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David G. Brown

Judge · Superior Court of San Diego County · 2013–2026

Sitting now: Dept. 30, North County Court — TRIALS (the court's data of 01:00AM 15 Oct 2026)

Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Sacramento 2008– · Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Diego 2005–

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55% — 16 of 29 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 73% 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.

24cases reviewed on appeal
46%reversed, in whole or part, of 24 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 12 reversed 7 reversed in part 3 vacated 1 modified 1

Areas

criminal 15 family 5 civil 4

By year: 2024 6 · 2020 4 · 2023 3 · 2013 3 · 2026 2 · 2021 2 · 2025 1 · 2016 1 · 2015 1 · 2014 1 ·

Analysis

43reviewed cases analysed
143rulings 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. Lemus CA4/1 D086179 · 2026-05-12 · criminal · reversed
  2. People v. Compre CA4/1 D085962 · 2026-04-30 · criminal · reversed
  3. People v. Johnson CA4/1 D082669 · 2025-03-28 · criminal · vacated
  4. People v. Smith CA4/1 D082194 · 2024-11-19 · criminal · affirmed
  5. People v. Walkey CA4/1 D082790 · 2024-11-18 · criminal · reversed
  6. People v. Strouth CA4/1 D082822 · 2024-11-05 · criminal · affirmed
  7. People v. Sinaiko CA4/1 D081762 · 2024-07-12 · criminal · reversed
  8. People v. Jacaso CA4/1 D082985 · 2024-07-10 · criminal · affirmed
  9. People v. Smith CA4/1 D082129 · 2024-07-08 · criminal · affirmed
  10. North Coast Village Condominium Assn. v. Phillips D079455M · 2023-09-13 · civil · reversed
  11. North Coast Village Condominium Assn. v. Phillips D079455 · 2023-08-23 · civil · reversed
  12. People v. Shaler CA4/1 D080404 · 2023-05-15 · criminal · affirmed
  13. People v. Tapia CA4/1 D077113 · 2021-03-01 · criminal · modified
  14. People v. Jackson CA4/1 D076819 · 2021-02-26 · criminal · reversed in part
  15. People v. Hatcher CA4/1 D076078 · 2020-10-08 · criminal · affirmed
  16. People v. Herrera CA4/1 D075202M · 2020-10-05 · criminal · reversed in part
  17. People v. Herrera CA4/1 D075202 · 2020-09-15 · criminal · reversed in part
  18. Gonzalez v. The Vapor Trail CA4/1 D075382 · 2020-08-18 · civil · affirmed
  19. Marriage of Vasquez and O'Callahan CA4/1 D068565 · 2016-03-08 · family · affirmed
  20. K.W. v. T.I. CA4/1 D066301 · 2015-06-05 · family · affirmed
  21. Marriage of Tani CA4/1 D064505 · 2014-09-03 · family · affirmed
  22. E.M. v. K.H. CA4/1 D063136 · 2013-10-08 · family · affirmed
  23. Buckley v. De Jong CA4/1 D059316 · 2013-08-07 · civil · reversed
  24. Toolan-Miller v. Yates CA4/1 D062129 · 2013-04-30 · family · affirmed