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Earl H. Maas, III

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

B--
69% — 119 of 172 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 40% 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.

89cases reviewed on appeal
32%reversed, in whole or part, of 87 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 58 reversed 17 reversed in part 11 writ denied 2 modified 1

Areas

civil 88 family 1

By year: 2015 17 · 2014 15 · 2016 12 · 2013 8 · 2024 7 · 2025 6 · 2021 6 · 2026 4 · 2023 3 · 2022 3 · 2017 3 · 2020 2 · 2019 2 · 2018 1 ·

Analysis

167reviewed cases analysed
566rulings read
2rulings where the model disagrees with the court
20cases 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. Mahil v. Copelin CA4/1 D086964 · 2026-07-24 · civil · affirmed
  2. Jimenez v. City of San Marcos CA4/1 D085828 · 2026-06-26 · civil · affirmed
  3. Brammell v. Canon CA4/1 D086579 · 2026-06-11 · civil · affirmed
  4. Barbanell v. Lodge D084193 · 2026-01-08 · civil · affirmed
  5. Barbanell v. Lodge CA4/1 D084193 · 2025-12-17 · civil · affirmed
  6. Bird Rock Home Mortgage v. Breaking Ground D084138 · 2025-09-16 · civil · affirmed
  7. Dare v. U.S. Bank National Association CA4/1 D083758 · 2025-06-25 · civil · affirmed
  8. Kirkeby v. Kahn CA4/1 D083388 · 2025-06-09 · civil · affirmed
  9. Lipton v. Fairbanks Ranch Association CA4/1 D082967 · 2025-01-21 · civil · affirmed
  10. Kirkeby v. The Crosby Clinic CA4/1 D083640 · 2025-01-13 · civil · affirmed
  11. Halbert v. Texas Turbine Conversions CA4/1 D083197 · 2024-11-21 · civil · affirmed
  12. Kirkeby v. Kahn CA4/1 D082333 · 2024-09-18 · civil · affirmed
  13. Lashinsky v. Law Offices of Catharine Kroger-Diamond CA4/1 D083058 · 2024-09-18 · civil · affirmed
  14. Cortave v. Oremor of Temecula, LLC CA4/1 D083290 · 2024-07-16 · civil · affirmed
  15. Kramer v. Redeemer by the Sea Lutheran Church of Carlsbad CA4/1 D081936 · 2024-07-16 · civil · affirmed
  16. Torres v. FedEx Office and Print Services CA4/1 D081637 · 2024-04-04 · civil · reversed in part
  17. Zuniga v. Western Riverside Council of Governments CA4/1 D080697 · 2024-01-25 · civil · reversed
  18. Hutcherson v. G&P Enterprises CA4/1 D081840 · 2023-10-17 · civil · affirmed
  19. Doe v. Grace Community Church CA4/1 D079717 · 2023-05-16 · civil · reversed
  20. Preciado v. Freightliner Custom Chassis Corp. D079536 · 2023-01-24 · civil · affirmed
  21. Caron v. Cal. State Board of Pharmacy CA4/1 D079386 · 2022-11-15 · civil · affirmed
  22. DeLeon v. Hot Doggers Tours CA4/1 D078984 · 2022-05-18 · civil · reversed
  23. Allison v. Love Boutique-Vista CA4/1 D078445 · 2022-03-28 · civil · affirmed
  24. Murray v. Powers CA4/1 D078435 · 2021-10-28 · civil · affirmed
  25. Finlan v. Chase D078410 · 2021-09-15 · civil · reversed in part