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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. Ballard CA4/1 D083985 · 2025-05-09 · criminal · affirmed
  2. People v. White CA4/1 D083841 · 2025-04-22 · criminal · reversed
  3. People v. Tang D084192 · 2025-03-18 · criminal · affirmed
  4. People v. Meier CA4/1 D084099 · 2025-03-11 · criminal · affirmed
  5. People v. Chaidez CA4/1 D083936 · 2025-02-26 · criminal · affirmed
  6. Grossmont Union High School Dist. v. Diego Plus Education Corp. D080295 · 2023-12-29 · civil · reversed
  7. Zemek v. Super. Ct. E072844 · 2020-01-22 · criminal · writ denied
  8. People v. Soto D072319 · 2018-05-24 · criminal · affirmed
  9. People v. Drew D071334M · 2017-11-01 · criminal · affirmed
  10. People v. Drew D071334 · 2017-10-12 · criminal · affirmed
  11. People v. Harris D070711 · 2017-09-06 · criminal · affirmed
  12. People v. Lewis D068584 · 2016-10-28 · criminal · affirmed
  13. People v. Accredited Surety D068515 · 2016-10-05 · civil · affirmed
  14. People v. Moses CA4/1 D068851 · 2016-10-04 · criminal · affirmed
  15. People v. Foster CA4/1 D068889 · 2016-09-30 · criminal · affirmed
  16. People v. Tejeda CA4/1 D068737 · 2016-09-21 · criminal · affirmed
  17. People v. Campbell CA4/1 D068859 · 2016-09-20 · criminal · affirmed
  18. People v. Accredited Surety & Casualty Co. CA4/1 D068515 · 2016-09-19 · civil · affirmed
  19. People v. Martin CA4/1 D068652 · 2016-07-25 · criminal · affirmed
  20. People v. Madrid CA4/1 D069317 · 2016-07-15 · criminal · affirmed
  21. People v. Fusting D069050 · 2016-07-11 · criminal · reversed
  22. People v. Barno CA4/1 D068807 · 2016-06-17 · criminal · affirmed
  23. People v. Blankenship CA4/1 D068850 · 2016-05-06 · criminal · reversed in part
  24. People v. Miller CA4/1 D068195 · 2016-04-19 · criminal · affirmed
  25. People v. Stewart CA4/1 D067967M · 2016-04-11 · criminal · affirmed