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F. Brian Alvarez

Judge · Superior Court of Fresno County · 2014–2026

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

F--
provisional — 0% — 0 of 1 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; would rank in the top 100% of 306 graded judges, but ten rulings are needed for a standing letter — 1 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.

58cases reviewed on appeal
29%reversed, in whole or part, of 51 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 33 vacated 9 reversed 6 modified 3 dismissed 3 other 2 writ granted 1

Areas

criminal 58

By year: 2025 12 · 2022 12 · 2023 9 · 2024 8 · 2021 8 · 2014 3 · 2026 2 · 2015 2 · 2020 1 · 2016 1 ·

Analysis

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

Cases

  1. People v. Romero CA5 F089503 · 2026-06-09 · criminal · affirmed
  2. People v. Ellis CA5 F089056 · 2026-01-28 · criminal · affirmed
  3. People v. Smith CA5 F088376 · 2025-12-29 · criminal · affirmed
  4. People v. Long CA5 F088792 · 2025-12-10 · criminal · affirmed
  5. People v. Hernandez CA5 F088389 · 2025-12-10 · criminal · affirmed
  6. People v. Garcia CA5 F086737 · 2025-11-07 · criminal · affirmed
  7. People v. Rathsamy CA5 F088608 · 2025-09-24 · criminal · affirmed
  8. People v. Mao CA5 F087233 · 2025-09-11 · criminal · affirmed
  9. People v. Boyd CA5 F085425A · 2025-08-15 · criminal · reversed
  10. People v. Valenton-Trinidad CA5 F086826 · 2025-06-25 · criminal · affirmed
  11. People v. Hall CA5 F087937 · 2025-06-18 · criminal · affirmed
  12. People v. Boston CA5 F087744 · 2025-06-06 · criminal · affirmed
  13. People v. Vallez CA5 F087266 · 2025-04-03 · criminal · affirmed
  14. People v. Rosemond F087787 · 2025-02-05 · criminal · dismissed
  15. People v. Mendoza CA5 F087191 · 2024-11-26 · criminal · affirmed
  16. People v. Sedano CA5 F087376 · 2024-11-12 · criminal · affirmed
  17. People v. Hall CA5 F084163 · 2024-08-26 · criminal · affirmed
  18. People v. Long CA5 F079251A · 2024-06-24 · criminal · reversed
  19. People v. Pineda CA5 F084262 · 2024-05-29 · criminal · affirmed
  20. People v. Lowe CA5 F086318 · 2024-05-24 · criminal · affirmed
  21. People v. Carbajal CA5 F085342 · 2024-02-28 · criminal · affirmed
  22. People v. Boyd CA5 F085425 · 2024-01-26 · criminal · affirmed
  23. People v. Buitrago CA5 F083386 · 2023-09-21 · criminal · affirmed
  24. People v. Randall CA5 F085042 · 2023-08-29 · criminal
  25. People v. Lopez CA5 F082947 · 2023-08-02 · criminal · reversed