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Donal B. Donnelly

Judge · Superior Court of Imperial County · 2006–2026

Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Imperial 2009–2015 · Presiding Justice, Superior Court of California, County of Imperial 2008–2009 · Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Imperial 1998–2008

F++
52% — 15 of 29 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 80% of 312 graded judges

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.

33cases reviewed on appeal
44%reversed, in whole or part, of 32 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 16 reversed 11 reversed in part 3 modified 2 writ denied 1

Areas

dependency 11 delinquency 10 civil 10 family 2

By year: 2013 10 · 2015 9 · 2023 4 · 2014 3 · 2024 2 · 2026 1 · 2022 1 · 2021 1 · 2016 1 · 2006 1 ·

Analysis

45reviewed cases analysed
118rulings read
0rulings where the model disagrees with the court
5cases with a verified missed authority
0appellate opinions called questionable

Counts of a model's readings across this judge's reviewed cases, each shown on its case page beside the court's disposition. Not a finding about the judge.

Cases

  1. In re G.H. CA4/2 E080501 · 2023-09-11 · dependency · affirmed
  2. In re O.L. CA4/2 E079745 · 2023-02-16 · dependency · affirmed
  3. In re B.F. CA4/2 E075717 · 2021-04-12 · dependency · affirmed
  4. In re A.S. CA4/1 D068342 · 2015-12-24 · dependency · affirmed
  5. People v. Guerrero CA4/1 D066021 · 2015-11-13 · delinquency · affirmed
  6. People v. Pitchie CA4/1 D066752 · 2015-11-13 · delinquency · affirmed
  7. San Diego County Health & Human Services Agency v. Anthony B. D067577 · 2015-08-12 · family · affirmed
  8. In re Anthony B. CA4/1 D067577 · 2015-07-22 · family · affirmed
  9. People v. Solorzano CA4/1 D065368 · 2015-04-30 · delinquency · affirmed
  10. People v. Roberts CA4/1 D065216 · 2014-10-15 · delinquency · affirmed
  11. Golden v. Loewen CA4/1 D063195 · 2014-05-27 · civil · affirmed
  12. People v. Vicary CA4/1 D063404 · 2014-05-20 · delinquency · affirmed
  13. Rodriguez-Fernandez v. CANI Industrial Design & Engineering CA4/1 D061255 · 2013-07-22 · civil · affirmed
  14. Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation v. State Personnel Board D061653 · 2013-04-26 · civil · affirmed
  15. Cason v. Cason CA4/1 D059676 · 2013-04-22 · civil · affirmed
  16. Christie v. City of El Centro D044792 · 2006-01-13 · civil · affirmed