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David J. Danielson

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

A++
92% — 12 of 13 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 2% 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.

9cases reviewed on appeal
—8 merits decisions: a rate is shown from 10

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 8 writ granted 1

Areas

criminal 8 civil 1

By year: 2015 3 · 2026 2 · 2025 1 · 2020 1 · 2016 1 · 2014 1 ·

Analysis

15reviewed cases analysed
27rulings read
0rulings where the model disagrees with the court
6cases 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. Ramirez CA4/1 D085635M · 2026-06-15 · criminal · affirmed
  2. People v. Ramirez CA4/1 D085635 · 2026-05-20 · criminal · affirmed
  3. People v. Vanzandt CA4/1 D085138 · 2025-12-23 · criminal · affirmed
  4. People v. Bolden CA4/1 D077178 · 2020-08-27 · criminal · affirmed
  5. People v. James CA4/1 D069142 · 2016-03-24 · criminal · affirmed
  6. People v. Briseno CA4/1 D067101 · 2015-09-30 · criminal · affirmed
  7. Masterson v. Super. Ct. CA4/1 D067097 · 2015-01-15 · civil · writ granted
  8. People v. Johnson CA4/1 D064993 · 2015-01-12 · criminal · affirmed
  9. People v. Larson CA4/1 D063899 · 2014-04-02 · criminal · affirmed