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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. United States v. Rudy Espudo 17-55643 · 2019-04-15 · criminal · affirmed
  2. Center for Bio. Diversity v. Usdhs 18-55474 · 2019-02-11 · civil · affirmed
  3. United States v. Todd Sherman 17-50031 · 2019-01-28 · civil · affirmed
  4. Ramona Band of Cahuilla v. Gregory Burnett 17-55664 · 2019-01-07 · civil · dismissed
  5. Jehan Mir v. Sharon Levine 17-56576 · 2018-12-18 · civil · affirmed
  6. United States v. Nam Ngo 17-55169 · 2018-12-05 · civil · affirmed
  7. Mark Mann v. County of San Diego 16-56657 · 2018-10-31 · dependency · reversed in part
  8. Ussec v. E. Andrew Schooler 16-55167 · 2018-09-26 · civil · affirmed
  9. United States v. Jaime Lopez-Vaal 18-50037 · 2018-09-04 · criminal · affirmed
  10. Conni Campbell v. United States 17-55100 · 2018-07-25 · civil · reversed
  11. Kimberly Weaver v. Ethicon, Inc. 17-55350 · 2018-06-12 · civil · affirmed
  12. James Weismann v. Caliber Home Loans, Inc. 16-56775 · 2018-05-21 · civil · affirmed
  13. Anyssa Sanchez v. Brawley Elementary Sch. Dist. 16-55892 · 2018-04-20 · civil · affirmed
  14. Bona Fide Conglomerate, Inc. v. Usdc-Casd 17-70130 · 2018-03-27 · civil · writ denied
  15. United States v. Marco Escobedo-Gomez 16-50196 · 2018-03-21 · civil · reversed
  16. United States v. Alejandro Verduzco-Rangel 15-50559 · 2018-03-09 · criminal
  17. Seth Wallack v. Matthew Wright 16-55648 · 2018-03-06 · civil · affirmed
  18. Collegesource, Inc. v. Academyone, Inc. 15-56994 · 2017-09-15 · other
  19. Dominic Hardie v. Ncaa 15-55576 · 2017-09-11 · criminal · affirmed
  20. Joseph Sisneros v. Brown 15-56331 · 2017-04-21 · civil · affirmed
  21. Paul Hupp v. County of San Diego 16-55128 · 2017-04-21 · civil · affirmed
  22. United States v. Oliver Dolores-Cruz 15-50354 · 2017-01-24 · criminal · dismissed
  23. Stiller v. Costco Wholesale Corp. 15-55361, 15-55691 · 2017-01-20 · civil · affirmed
  24. Dennis Moore v. Susan Grundmann 15-55023 · 2016-12-21 · civil · affirmed
  25. United States v. Mark Lopez 15-50515 · 2016-12-19 · civil · affirmed