part
  10. People v. Munoz CA4/1 D083658 · 2025-07-22 · criminal · affirmed
  11. People v. Morales CA4/1 D084780 · 2025-06-26 · criminal · affirmed
  12. People v. Pacheco CA4/1 D083031 · 2025-06-13 · criminal · modified
  13. People v. Fay CA4/1 D083969 · 2024-11-25 · criminal · affirmed
  14. People v. Ramirez CA4/1 D082858 · 2024-11-22 · criminal · affirmed
  15. People v. Reyes CA4/1 D083326 · 2024-10-24 · criminal · modified
  16. People v. Rowe CA4/1 D082958 · 2024-07-25 · criminal · affirmed
  17. People v. Flores CA4/1 D082150 · 2024-06-05 · criminal · affirmed
  18. People v. Salih CA4/1 D081891 · 2024-03-20 · criminal · modified
  19. People v. Gonzalez CA4/1 D080153 · 2023-11-01 · criminal · affirmed
  20. People v. Snead CA4/1 D080304 · 2023-10-25 · criminal · affirmed
  21. People v. Jones CA4/1 D081282 · 2023-10-09 · criminal · affirmed
  22. People v. Carmona CA4/1 D079779 · 2023-09-13 · criminal · reversed in part
  23. People v. Harper CA4/1 D078886A · 2023-04-13 · criminal · reversed
  24. People v. Barkacs CA4/1 D080095 · 2022-07-22 · criminal · affirmed
  25. People v. Harper CA4/1 D078886M · 2022-05-12 · criminal · dismissed