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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 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

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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. Golden Door Properties, LLC v. Super. Ct. D076605 · 2020-07-30 · civil · writ granted
  2. Holden v. City of San Diego D074474 · 2019-12-13 · civil · affirmed
  3. Physicians Com. for Responsible etc. v. L.A. Unified School Dist. D073797 · 2019-12-12 · civil · affirmed
  4. Quidel Corporation v. Super. Ct. D075217 · 2019-08-29 · civil · writ granted
  5. Schmidt v. Citibank, N.A. D072993 · 2018-11-07 · civil · affirmed
  6. Save Our Heritage Organisation v. City of San Diego D073064 · 2018-10-24 · civil · affirmed
  7. Bushansky v. Soon-Shiong D072213 · 2018-05-29 · civil · affirmed
  8. Nielsen Contracting, Inc. v. Applied Underwriters, Inc. D072393M · 2018-05-23 · civil · affirmed
  9. Nielsen Contracting, Inc. v. Applied Underwriters, Inc. D072393 · 2018-05-03 · civil · affirmed
  10. Lane v. Bell D071312 · 2018-01-31 · civil · affirmed
  11. Casiopea Bovet, LLC v. Chiang D070797 · 2017-06-07 · civil · affirmed
  12. Simmons v. Superior Court of San Diego County D070734 · 2016-12-29 · civil · writ granted
  13. City of San Diego v. San Diegans for Open Government D068939M · 2016-10-17 · criminal · reversed in part
  14. City of San Diego v. San Diegans for Open Government D068939, D069890 · 2016-09-22 · civil · reversed in part
  15. Felix v. Fernandez CA4/1 D068505 · 2016-09-12 · civil · affirmed
  16. Center for Local Government Accountability v. City of San Diego D068432 · 2016-05-31 · civil · reversed
  17. Ellis Contracting v. Superior Court CA4/1 D068871 · 2016-04-04 · civil · writ granted
  18. Donorovich-Odonnell v. Harris D068758 · 2015-10-29 · civil · affirmed
  19. Cervantes v. Fradet CA4/1 D065721 · 2015-07-29 · civil · affirmed
  20. Bean v. Pacific Coast Elevator Corp. D064587 · 2015-03-10 · civil · reversed in part
  21. Marriage of H. CA4/1 D061388 · 2013-06-17 · family · reversed in part