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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 E080501A · 2026-01-12 · dependency · reversed
  2. In re R.R. CA4/2 E084178 · 2024-11-15 · dependency · reversed
  3. In re A.W. CA4/2 E082592 · 2024-09-30 · dependency · reversed
  4. In re Alaina W. CA4/2 E081041 · 2023-12-13 · dependency · reversed
  5. In re E.M. CA4/2 E078479 · 2022-07-28 · dependency · reversed
  6. People v. Hiles CA4/1 D067230 · 2015-11-09 · delinquency · reversed
  7. People v. Pizano CA4/1 D067265 · 2015-09-30 · delinquency · reversed
  8. Sierra Club v. Imperial County CA4/1 D062545 · 2013-12-16 · civil · reversed
  9. Hebberd-Kulow Enterprises Inc. v. Kelomar, Inc. D060438 · 2013-07-25 · civil · reversed
  10. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Huff D062550 · 2013-06-11 · civil · reversed
  11. P. v. Lavender CA4/1 D057655A · 2013-03-06 · delinquency · reversed