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Donald R. Alvarez

Judge · Superior Court of San Bernardino County · 2009–2026

Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino 2001–2004

B
72% — 21 of 29 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 32% 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.

55cases reviewed on appeal
45%reversed, in whole or part, of 49 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 27 reversed 15 reversed in part 7 writ granted 3 dismissed 2 writ denied 1

Areas

civil 54 criminal 1

By year: 2016 11 · 2025 6 · 2024 6 · 2023 6 · 2022 6 · 2026 5 · 2015 3 · 2014 3 · 2021 2 · 2019 2 · 2013 2 · 2020 1 · 2017 1 · 2009 1 ·

Analysis

17reviewed cases analysed
79rulings read
0rulings where the model disagrees with the court
3cases 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. Seryani v. American University of Madaba CA4/2 E080781 · 2025-01-14 · civil · reversed in part
  2. California Capitalism Associates v. Marston CA4/2 E078759 · 2024-06-13 · civil · reversed in part
  3. Burchell v. Faculty Physicians & Surgeons etc. E071146 · 2020-09-10 · civil · reversed in part
  4. Spring Valley Lake Assn. v. City of Victorville D069442 · 2016-06-15 · civil · reversed in part
  5. Spring Valley Lake Assn. v. City of Victorville CA4/1 D069442 · 2016-05-25 · civil · reversed in part
  6. B.H. v. County of San Bernardino CA4/2 E054516 · 2016-02-03 · civil · reversed in part
  7. Hernandez v. Tseheridis CA4/3 G048946 · 2013-11-14 · civil · reversed in part