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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 Y.I. CA4/1 D068511 · 2016-02-02 · dependency · reversed in part
  2. Davis v. Kiewit Pacific D062388 · 2013-10-08 · civil · reversed in part
  3. Davis v. Kiewit Pacific CA4/1 D062388 · 2013-09-18 · civil · reversed in part