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F. Paul Dickerson III

Judge · Superior Court of Riverside County · 2013–2026

C+
provisional — 67% — 2 of 3 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; would rank in the top 45% of 312 graded judges, but ten rulings are needed for a standing letter — 3 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.

32cases reviewed on appeal
23%reversed, in whole or part, of 31 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 24 reversed in part 4 reversed 3 dismissed 1

Areas

criminal 30 delinquency 2

By year: 2025 8 · 2024 5 · 2021 4 · 2013 4 · 2026 3 · 2020 2 · 2015 2 · 2023 1 · 2022 1 · 2016 1 · 2014 1 ·

Analysis

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

Cases

  1. People v. Thornton CA4/2 E080933 · 2024-11-14 · criminal · reversed in part
  2. People v. Franco CA4/2 E073793 · 2021-05-26 · criminal · reversed in part
  3. In re B.M. CA4/2 E061724 · 2015-09-11 · delinquency · reversed in part
  4. P. v. Brown CA4/2 E053330 · 2013-05-03 · criminal · reversed in part