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Gonzalo P. Curiel
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Gonzalo P. Curiel

Judge · Superior Court of San Diego County · 2009–2026

Judge, District Court, S.D. California 2012– · Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Diego 2006–2012

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provisional — 100% — 6 of 6 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; would rank in the top 1% of 312 graded judges, but ten rulings are needed for a standing letter — 6 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.

106cases reviewed on appeal
944opinions authored
944panels sat on (not as author)
20%reversed, in whole or part, of 83 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 66 reversed in part 6 reversed 6 vacated 5 remanded 5 dismissed 5 writ denied 1

The Ninth Circuit's later rulings on their dockets

affirmed 17 reversed in part 5 reversed 2 remanded 2 vacated 1

Each Ninth Circuit opinion that names a docket this judge wrote an order on, by its outcome; the ruling it reviewed is not always the order in the record. The order's page links the opinion.

Areas

civil 66 criminal 34 probate 3 other 1 family 1 dependency 1

By year: 2020 13 · 2019 13 · 2018 13 · 2023 12 · 2021 11 · 2026 8 · 2024 8 · 2025 7 · 2022 7 · 2017 6 · 2016 4 · 2015 1 · 2014 1 · 2013 1 · 2009 1 ·

Analysis

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

Cases

  1. United States v. Tovar-Duran 24-2328 · 2026-09-14 · criminal · vacated
  2. United States v. Ruiz 24-386 · 2026-02-20 · criminal
  3. United States v. Ruiz 24-386 · 2026-01-07 · criminal
  4. United States v. Pelayo 24-7123 · 2025-12-04 · criminal · affirmed
  5. United States v. Martinez 23-4290 · 2025-08-22 · criminal · affirmed
  6. United States v. Sambrano 24-5140 · 2025-08-20 · criminal · affirmed
  7. United States v. Childress 24-2162 · 2025-06-06 · criminal · affirmed
  8. United States v. Ruiz 24-463 · 2024-12-06 · criminal · affirmed
  9. United States v. Wall 23-1677 · 2024-11-21 · criminal
  10. United States v. Castillo 23-272 · 2024-06-20 · criminal · affirmed
  11. United States v. Francisco Alvarez 21-55826 · 2024-04-19 · criminal · affirmed
  12. United States v. Jesus Perez Garcia 22-50314 · 2024-03-18 · criminal
  13. United States v. Fred Navarette 22-50205 · 2024-01-30 · criminal · affirmed
  14. United States v. Rene Ruiz 22-50175 · 2023-10-24 · criminal · reversed in part
  15. United States v. Francisco Gutierrez 21-50282 · 2023-04-26 · criminal · affirmed
  16. United States v. Clemente Hernandez-Garcia 20-50228 · 2022-08-17 · criminal
  17. Julie Harper v. Molly Hill 21-55636 · 2022-05-13 · criminal · affirmed
  18. United States v. James Cheevers 19-55484 · 2022-05-05 · criminal · affirmed
  19. United States v. Clemente Hernandez-Garcia 20-50228 · 2022-05-04 · criminal
  20. United States v. Luke Wilson 18-50440 · 2021-09-21 · criminal · vacated
  21. United States v. Francisco Gutierrez 19-50167 · 2021-01-21 · criminal · vacated
  22. United States v. Samuel Humphrey 19-50326 · 2020-09-11 · criminal · dismissed
  23. United States v. Francisco Villa 18-50365 · 2020-08-11 · criminal · affirmed
  24. United States v. Ivan Tizoc 18-50371 · 2020-03-25 · criminal · dismissed
  25. United States v. Rafael Lopez-Ontiveros 18-50104 · 2019-11-07 · criminal · affirmed