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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. Foster CA5 F079672 · 2021-02-08 · criminal · vacated
  2. People v. West CA5 F077999 · 2020-12-11 · criminal · affirmed
  3. People v. Morin CA5 F069511 · 2016-04-28 · criminal · dismissed
  4. People v. Mata CA5 F068209A · 2015-10-09 · criminal · modified
  5. People v. Mata CA5 F068209 · 2015-09-02 · criminal · modified
  6. People v. McKenry CA5 F067660 · 2014-11-13 · criminal · affirmed
  7. People v. McElvany CA5 F067929 · 2014-10-16 · criminal · affirmed
  8. People v. Internat. Fidelity Ins. CA5 F067198 · 2014-07-09 · criminal · affirmed