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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

A++
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 reviewed on appeal (every role)

  1. Joseph Dang v. David Pontier 21-55032 · 2023-09-12 · civil · affirmed
  2. Jason Brooks v. Tarsadia Hotels 21-56125 · 2023-07-17 · civil · affirmed
  3. Susan Porter v. Kelly Martinez 21-55149 · 2023-05-22 · civil
  4. United States v. Francisco Gutierrez 21-50282 · 2023-04-26 · criminal · affirmed
  5. San Diego County Credit Union v. Cefcu 21-55642 · 2023-04-21 · civil · remanded
  6. San Diego County Credit Union v. Cefcu 21-55642 · 2023-04-21 · civil · remanded
  7. Susan Porter v. Kelly Martinez 21-55149 · 2023-04-07 · civil
  8. San Diego County Credit Union v. Cefcu 21-55642 · 2023-02-10 · civil · remanded
  9. Aaron Raiser v. County of San Diego 21-56158 · 2023-02-08 · civil · affirmed
  10. Donivan Diaz v. Raymond Madden 21-56350 · 2023-01-26 · civil · affirmed
  11. CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION V. ARMOND ARIA 21-55525 · 2022-12-13 · civil · affirmed
  12. United States v. Clemente Hernandez-Garcia 20-50228 · 2022-08-17 · criminal
  13. United States v. Alvaro Sanchez-Aguilar 21-50090 · 2022-07-22 · civil · affirmed
  14. Julie Harper v. Molly Hill 21-55636 · 2022-05-13 · criminal · affirmed
  15. United States v. James Cheevers 19-55484 · 2022-05-05 · criminal · affirmed
  16. United States v. Clemente Hernandez-Garcia 20-50228 · 2022-05-04 · criminal
  17. Richard Meier v. Allied Interstate LLC 20-55286 · 2022-01-19 · civil · affirmed
  18. Bryant Fonseca v. Hewlett-Packard Company 20-56161 · 2021-10-14 · civil · affirmed
  19. United States v. Luke Wilson 18-50440 · 2021-09-21 · criminal · vacated
  20. Brandon Meeks v. A. Nunez 17-55364 · 2021-09-03 · civil · affirmed
  21. United States v. Rafael Ramiro-Medina 19-50382 · 2021-08-26 · civil · affirmed
  22. Joel Joseph v. American General Life Insuranc 20-56213 · 2021-08-25 · civil · affirmed
  23. Clayton Del Thibodeau v. Adt LLC 19-56356 · 2021-05-05 · civil · reversed in part
  24. Brian Lundstrom v. Carla Young 20-55002 · 2021-04-21 · civil · reversed in part
  25. Carlos Amezcua v. Joe Lizarraga 19-55910 · 2021-04-16 · civil · affirmed