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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 authored (every role)

  1. 3:26-cv-04787 · 2026-09-17 · civil
  2. 3:25-cv-02661 · 2026-09-11 · civil
  3. 3:24-cv-02211 · 2026-09-11 · civil
  4. 3:23-cv-01239 · 2026-09-10 · civil
  5. 3:25-cv-02189 · 2026-09-08 · civil
  6. 3:26-cv-04674 · 2026-08-28 · civil
  7. 3:26-cv-00610 · 2026-08-28 · civil
  8. 3:26-cv-04091 · 2026-08-27 · civil
  9. 3:24-cv-01332 · 2026-08-26 · civil
  10. 3:25-cv-00603 · 2026-08-26 · civil
  11. 3:26-cv-02465 · 2026-08-25 · civil
  12. 3:25-cv-01445 · 2026-08-25 · civil
  13. 3:25-cv-01181 · 2026-08-24 · civil
  14. 3:24-cv-01182 · 2026-08-21 · civil
  15. 3:22-cv-01164 · 2026-08-20 · civil
  16. 3:25-cv-02277 · 2026-08-11 · civil
  17. 3:25-cv-02471 · 2026-08-10 · civil
  18. 3:26-cv-01086 · 2026-08-06 · civil
  19. 3:26-cv-00250 · 2026-08-04 · civil
  20. 3:25-cv-02298 · 2026-08-03 · civil
  21. 3:19-cv-00390 · 2026-08-03 · civil
  22. 3:23-cv-01239 · 2026-08-03 · civil
  23. 3:23-cv-00491 · 2026-07-31 · civil
  24. 3:24-cv-00527 · 2026-07-31 · civil
  25. 3:25-cv-03804 · 2026-07-28 · civil