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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

  1. 3:25-cv-01068 · 2025-10-20 · civil
  2. 3:25-cv-00707 · 2025-10-17 · civil
  3. 3:24-cv-00311 · 2025-10-16 · civil
  4. Galvan v. Montgomery 3:22-cv-00330 · 2025-10-07 · civil
  5. Cathey v. O' Malley 3:24-cv-00939 · 2025-09-30 · civil
  6. Moore v. Duran 3:23-cv-00194 · 2025-09-25 · civil
  7. Byelick v. Ryvyl Inc. 3:24-cv-01096 · 2025-09-02 · civil
  8. Brooke v. Eastlake Hospitality Ventures LLC 3:25-cv-01031 · 2025-08-28 · civil
  9. United States v. Martinez 23-4290 · 2025-08-22 · criminal · affirmed
  10. United States v. Sambrano 24-5140 · 2025-08-20 · criminal · affirmed
  11. Lowes v. Fitness AI, Inc. 3:25-cv-01975 · 2025-08-19 · civil
  12. Barton v. The Procter & Gamble Company 3:24-cv-01332 · 2025-08-08 · civil
  13. L ALD LLC v. Gray 3:24-cv-02195 · 2025-08-04 · civil
  14. Corona v. It's a New 10, LLC 3:25-cv-00377 · 2025-07-31 · civil
  15. Luven v. Soon-Shiong 3:24-cv-02014 · 2025-07-29 · civil
  16. Weiler v. Sunnova Energy Corporation 3:25-cv-00130 · 2025-07-28 · civil
  17. Camran v. San Diego Youth Services 3:23-cv-00491 · 2025-07-24 · civil
  18. Leidle v. Bisignano 3:25-cv-01424 · 2025-07-16 · civil
  19. Rickes v. Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 3:25-cv-00690 · 2025-07-15 · civil
  20. Clear Imaging Research LLC v. Google LLC 3:25-cv-00221 · 2025-07-07 · civil
  21. Lewis v. Paramo 3:22-cv-00029 · 2025-07-02 · civil
  22. Brooke v. Eastlake Hospitality Ventures LLC 3:25-cv-01031 · 2025-07-01 · civil
  23. J.J v. Ashlynn Marketing Group, Inc. 3:24-cv-00311 · 2025-07-01 · civil
  24. Sundby v. Sundby 24-865 · 2025-06-30 · probate · affirmed
  25. Wright v. City of San Diego 3:24-cv-02089 · 2025-06-24 · civil