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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. Gavriiloglou v. Prime Healthcare Management E076832 · 2022-09-20 · civil · reversed
  2. Rodgers v. State Personnel Board E075803 · 2022-09-09 · civil · reversed
  3. Gavriiloglou v. Prime Healthcare Management CA4/2 E076832 · 2022-08-26 · civil · reversed
  4. Rios v. West Valley Water Dist. CA4/2 E075835 · 2022-05-02 · civil · dismissed
  5. Pettie v. Amazon.com CA4/2 E074241 · 2021-09-21 · civil · reversed
  6. Aubert v. Hino Motors Manufacturing U.S.A. CA4/2 E073248 · 2021-07-09 · civil · affirmed
  7. Burchell v. Faculty Physicians & Surgeons etc. E071146 · 2020-09-10 · civil · reversed in part
  8. City of Hesperia v. Lake Arrowead Comm. Serv. Dist. D075100 · 2019-07-19 · civil · affirmed
  9. People v. American Surety Co. E067831 · 2019-01-15 · civil · affirmed
  10. Lynn v. Tatitlek Support Services, Inc. E063585 · 2017-02-22 · civil · affirmed
  11. Joshua Tree Downtown Bus. Alliance v. Co. of San Bernardino E062479A · 2016-07-18 · civil · reversed
  12. Joshua Tree Downtown Bus. Alliance v. Co. of San Bernardino E062479 · 2016-07-13 · civil · reversed
  13. People v. Indiana Lumbermens Mutual Ins. Co. CA4/2 E062800 · 2016-06-30 · civil · affirmed
  14. People v. Thomas CA4/2 E064089 · 2016-06-28 · criminal · affirmed
  15. Spring Valley Lake Assn. v. City of Victorville D069442 · 2016-06-15 · civil · reversed in part
  16. Spring Valley Lake Assn. v. City of Victorville CA4/1 D069442 · 2016-05-25 · civil · reversed in part
  17. The Inland Oversight Committee v. Yates CA4/2 E063644 · 2016-05-13 · civil · affirmed
  18. Sprengel v. Mohr CA4/2 E063539 · 2016-03-03 · civil · affirmed
  19. Rosano v. City of Barstow CA4/2 E060952 · 2016-02-18 · civil · reversed
  20. B.H. v. County of San Bernardino CA4/2 E054516 · 2016-02-03 · civil · reversed in part
  21. San Bernardino County Flood Control Dist. v. Superior Court CA4/2 E063282 · 2016-01-14 · civil · writ granted
  22. Valera v. Countrywide Home Loans CA4/2 E061393 · 2015-08-25 · civil · affirmed
  23. Coalition for a Sustainable Future in Yucaipa v. City of Yucaipa E057589 · 2015-07-06 · civil · affirmed
  24. Redlands Good Neighbor Coalition v. City of Redlands CA4/2 E060138 · 2015-03-26 · civil · affirmed
  25. Izhar v. The Permanente Federation CA4/2 E057903 · 2014-12-30 · civil · affirmed