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David R. Zulfa

Judge · Superior Court of Kern County · 2020–2026

Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Kern 2015–

46cases reviewed on appeal
57%reversed, in whole or part, of 42 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 17 reversed 10 vacated 7 reversed in part 7 other 2 writ granted 1 remanded 1 modified 1

Areas

criminal 38 civil 8

By year: 2022 11 · 2025 10 · 2026 8 · 2023 6 · 2021 5 · 2024 3 · 2020 3 ·

Analysis

No analyses yet. When they exist, this shows counts of the model's findings across this judge's reviewed cases — with the court's own dispositions beside them, and only from 10 cases.

Cases

  1. People v. Hodge CA5 F087972M · 2026-07-09 · criminal · vacated
  2. People v. Hodge CA5 F087972 · 2026-06-23 · criminal · vacated
  3. People v. Yanez CA5 F089088 · 2026-05-15 · criminal · reversed in part
  4. People v. Epperson CA5 F089196 · 2026-04-30 · criminal · reversed
  5. Taft Union High School Dist. v. City of Taft CA5 F086931M · 2026-04-24 · civil · reversed in part
  6. People v. Spellman CA5 F088968 · 2026-04-21 · criminal · affirmed
  7. Taft Union High School Dist. v. City of Taft CA5 F086931 · 2026-04-03 · civil · reversed in part
  8. People v. Doster CA5 F088710 · 2026-03-05 · criminal · reversed
  9. People v. Perez CA5 F088209 · 2025-12-23 · criminal · affirmed
  10. People v. Martinez CA5 F088432 · 2025-11-26 · criminal · vacated
  11. People v. Larios CA5 F088493 · 2025-10-23 · criminal · vacated
  12. Kruitbosch v. Bakersfield Recovery Services, Inc. F087809 · 2025-09-09 · civil · reversed in part
  13. Lopez v. Narayanan Nair MD CA5 F087238 · 2025-05-29 · civil · reversed
  14. People v. Swan CA5 F087651 · 2025-04-23 · criminal · affirmed
  15. People v. Hernandez CA5 F088386 · 2025-04-01 · criminal · affirmed
  16. People v. Muro CA5 F087896 · 2025-03-14 · criminal · affirmed
  17. People v. Miller CA5 F087691 · 2025-01-16 · criminal · other
  18. Nelson v. Golden Queen Mining Company CA5 F086907 · 2025-01-07 · civil · reversed
  19. People v. Andrews CA5 F087066 · 2024-10-11 · criminal · affirmed
  20. Ramirez v. Golden Queen Mining Co. F086371 · 2024-06-11 · civil · reversed
  21. Ramirez v. Golden Queen Mining Co. CA5 F086371 · 2024-05-15 · civil · reversed
  22. People v. Newsom CA5 F083061 · 2023-06-12 · criminal · reversed
  23. People v. Lee CA5 F083261 · 2023-05-05 · criminal · reversed in part
  24. People v. Sidhu CA5 F083564 · 2023-04-12 · criminal · affirmed
  25. People v. Avalos CA5 F082849 · 2023-03-24 · criminal · vacated