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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. Jose Jaquez v. Andrew Saul 19-56235 · 2021-03-17 · civil · reversed
  2. Andrew Calcaterra v. Gregory Garrabrants 19-55721 · 2021-02-25 · civil
  3. United States v. Francisco Gutierrez 19-50167 · 2021-01-21 · criminal · vacated
  4. Leandro Gonzalez v. M. Deguzman 19-56116 · 2020-12-14 · civil · affirmed
  5. David Grigsby v. Bofi Holding, Inc. 19-55042 · 2020-11-03 · civil · remanded
  6. Hmeps v. Bofi Holding, Inc. 18-55415 · 2020-10-08 · civil · reversed
  7. United States v. Samuel Humphrey 19-50326 · 2020-09-11 · criminal · dismissed
  8. Sheida Hukman v. Southwest Airlines Co. 19-56090 · 2020-08-11 · civil · affirmed
  9. United States v. Francisco Villa 18-50365 · 2020-08-11 · criminal · affirmed
  10. Melissa Mather Bobka v. Toyota Motor Credit Corp. 18-55688 · 2020-08-03 · probate · affirmed
  11. Melissa Mather Bobka v. Toyota Motor Credit Corp. 18-55688 · 2020-08-03 · probate · affirmed
  12. Cindy Delisle v. Speedy Cash 19-55794 · 2020-06-09 · civil · vacated
  13. Susan Gonzales v. Gwen Rohrer 19-55391 · 2020-04-16 · civil · affirmed
  14. Erickson-Hall Construction Co. v. Scottsdale Insurance Company 19-55319 · 2020-04-08 · civil · reversed
  15. United States v. Ivan Tizoc 18-50371 · 2020-03-25 · criminal · dismissed
  16. Christopher Hamilton v. Elite of Los Angeles, Inc. 19-55441 · 2020-03-02 · civil · affirmed
  17. United States v. Rafael Lopez-Ontiveros 18-50104 · 2019-11-07 · criminal · affirmed
  18. Leilani Lake v. Andrew Saul 18-55402 · 2019-09-27 · civil · affirmed
  19. United States v. Julio Solorzano 17-55713 · 2019-09-24 · criminal
  20. Cynthia Kendrick v. County of San Diego 18-55480 · 2019-08-30 · civil · affirmed
  21. United States v. Oracio Corrales-Vazquez 18-50206 · 2019-07-24 · criminal · reversed
  22. John Donnelly, Jr. v. American Express Bank, Fsb 18-56302 · 2019-07-22 · civil · affirmed
  23. Maria Flores v. United States 17-56120 · 2019-06-18 · civil · affirmed
  24. Ernest Abbit v. Ing USA Annuity and Life Ins. 17-55836 · 2019-05-06 · civil · affirmed
  25. United States v. Jose Ortega 17-56879 · 2019-05-06 · criminal · affirmed