Frank L. Birchak
Sitting now: Dept. 1804, Central Courthouse (Assistant Supervising, Criminal) (the court's data of 01:00AM 15 Oct 2026)
Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Diego 2016–
B--
70% — 33 of 47 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 36% 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.
28cases reviewed on appeal
8%reversed, in whole or part, of 26 merits decisions
Outcomes on appeal
affirmed 20 modified 4 writ granted 2 reversed in part 1 reversed 1
Areas
By year: 2026 6 · 2025 6 · 2024 6 · 2023 4 · 2022 3 · 2018 2 · 2017 1 ·
Analysis
51reviewed cases analysed
182rulings read
0rulings where the model disagrees with the court
8cases 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
- People v. Luna CA4/1
- People v. George CA4/1
- People v. Issa CA4/1
- People v. The North River Ins. Co.
- People v. Bell CA4/1
- People v. Jones CA4/1
- People v. Meyers CA4/1
- People v. Murray CA4/1
- People v. Espino CA4/1
- People v. Lopez CA4/1
- People v. Malijan CA4/1
- People v. Edwards CA4/1
- People v. Angelo CA4/1
- People v. Quillope CA4/1
- People v. Ontiveros CA4/1
- People v. Ross CA4/1
- People v. Brooks
- Marriage of Bonner CA4/1
- People v. Ceballos CA4/1
- People v. Alhimidi CA4/1
- Garr v. Schmorleitz-Garr CA4/1
- People v. Royle CA4/1
- Marriage of Subias and Ringelspaugh CA4/1
- Marriage of Bonner CA4/1
- Marriage of C.J. & T.R. CA4/1