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Derek W. Hunt

Judge · Superior Court of Orange County · 2002–2025

F--
provisional — 0% — 0 of 1 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; would rank in the top 100% of 312 graded judges, but ten rulings are needed for a standing letter — 1 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.

61cases reviewed on appeal
57%reversed, in whole or part, of 56 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

reversed 24 affirmed 24 reversed in part 8 other 3 dismissed 2

Areas

civil 54 criminal 3 probate 2 family 1 delinquency 1

By year: 2023 8 · 2015 8 · 2014 8 · 2021 7 · 2020 5 · 2016 5 · 2022 4 · 2013 4 · 2024 3 · 2009 2 · 2002 2 · 2025 1 · 2019 1 · 2017 1 · 2008 1 · 2005 1 ·

Analysis

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

Cases

  1. Park v. Guisti G063372 · 2025-11-20 · civil · reversed
  2. Geng v. Shandong Oriental Ocean Group Co. CA4/3 G062367 · 2024-07-24 · civil · reversed
  3. People v. Wood G061001 · 2024-07-11 · criminal · reversed
  4. Hunter v. LAACO Ltd. CA4/3 G061794 · 2024-03-05 · civil · affirmed
  5. Alai v. Colton CA4/3 G061033 · 2023-12-27 · civil · affirmed
  6. Southwest Painting v. Newcastle Enterprises CA4/3 G061496 · 2023-10-27 · civil · reversed
  7. Singer v. Bluh CA4/3 G061324 · 2023-09-25 · civil · reversed
  8. Singer v. Bluh CA4/3 G061604 · 2023-09-25 · civil · reversed
  9. Hall v. Reed CA4/3 G061513 · 2023-05-16 · criminal · affirmed
  10. McKenzie v. Department of Industrial Relations, etc. CA4/3 G061562 · 2023-04-25 · civil · affirmed
  11. Alikhani v. Azartash CA4/3 G061020 · 2023-03-14 · civil · affirmed
  12. Honor Finance v. Spireon CA4/3 G061171 · 2023-01-20 · civil · reversed
  13. Shapell Socal Rental Properties v. Chico's FAS, Inc. G060411N · 2022-11-15 · civil · reversed
  14. Shapell Socal Rental Properties v. Chico's FAS G060411M · 2022-10-31 · civil · reversed
  15. Shapell Socal Rental Properties v. Chico's FAS G060411 · 2022-10-17 · civil · reversed
  16. Rabadi v. Nasrawi CA4/3 G060602 · 2022-07-14 · civil · affirmed
  17. Renaissance Kithchen, Bath & Flooring v. Szmczyk CA4/3 G059557 · 2021-12-21 · civil · reversed in part
  18. Lopez v. Mahle CA4/3 G058985 · 2021-09-30 · civil · reversed in part
  19. Amjadi v. Brown G059069 · 2021-08-30 · civil · reversed
  20. Dounel v. Duel CA4/3 G058116 · 2021-04-23 · family · reversed
  21. Red Hydrogen, LLC v. Evans CA4/3 G058946 · 2021-03-18 · civil · affirmed
  22. Colton v. Alai CA4/3 G058297M · 2021-03-05 · civil · affirmed
  23. Colton v. Alai CA4/3 G058297 · 2021-02-10 · civil · affirmed
  24. Singh v. Gordon CA4/3 G058278 · 2020-12-01 · civil · affirmed
  25. Phillips v. Sugarman CA4/3 G058152 · 2020-10-30 · civil · affirmed