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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 reviewed on appeal (every role)

  1. People v. Lauri CA4/3 G049100 · 2014-01-30 · criminal · modified
  2. The People v. Marquez CA4/2 E055006 · 2013-08-28 · criminal · affirmed
  3. Pacific Mercantile Bank v. Cahbad of California CA4/2 E055670 · 2013-07-24 · civil · reversed
  4. Freden v. Ozel Fine Jewelry CA4/2 E054136 · 2013-06-07 · civil · reversed in part
  5. P. v. DeCosta CA4/1 D059636 · 2013-05-13 · criminal · modified
  6. Cabanilla v. Wells Fargo Bank CA4/2 E055041 · 2013-04-17 · civil · reversed in part
  7. DC Auto v. Superior Court CA4/2 E057849 · 2013-03-15 · civil · writ granted