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Donald F. Gaffney

Judge · Superior Court of Orange County · 2015–2026

Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Orange 2008–

21cases reviewed on appeal
50%reversed, in whole or part, of 18 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 9 reversed 6 reversed in part 3 writ granted 2 dismissed 1

Areas

civil 11 family 5 criminal 3 probate 2

By year: 2023 6 · 2025 4 · 2024 4 · 2026 3 · 2021 2 · 2019 1 · 2015 1 ·

Analysis

No analyses yet. When they exist, this shows counts of the model's findings across this judge's reviewed cases — with the court's own dispositions beside them, and only from 10 cases.

Cases reviewed on appeal (every role)

  1. Capital One v. Shaw CA4/3 G064269 · 2026-04-20 · civil · affirmed
  2. Citi Investment Capital v. JPMorgan Chase Bank CA4/3 G065152 · 2026-03-04 · probate · affirmed
  3. Californians for Homeownership v. City of La Habra G064286 · 2026-01-16 · civil · affirmed
  4. Californians for Homeownership v. City of La Habra CA4/3 G064286 · 2025-12-19 · civil · affirmed
  5. Solis v. Lauderdale CA4/3 G063653 · 2025-12-17 · civil · affirmed
  6. Estate of Marsh CA4/3 G063140 · 2025-03-27 · probate · affirmed
  7. Pfeiffer v. Berg CA4/3 G062407 · 2025-02-20 · civil · affirmed
  8. People v. Experian Data Corp. G062674 · 2024-11-15 · criminal · reversed
  9. Account Management Services v. Melahoures CA4/3 G063315 · 2024-10-03 · civil · affirmed
  10. Brokaw v. Morey and Upton, LLP CA4/3 G062931 · 2024-09-05 · civil · dismissed
  11. Gann v. Vines CA4/3 G062556 · 2024-03-05 · civil · affirmed
  12. Tran v. Nguyen G061633 · 2023-11-28 · civil · reversed in part
  13. People v. Rubalcava CA4/3 G062149 · 2023-11-02 · criminal · reversed
  14. The Irvine Co. v. Super. Ct. G061791 · 2023-10-24 · civil · writ granted
  15. The Irvine Co. v. Superior Court CA4/3 G061791 · 2023-09-28 · civil · writ granted
  16. Marriage of Cohen G060697 · 2023-03-20 · family · reversed in part
  17. Marriage of Cohen CA4/3 G060697 · 2023-02-16 · family · reversed in part
  18. Marriage of Pletcher G059134 · 2021-09-10 · family · reversed
  19. Marriage of Pletcher G059134 · 2021-09-10 · family · reversed
  20. N.T. v. H.T. G055885 · 2019-04-22 · family · reversed
  21. People v. Lloyd G049197 · 2015-04-21 · criminal · reversed