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David R. Chaffee

Judge · Superior Court of Orange County · 2002–2021

A++
provisional — 100% — 3 of 3 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 — 3 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.

44cases reviewed on appeal
27%reversed, in whole or part, of 41 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 29 reversed 9 reversed in part 2 dismissed 2 writ granted 1 modified 1

Areas

civil 41 probate 3

By year: 2014 11 · 2013 10 · 2016 7 · 2015 7 · 2020 4 · 2005 2 · 2021 1 · 2019 1 · 2002 1 ·

Analysis

2 of this judge's reviewed cases have an analysis; counts are shown from 10.

Cases

  1. Powell v. Superior Court CA4/3 G047710 · 2014-03-28 · civil · writ granted