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James C. Chalfant

Judge · Superior Court of Los Angeles County · 2002–2026

193cases reviewed on appeal
24%reversed, in whole or part, of 176 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 131 reversed 30 reversed in part 13 dismissed 9 writ granted 5 writ denied 3 modified 2

Areas

civil 152 criminal 27 family 5 dependency 5 probate 3 delinquency 1

By year: 2015 28 · 2022 21 · 2014 19 · 2024 17 · 2021 17 · 2020 16 · 2023 15 · 2019 11 · 2026 10 · 2013 9 · 2016 8 · 2025 6 · 2017 5 · 2009 4 · 2018 3 · 2006 2 · 2010 1 · 2002 1 ·

Analysis

No analyses yet. When they exist, this shows counts of the model's findings across this judge's reviewed cases — with the court's own dispositions beside them, and only from 10 cases.

Cases

  1. Muradyan v. Bonta B346081 · 2026-07-15 · criminal · affirmed
  2. 1 v. Cal. Office of the Inspector General CA2/4 B346539 · 2025-12-18 · criminal · affirmed
  3. Catholic Medical Mission Bd. v. Bonta B315409M · 2025-03-27 · criminal · reversed in part
  4. Assn. for L.A. Deputy Sheriffs v. County of L.A. B331881 · 2024-11-20 · criminal · affirmed
  5. Spaccia v. California Public Employees' Retirement System CA2/3 B319774 · 2023-07-21 · criminal · affirmed
  6. Sahakyan v. City of Los Angeles CA2/8 B308113 · 2023-01-04 · criminal · affirmed
  7. Saavedra v. City of Glendale CA2/5 B310212M · 2022-11-30 · criminal · affirmed
  8. The Association of Deputy District Attorneys etc. v. Gascon B310845 · 2022-06-02 · criminal · reversed in part
  9. Colley v. William S. Hart Union High School CA2/2 B292902 · 2021-07-30 · criminal · affirmed
  10. Larsen v. Cal. Victim Compensation Bd. B297857M · 2021-06-01 · criminal · reversed
  11. Larsen v. California Victim Compensation Board B297857 · 2021-05-11 · criminal · reversed
  12. Lent v. California Coastal Commission B292091M · 2021-04-16 · criminal · reversed
  13. Prang v. Amen B298794 · 2020-12-07 · criminal · affirmed
  14. Gal v. Bureau of Security etc. CA2/2 B296963 · 2020-11-04 · criminal · affirmed
  15. Yang v. Board of Registered Nursing CA2/1 B298991 · 2020-10-27 · criminal · affirmed
  16. Trejo v. County of Los Angeles B293564 · 2020-06-09 · criminal · affirmed
  17. Amezcua v. L.A. County Civil Service Com. B290632 · 2020-01-17 · criminal · affirmed
  18. Madrigal v. Victim Compensation & Govt. Claims Bd. B265105M · 2017-01-05 · criminal · reversed
  19. Pirouzian v. Super. Ct. B266015 · 2016-07-11 · criminal · writ granted
  20. Carson Harbor Village v. City of Carson B250111M · 2015-08-21 · criminal · reversed
  21. Telish v. Cal. State Personnel Board B250856M · 2015-03-13 · criminal · affirmed
  22. City of Los Angeles v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County B250805 · 2015-02-10 · criminal · writ granted
  23. Davis v. City of Los Angeles CA2/7 B241631 · 2014-10-14 · criminal · affirmed
  24. Resurreccion v. City of Los Angeles CA2/1 B250539 · 2014-06-26 · criminal · affirmed
  25. 218 Properties, LLC v. City of Carson B241969M · 2014-06-13 · criminal · reversed in part