Evan P. Kirvin
Sitting now: Dept. 69, Hall of Justice — CIVIL IC (the court's data of 01:00AM 17 Oct 2026)
Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Diego 2009–
F
41% — 21 of 51 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 90% 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.
39cases reviewed on appeal
18%reversed, in whole or part, of 38 merits decisions
Outcomes on appeal
affirmed 26 modified 5 reversed in part 4 reversed 3 writ granted 1
Areas
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Analysis
74reviewed cases analysed
202rulings read
0rulings where the model disagrees with the court
13cases 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
- People v. Rios CA4/1
- People v. Thornton CA4/1
- People v. Torres CA4/1
- People v. Thiel
- People v. Howard CA4/1
- Marriage of van Dockum CA4/1
- People v. Anders CA4/1
- People v. Anders CA4/1
- People v. Thammavongsa CA4/1
- P.v. Chavez CA4/1
- People v. Land CA4/1
- People v. Sais CA4/1
- People v. Mullendore
- Marriage of Caldwell CA4/2