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Gregory W. Pollack

Judge · Superior Court of San Diego County · 2013–2026

Sitting now: Dept. 71, Hall of Justice — CIVIL IC (the court's data of 01:00AM 14 Oct 2026)

Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Diego 2008–

B--
70% — 99 of 142 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 37% of 312 graded judges

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.

71cases reviewed on appeal
37%reversed, in whole or part, of 65 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 41 reversed 15 reversed in part 9 writ granted 6

Areas

civil 67 family 2 criminal 2

By year: 2022 16 · 2026 9 · 2021 7 · 2020 6 · 2018 6 · 2016 6 · 2025 5 · 2023 5 · 2024 3 · 2019 3 · 2015 3 · 2017 1 · 2013 1 ·

Analysis

128reviewed cases analysed
410rulings read
0rulings where the model disagrees with the court
17cases with a verified missed authority
0appellate opinions called questionable

Counts of a model's readings across this judge's reviewed cases, each shown on its case page beside the court's disposition. Not a finding about the judge.

Cases

  1. Bryan v. County of San Diego Sheriff's Dept. CA4/1 D086545 · 2026-09-28 · civil · affirmed
  2. Morrison v. Kimball, Tirey & St. John CA4/1 D085585 · 2026-08-24 · civil · affirmed
  3. Richardson v. Crowell CA4/1 D084009 · 2026-08-04 · civil · affirmed
  4. Cal. Institute for Human Science v. Myo-Sei CA4/1 D085292 · 2026-07-08 · civil · affirmed
  5. ALS United Greater San Diego v. The Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assn. CA4/1 D086068 · 2026-06-02 · civil · reversed in part
  6. King v. Vires CA4/1 D085932 · 2026-05-21 · civil · affirmed
  7. Clarke v. Yu D085636 · 2026-03-16 · civil · affirmed
  8. Higginson v. Kia Motors America D082322 · 2026-02-03 · civil · reversed
  9. Zappala v. Government Employees Ins. Co. CA4/1 D084973 · 2026-01-08 · civil · affirmed
  10. Jiang v. Yu CA4/1 D084966 · 2025-12-16 · civil · affirmed
  11. Taylor v. Thor Motor Coach CA4/1 D083730 · 2025-11-07 · civil · reversed
  12. Dalo v. Hay CA4/1 D082559 · 2025-07-29 · civil · affirmed
  13. Bank of America v. Bailey CA4/1 D084014 · 2025-03-14 · civil · affirmed
  14. Torres v. Civil Service Com. of the City of San Diego CA4/1 D082742 · 2025-02-20 · civil · reversed in part
  15. Huff v. Interior Specialists, Inc. D082036 · 2024-12-27 · civil · reversed in part
  16. P. ex rel. Elliott v. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan D081262 · 2024-10-22 · civil · reversed
  17. G.W. v. Coronado Unified School District CA4/1 D082619 · 2024-09-19 · civil · affirmed
  18. Mapp v. Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians CA4/1 D081152 · 2023-10-24 · family · affirmed
  19. Martin v. Gladstone D080534 · 2023-10-19 · civil · reversed
  20. Romero v. American Multi-Cinema, Inc. CA4/1 D080327 · 2023-05-16 · civil · reversed
  21. Groth v. Park III Condominimum Homeowners etc. CA4/1 D079501 · 2023-02-10 · civil · affirmed
  22. McMillin Management Services v. Gemini Ins. Co. CA4/1 D079513 · 2023-01-18 · civil · affirmed
  23. Strickland v. Strickland CA4/1 D079934 · 2022-12-30 · civil · reversed
  24. Conway v. San Diego City Employees' Retirement System CA4/1 D079355 · 2022-11-28 · civil · affirmed
  25. Elson v. Gondrezick CA4/1 D079216 · 2022-11-23 · civil · affirmed