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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. Ramirez CA4/3 G062751 · 2025-10-15 · criminal · reversed in part
  2. People v. Garza CA4/2 E077734 · 2023-01-10 · criminal · reversed in part
  3. People v. Valenzuela CA4/2 E062651 · 2016-07-11 · criminal · reversed in part