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Elaine M. Kiefer

Judge · Superior Court of Riverside County · 2015–2024

Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Riverside 2009–

F
provisional — 43% — 3 of 7 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; would rank in the top 90% of 312 graded judges, but ten rulings are needed for a standing letter — 7 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.

19cases reviewed on appeal
44%reversed, in whole or part, of 18 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 8 reversed in part 4 reversed 3 modified 2 writ granted 1 vacated 1

Areas

criminal 12 family 4 civil 3

By year: 2023 3 · 2022 3 · 2021 3 · 2019 3 · 2020 2 · 2016 2 · 2015 2 · 2024 1 ·

Analysis

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

Cases

  1. People v. Boyd E081005 · 2024-06-27 · criminal · vacated
  2. People v. Kiger CA4/2 E079252 · 2023-05-25 · criminal · reversed
  3. D.L. v. E.L. CA4/2 E077561 · 2023-03-28 · civil · affirmed
  4. Marriage of Sibillo and Delgado CA4/2 E075222 · 2023-02-15 · family · reversed in part
  5. Marriage of Aviles & Vulovic E076743M · 2022-06-14 · family · affirmed
  6. Marriage of Aviles & Vulovic E076743 · 2022-06-09 · family · affirmed
  7. Marriage of Williams CA4/2 E075686 · 2022-02-18 · family · affirmed
  8. People v. Luft CA4/2 E074830 · 2021-03-04 · criminal · modified
  9. People v. Sapienza CA4/2 E070547B · 2021-02-18 · criminal · reversed
  10. People v. Sapienza CA4/2 E070547A · 2021-02-05 · criminal · reversed
  11. People v. Diaz CA4/2 E071215 · 2020-09-28 · criminal · reversed in part
  12. People v. Rosas CA4/2 E071950 · 2020-09-02 · criminal · reversed in part
  13. People v. Sapienza E070547 · 2019-08-26 · criminal · affirmed
  14. People v. Sexton D075380 · 2019-07-15 · criminal · reversed in part
  15. People v. Alvarez D074457 · 2019-02-28 · criminal · affirmed
  16. People v. Vargas CA4/2 E063110 · 2016-04-21 · criminal · modified
  17. People v. Tamayo CA4/1 D069891 · 2016-04-20 · criminal · affirmed
  18. Unifund CCR v. Dear JAD15-19 · 2015-12-22 · civil · affirmed
  19. In re Gallegos CA4/2 E063002 · 2015-04-15 · civil · writ granted