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Francis M. Devaney

Judge · Superior Court of San Diego County · 2006–2026

Sitting now: Dept. 1802, Central Courthouse — CRIMINAL TRIALS (the court's data of 01:00AM 15 Oct 2026)

Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Diego 2005–

D+
59% — 29 of 49 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 65% 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.

35cases reviewed on appeal
14%reversed, in whole or part, of 35 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 28 reversed 3 reversed in part 2 modified 2

Areas

criminal 32 civil 2 delinquency 1

By year: 2014 6 · 2026 5 · 2020 4 · 2016 3 · 2013 3 · 2024 2 · 2023 2 · 2022 2 · 2021 2 · 2015 2 · 2025 1 · 2019 1 · 2008 1 · 2006 1 ·

Analysis

70reviewed cases analysed
214rulings read
0rulings where the model disagrees with the court
12cases 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

  1. People v. Reeves CA4/1 D086695 · 2026-09-24 · criminal · reversed in part
  2. People v. Howard CA4/1 D086556 · 2026-08-07 · criminal · affirmed
  3. People v. Shaw CA4/1 D084236 · 2026-03-24 · criminal · affirmed
  4. People v. Garces CA4/1 D085853 · 2026-02-17 · criminal · affirmed
  5. People v. Victor CA4/1 D084272 · 2026-01-26 · criminal · affirmed
  6. People v. Keeton CA4/1 D083540 · 2025-11-07 · criminal · affirmed
  7. People v. Mehlenbacher CA4/1 D081197 · 2024-10-29 · criminal · affirmed
  8. People v. Mora CA4/1 D082338 · 2024-01-23 · criminal · affirmed
  9. People v. Wiley CA4/1 D081077 · 2023-08-31 · criminal · affirmed
  10. People v. Rodgers CA4/1 D079605 · 2023-02-28 · criminal · reversed in part
  11. People v. Mourning CA4/1 D080361 · 2022-12-27 · criminal · affirmed
  12. In re N.L. D079759 · 2022-07-21 · delinquency · reversed
  13. People v. Patillo CA4/1 D078007 · 2021-12-20 · criminal · affirmed
  14. People v. Lopez CA4/1 D078176 · 2021-08-06 · criminal · reversed
  15. People v. Truong CA4/1 D077376 · 2020-12-23 · criminal · affirmed
  16. People v. Pepper CA4/1 D077124 · 2020-10-19 · criminal · affirmed
  17. People v. Lira CA4/1 D076623 · 2020-10-09 · criminal · affirmed
  18. People v. The North River Ins. Co. CA4/1 D075780 · 2020-09-09 · civil · affirmed
  19. People v. Centeno D073977 · 2019-08-08 · criminal · affirmed
  20. People v. Zepeda CA4/1 D067752 · 2016-05-04 · criminal · affirmed
  21. People v. Lopez CA4/1 D065801 · 2016-01-28 · criminal · affirmed
  22. People v. Davis CA4/1 D068138 · 2016-01-26 · criminal · affirmed
  23. People v. Molina CA4/1 D066260 · 2015-11-20 · criminal · modified
  24. People v. Anderson D063648 · 2015-03-13 · criminal · affirmed
  25. People v. Flores CA4/1 D064674 · 2014-12-17 · criminal · affirmed