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Donna G. Garza

Judge · Superior Court of San Bernardino County · 2013–2026

Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino 1998–

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64% — 7 of 11 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 51% 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.

32cases reviewed on appeal
27%reversed, in whole or part, of 30 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 20 reversed in part 4 reversed 4 writ granted 2 modified 2

Areas

civil 20 criminal 12

By year: 2014 9 · 2013 6 · 2025 4 · 2021 3 · 2020 3 · 2026 2 · 2024 1 · 2022 1 · 2019 1 · 2016 1 · 2015 1 ·

Analysis

18reviewed cases analysed
45rulings read
0rulings where the model disagrees with the court
8cases 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. People v. Lopez CA4/2 E085921 · 2026-06-05 · criminal · affirmed
  2. People v. Carrillo CA4/1 D085324 · 2026-03-05 · criminal · reversed
  3. People v. Alvarez CA4/1 D085175 · 2025-09-24 · criminal · affirmed
  4. People v. Moten CA4/1 D084503 · 2025-04-29 · criminal · affirmed
  5. People v. Brown CA4/2 E083335 · 2025-01-15 · criminal · reversed in part
  6. People v. Daniels CA4/2 E082412 · 2025-01-06 · criminal · affirmed
  7. People v. Sala CA4/1 D084028 · 2024-12-05 · criminal · affirmed
  8. Stavros v. Etiwanda School Dist. CA4/2 E074497 · 2022-07-27 · civil · affirmed
  9. Jackson v. Specialized Loan Servicing CA4/2 E074576 · 2021-11-15 · civil · affirmed
  10. People v. Stiles CA4/2 E076002 · 2021-05-11 · criminal · affirmed
  11. Roe v. The Bank of New York Mellon CA4/2 E073763 · 2021-03-10 · civil · affirmed
  12. Gibbons v. Silverado Senior Living Management CA4/1 D076703 · 2020-11-20 · civil · reversed
  13. Changsha Metro Group Co. v. Xufeng E073322A · 2020-11-03 · civil · affirmed
  14. Changsha Metro Group Co., Ltd. v. Xuefeng E073322 · 2020-05-20 · civil · affirmed
  15. Gordon v. ARC Manufacturing, Inc. D075373 · 2019-12-19 · civil · affirmed
  16. Maddalena v. Live Nation Worldwide, Inc. CA4/1 D069288 · 2016-03-22 · civil · affirmed
  17. The Sombrero, Inc. v. Markel International Ins. Co. CA4/2 E060705 · 2015-07-20 · civil · affirmed
  18. Lawrence v. County of San Bernadino CA4/1 D066204 · 2014-12-12 · civil · reversed
  19. Breeden v. Superior Court CA1/2 E061553 · 2014-10-10 · civil · writ granted
  20. Signature Log Homes v. Fidelity National Title CA4/2 E056683 · 2014-08-21 · civil · affirmed
  21. City of Fontana v. QualityGenetix CA4/2 E056280 · 2014-06-24 · civil · affirmed
  22. Southern v. Rush Truck Centers CA4/2 E053752 · 2014-04-08 · civil · affirmed
  23. People v. Lauri CA4/3 G049100A · 2014-03-26 · criminal · reversed in part
  24. Mukangoga v. Loma Linda University CA4/2 E055916 · 2014-03-20 · civil · affirmed
  25. The Clearview Lake Corp. v. County of San Bernardino CA4/2 E056208 · 2014-03-11 · civil · affirmed