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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. Culture of Life Family Services, Inc. v. Bonta 3:24-cv-01338 · 2025-06-13 · civil
  2. Heavey v. Does 1-100 3:25-cv-01099 · 2025-06-13 · civil
  3. United States v. Childress 24-2162 · 2025-06-06 · criminal · affirmed
  4. Blythe v. City of San Diego 3:24-cv-02211 · 2025-06-02 · civil
  5. L.J. v. Larose 3:25-cv-01317 · 2025-06-02 · civil
  6. Cramer v. Standard Life Insurance Company of America 3:25-cv-00384 · 2025-05-28 · civil
  7. Strike 3 Holdings, LLC v. Doe 3:25-cv-01140 · 2025-05-27 · civil
  8. In Re: B of I Holding, Inc. Shareholder Litigation 3:15-cv-02722 · 2025-05-13 · civil
  9. Santos v. Fidelity National Title Insurance Company 3:24-cv-02069 · 2025-05-09 · civil
  10. Hernandez v. Commissioner of the Social Security Administration 3:23-cv-02087 · 2025-05-02 · civil
  11. Morgan v. Rohr, Inc. 3:20-cv-00574 · 2025-05-01 · civil
  12. Wright v. City of San Diego 3:24-cv-02089 · 2025-04-28 · civil
  13. Camran v. San Diego Youth Services 3:23-cv-00491 · 2025-04-17 · civil
  14. Renn v. Otay Lakes Brewery, LLC 3:23-cv-01139 · 2025-04-17 · civil
  15. Connor v. Bank of America 3:22-cv-00295 · 2025-04-15 · civil
  16. Delapaz v. Bank of America, N.A. 3:21-cv-01660 · 2025-04-15 · civil
  17. Jordan v. O'Malley 3:24-cv-00349 · 2025-03-27 · civil
  18. Jordan v. O'Malley 3:24-cv-00349 · 2025-03-27 · civil
  19. Snyder v. Kijakazi 3:23-cv-02288 · 2025-03-20 · civil
  20. Hernandez v. Commissioner of the Social Security Administration 3:23-cv-02087 · 2025-03-20 · civil
  21. A. Chaudry v. County of San Diego 23-55034 · 2025-03-04 · civil · reversed in part
  22. Barton v. The Procter & Gamble Company 3:24-cv-01332 · 2025-02-13 · civil
  23. Allmaras v. University Mechanical & Engineering Contractors, Inc. 3:24-cv-02021 · 2025-02-11 · civil
  24. Allmaras v. University Mechanical & Engineering Contractors, Inc. 3:24-cv-02021 · 2025-02-06 · civil
  25. Stanz v. Brown 3:22-cv-01164 · 2025-02-05 · civil