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Daniel S. Belsky

Judge · Superior Court of San Diego County · 2022–2025

Sitting now: Dept. 504, Central Courthouse — PROBATE (the court's data of 01:00AM 17 Oct 2026)

Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Diego 2017–

A++
provisional — 100% — 5 of 5 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; would rank in the top 1% of 312 graded judges, but ten rulings are needed for a standing letter — 5 so far

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.

6cases reviewed on appeal
—6 merits decisions: a rate is shown from 10

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 6

Areas

family 5 probate 1

By year: 2022 4 · 2025 1 · 2023 1 ·

Analysis

12reviewed cases analysed
43rulings read
0rulings where the model disagrees with the court
2cases 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. Conservatorship of the Person and Estate of Mercado CA4/1 D084147 · 2025-05-23 · probate · affirmed