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David J. Danielsen

Judge · Superior Court of San Diego County · 1998–2026

Presiding Justice, Superior Court of California, County of San Diego 2014–2015 · , Superior Court of California, County of San Diego 1990–1995

A
86% — 126 of 146 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 8% 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.

124cases reviewed on appeal
11%reversed, in whole or part, of 122 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 106 reversed 12 reversed in part 2 modified 2 writ denied 1 dismissed 1

Areas

criminal 117 civil 6 probate 1

By year: 2016 33 · 2015 30 · 2025 21 · 2014 15 · 2026 9 · 2013 5 · 2017 3 · 2023 1 · 2020 1 · 2018 1 · 2008 1 · 2006 1 · 2000 1 · 1999 1 · 1998 1 ·

Analysis

230reviewed cases analysed
492rulings read
6rulings where the model disagrees with the court
38cases with a verified missed authority
4appellate 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. Camacho CA4/1 D084857 · 2025-12-29 · criminal · reversed
  2. People v. English CA4/1 D083942 · 2025-12-19 · criminal · reversed
  3. People v. Davis CA4/1 D083689 · 2025-11-13 · criminal · reversed
  4. People v. White CA4/1 D083841 · 2025-04-22 · criminal · reversed
  5. Grossmont Union High School Dist. v. Diego Plus Education Corp. D080295 · 2023-12-29 · civil · reversed
  6. People v. Fusting D069050 · 2016-07-11 · criminal · reversed
  7. People v. Root D068235M · 2016-03-10 · criminal · reversed
  8. People v. Root D068235 · 2016-03-01 · criminal · reversed
  9. People v. Mora CA4/1 D067203 · 2015-08-21 · criminal · reversed
  10. People v. Anderson CA4/1 D065338 · 2015-07-16 · criminal · reversed
  11. People v. Bridgett CA4/1 D065402 · 2014-11-17 · criminal · reversed
  12. Dimock v. Emerald Properties LLC D032454 · 2000-06-21 · probate · reversed