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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. Ramirez v. CL Education CA4/3 G057779 · 2020-09-30 · civil · reversed
  2. Rivera v. Shivers G057919 · 2020-08-31 · civil · reversed
  3. Steciw v. Petra Geosciences, Inc. G057375 · 2020-07-29 · civil · reversed
  4. Front Line Motor Cars v. Webb G056061 · 2019-05-13 · civil · affirmed
  5. OC Interior Services, LLC v. Nationstar Mortgage, LLC D070680 · 2017-01-31 · civil · reversed
  6. Deligiannis v. DMV CA4/3 G051093 · 2016-09-23 · criminal · affirmed
  7. Smith v. Kerby CA4/3 G050435 · 2016-04-26 · civil · dismissed
  8. Newport Harbor Offices & Marina v. Morris Cerullo World Evangelism CA4/3 G050243 · 2016-02-03 · probate · reversed in part
  9. Speirs v. Bluefire Ethanol Fuels, Inc. G048698A · 2016-01-12 · civil · reversed
  10. Speirs v. Bluefire Ethanol Fuels, Inc. G048698 · 2016-01-12 · civil · reversed
  11. Suojanen v. Strong CA4/3 G049411 · 2015-12-28 · civil · affirmed
  12. Womack v. Lovell CA4/3 G050522 · 2015-08-12 · civil · reversed in part
  13. Velediaz v. City of Santa Ana CA4/3 G049457 · 2015-06-26 · civil · reversed
  14. Womack v. Lovell G049587 · 2015-06-15 · civil · reversed in part
  15. Aleksanian v. County of Los Angeles CA4/3 G050088 · 2015-05-28 · civil · reversed
  16. Munoz v. Deutsche Bank National TrustCA4/3 G049133 · 2015-05-21 · civil · affirmed
  17. Henry v. CATS Communication CA4/3 G049520 · 2015-03-12 · civil · reversed in part
  18. Woody's Group, Inc. v. City of Newport Beach G050155 · 2015-01-29 · civil · reversed
  19. HH Computer Systems, Inc. v. Pacific City Bank G049028 · 2014-11-06 · civil · reversed
  20. Garach v. CUSA PCSTC CA4/3 G048857 · 2014-10-30 · civil · affirmed
  21. Choi v. JPMorgan Chase Bank CA4/3 G048327 · 2014-07-30 · probate · affirmed
  22. Fed. Nat. Mortgage Assn. v. Rothman CA4/3 G048156 · 2014-07-28 · delinquency · affirmed
  23. Horvath v. State Farm General Ins. Co. CA4/3 G048457 · 2014-06-30 · civil · affirmed
  24. Nickel v. ARB, Inc. CA4/3 G048500 · 2014-05-30 · civil · affirmed
  25. Martin v. My Car Agent CA4/3 G048985 · 2014-04-24 · civil · dismissed