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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 312 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. Pike CA5 F084929 · 2023-07-07 · criminal · affirmed
  2. People v. Ackley CA5 F085460 · 2023-06-29 · criminal · dismissed
  3. People v. Yang CA5 F085030 · 2023-05-16 · criminal · affirmed
  4. People v. Sedano F082933M · 2023-03-02 · criminal · other
  5. People v. Sedano F082933 · 2023-02-21 · criminal · other
  6. People v. Sambrano CA5 F082945 · 2023-02-09 · criminal · affirmed
  7. People v. Fregozo CA5 F083127 · 2022-09-12 · criminal · vacated
  8. People v. Rosner CA5 F080895 · 2022-08-25 · criminal · affirmed
  9. People v. Espinosa CA5 F083105 · 2022-07-26 · criminal · vacated
  10. People v. Yang CA5 F081990 · 2022-06-30 · criminal · vacated
  11. People v. Randall CA5 F080614 · 2022-06-27 · criminal · vacated
  12. People v. Aivazian CA5 F082813 · 2022-06-21 · criminal · vacated
  13. People v. Carbajal CA5 F081200 · 2022-06-16 · criminal · vacated
  14. People v. Esquivel CA4/1 D079885 · 2022-06-15 · criminal · modified
  15. People v. Boyd CA5 F078502 · 2022-05-20 · criminal · reversed
  16. People v. Foster CA5 F082714 · 2022-05-18 · criminal · affirmed
  17. People v. Maytorena CA5 F082998 · 2022-04-11 · criminal · affirmed
  18. People v. Cordero CA5 F081748 · 2022-03-18 · criminal · vacated
  19. People v. Jones CA5 F079514 · 2021-12-01 · criminal · reversed
  20. People v. Long CA5 F079251 · 2021-10-12 · criminal · vacated
  21. People v. Sango CA5 F079590 · 2021-10-08 · criminal · affirmed
  22. Lewis v. Superior Court CA5 F082686 · 2021-08-20 · criminal · writ granted
  23. People v. Flores CA5 F080730 · 2021-06-10 · criminal · reversed
  24. People v. Ricks CA5 F080710 · 2021-05-17 · criminal · affirmed
  25. People v. Viveros CA5 F078003 · 2021-03-15 · criminal · affirmed