gno.law

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 16 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. Plantier v. Ramona Municipal Water District CA4/1 D079529 · 2022-10-24 · civil · affirmed
  2. Sharp v. Seven Arts Entertainment CA4/1 D079648 · 2022-08-16 · civil · reversed in part
  3. O'Shea v. City of San Diego CA4/1 D079241 · 2022-07-19 · civil · affirmed
  4. Roudi v. Paydar CA4/1 D079405 · 2022-06-22 · civil · reversed
  5. Roudi v. Paydar CA4/1 D078558 · 2022-06-22 · civil · reversed
  6. 2009 Metropoulos Family Trust v. California Franchise Tax Board D078790 · 2022-05-27 · civil · affirmed
  7. Hebert v. Barnes & Noble, Inc. D079038 · 2022-05-12 · civil · reversed
  8. Cairns v. Lions Community Service Corp. CA4/1 D078310 · 2022-04-21 · civil · reversed
  9. Cairns v. Legal Aid Society of San Diego CA4/1 D078441 · 2022-04-21 · civil · affirmed
  10. Hebert v. Barnes & Noble, Inc. CA4/1 D079038 · 2022-04-19 · civil · reversed
  11. Hernandez v. SFM, LLC CA4/1 D077547 · 2022-03-16 · civil · affirmed
  12. Bankers Hill 150 v. City of San Diego D077963 · 2022-02-02 · civil · affirmed
  13. Bankers Hill 150 v. City of San Diego CA4/1 D077963 · 2022-01-07 · civil · affirmed
  14. Gleizer-Cerbu v. Cal. Dept. of Social Services CA4/1 D077290 · 2021-08-10 · civil · reversed
  15. McKenna v. Beesley D077189 · 2021-08-06 · civil · reversed
  16. Johnson v. Maxim Healthcare Services, Inc. D077599 · 2021-07-21 · civil · reversed
  17. Giacometti v. Puls Technologies CA4/1 D077232 · 2021-07-16 · civil · affirmed
  18. San Diegans for Open Gov. v. Pub. Facilities Financing etc. D075157 · 2021-04-19 · civil · reversed in part
  19. Friends of the San Dieguito etc. v. City of San Diego CA4/1 D075654 · 2021-01-29 · civil · affirmed
  20. Burgess v. Coronado Unified School Dist. CA4/1 D076417M · 2021-01-11 · civil · affirmed
  21. Burgess v. Coronado Unified School Dist. CA4/1 D076417 · 2020-12-24 · civil · affirmed
  22. Warshawsky v. City of San Diego CA4/1 D075269 · 2020-11-23 · civil · affirmed
  23. Quidel Corporation v. Super. Ct. D075217A · 2020-11-06 · civil · writ granted
  24. RGC Gaslamp v. Ehmcke Sheet Metal Co. D075615 · 2020-10-23 · civil · affirmed
  25. Golden Door Properties v. Superior Court D076605M · 2020-08-25 · criminal · writ granted