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Dean Benjamini

Judge · 2016–2026

Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Riverside 2014–

C+
provisional — 67% — 4 of 6 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; would rank in the top 45% of 312 graded judges, but ten rulings are needed for a standing letter — 6 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.

31cases reviewed on appeal
18%reversed, in whole or part, of 22 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 14 modified 4 dismissed 4 writ granted 3 reversed in part 3 writ denied 2 reversed 1

Areas

criminal 31

By year: 2024 9 · 2026 5 · 2023 5 · 2025 4 · 2021 4 · 2022 1 · 2020 1 · 2017 1 · 2016 1 ·

Analysis

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

Cases

  1. People v. Starkey CA4/2 E083173 · 2026-06-23 · criminal · affirmed
  2. People v. Sepulveda CA4/2 E085235 · 2026-05-11 · criminal · dismissed
  3. People v. Holinaty CA4/2 E085864 · 2026-03-12 · criminal · affirmed
  4. People v. Salazar CA4/1 D085992 · 2026-02-10 · criminal · affirmed
  5. Harmon v. Super. Ct. E086720 · 2026-01-20 · criminal · writ granted
  6. People v. Ramirez CA4/3 G062751 · 2025-10-15 · criminal · reversed in part
  7. People v. Kinney CA4/3 G063880 · 2025-06-02 · criminal · affirmed
  8. People v. Dominguez CA4/1 D084815 · 2025-05-30 · criminal · dismissed
  9. People v. Rodriguezkepley CA4/2 E082102 · 2025-05-09 · criminal · modified
  10. People v. Zapata CA4/2 E079285 · 2024-12-10 · criminal · affirmed
  11. People v. Gonzalez CA4/3 G063481M · 2024-10-04 · criminal · modified
  12. People v. Gonzalez CA4/3 G063481 · 2024-09-20 · criminal · modified
  13. People v. Vargas CA4/1 D083315 · 2024-09-12 · criminal · affirmed
  14. People v. Rockwell CA4/2 E082777 · 2024-07-25 · criminal · dismissed
  15. People v. Renfroe CA4/3 G063292 · 2024-07-15 · criminal · affirmed
  16. People v. Partington CA4/2 E081100 · 2024-06-21 · criminal · modified
  17. People v. Rockwell CA4/2 E082163 · 2024-02-23 · criminal · dismissed
  18. People v. Garza CA4/2 E082166 · 2024-01-16 · criminal · affirmed
  19. People v. Wynne CA4/2 E079600 · 2023-12-11 · criminal · affirmed
  20. People v. Dominguez CA4/1 D079730 · 2023-08-14 · criminal · affirmed
  21. People v. Phelps CA4/2 E078698 · 2023-06-27 · criminal · reversed
  22. People v. Richey CA4/2 E077961 · 2023-04-13 · criminal · affirmed
  23. People v. Garza CA4/2 E077734 · 2023-01-10 · criminal · reversed in part
  24. People v. Super. Ct. (Ortiz) E077594 · 2022-07-28 · criminal · writ granted
  25. People v. Miles CA4/2 E075461 · 2021-12-27 · criminal · affirmed