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Dorothy McLaughlin

Judge · Superior Court of Riverside County · 2022–2026

Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Riverside 2018–

A++
provisional — 100% — 3 of 3 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; would rank in the top 1% of 312 graded judges, but ten rulings are needed for a standing letter — 3 so far

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.

47cases reviewed on appeal
50%reversed, in whole or part, of 42 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 20 reversed 16 reversed in part 5 writ denied 3 writ granted 1 modified 1 dismissed 1

Areas

dependency 42 family 2 civil 2 criminal 1

By year: 2024 16 · 2025 13 · 2023 12 · 2026 4 · 2022 2 ·

Analysis

2 of this judge's reviewed cases have an analysis; counts are shown from 10.

Cases

  1. In re A.H. E086667M · 2026-09-23 · dependency · reversed
  2. In re A.H. E086667 · 2026-08-31 · dependency · reversed
  3. In re N.V. CA4/2 E086347 · 2025-12-10 · dependency · affirmed
  4. In re S.M. CA4/2 E085657M · 2025-12-05 · dependency · affirmed
  5. In re Ashton C. CA4/2 E079831A · 2025-11-20 · dependency · affirmed
  6. In re I.V. CA4/2 E085675 · 2025-11-17 · dependency · reversed
  7. In re Andres R. CA4/2 E079972A · 2025-11-12 · dependency · affirmed
  8. In re F.S. CA4/2 E085750 · 2025-10-29 · dependency · reversed
  9. In re M.H. CA4/2 E085308 · 2025-08-22 · dependency · affirmed
  10. In re I.S. CA4/2 E085125 · 2025-06-06 · dependency · affirmed
  11. In re N.W-A. CA4/2 E084982 · 2025-05-29 · dependency · reversed in part
  12. In re Joseph P. CA4/2 E084575 · 2025-05-19 · dependency · affirmed
  13. M.R. v. Superior Court CA4/2 E085517 · 2025-05-02 · dependency · writ denied
  14. P.G. v. Superior Court CA4/2 E085475 · 2025-04-28 · dependency · writ denied
  15. In re A.P. CA4/2 E084041 · 2024-11-13 · dependency · reversed
  16. In re R.G. CA4/2 E084250 · 2024-11-07 · dependency · reversed
  17. In re Jade P. CA4/2 E083855 · 2024-10-17 · dependency · reversed
  18. In re A.G. CA4/2 E083351 · 2024-09-26 · dependency · affirmed
  19. In re T.N. CA4/2 E082446 · 2024-09-17 · dependency · affirmed
  20. In re I.V. CA4/2 E083483 · 2024-08-28 · dependency · modified
  21. In re A.M. CA4/2 E083369 · 2024-08-23 · dependency · dismissed
  22. In re B.P. CA4/2 E082888 · 2024-08-16 · dependency · reversed
  23. In re S.R. E082812 · 2024-08-06 · dependency · reversed in part
  24. In re S.R. CA4/2 E082812 · 2024-07-18 · dependency · reversed in part
  25. In re G.V. CA4/2 E082540 · 2024-06-24 · dependency · affirmed