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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. People v. Stiles CA4/2 E076002 · 2021-05-11 · criminal · affirmed
  9. People v. Lauri CA4/3 G049100A · 2014-03-26 · criminal · reversed in part
  10. People v. Lauri CA4/3 G049100 · 2014-01-30 · criminal · modified
  11. The People v. Marquez CA4/2 E055006 · 2013-08-28 · criminal · affirmed
  12. P. v. DeCosta CA4/1 D059636 · 2013-05-13 · criminal · modified