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James C. Mahan
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James C. Mahan

District judge · Superior Court of District of Nevada County · 2016–2025

Judge, District Court, D. Nevada 2002–

A-
provisional — 100% — 5.0 of 5 orders sound, per qwen3.8-27b; would rank in the top 16% of 51 graded judges, but ten orders are needed for a standing letter — 5 so far

On the assumption that the model is right — qwen3.8-27b's verdicts on a court's own orders matched a later appeal 76% of the time (104 of 136), 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.

6cases reviewed on appeal
5opinions authored
5panels sat on (not as author)
—5 merits decisions: a rate is shown from 10

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 4 reversed 1 remanded 1

Areas

civil 5 criminal 1

By year: 2020 3 · 2016 2 · 2024 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. Integrity Medical Product Solutions, LLC v. Seroclinix Corporation 3:22-cv-00785 · 2025-01-24 · civil
  2. Stein v. Costco Wholesale Corporation Dba Costco Wholesale 685 23-2773 · 2024-12-24 · civil · affirmed
  3. OBrien v. Siege Electric, Inc. 3:23-cv-00897 · 2024-09-26 · civil
  4. Littlejohn v. Gallagher 3:23-cv-00297 · 2023-04-26 · civil
  5. Wave Neuroscience, Inc. v. PeakLogic, Inc. 3:21-cv-01330 · 2021-12-03 · civil
  6. Toney v. United States 3:20-cv-00705 · 2020-05-28 · civil · writ denied
  7. Kimberly Bender v. Clark County School District 19-15055 · 2020-05-12 · civil · affirmed
  8. Patrick Moers v. Josh Reid 19-15256 · 2020-05-11 · civil · affirmed
  9. Daniel Vargas v. Amber Howell 18-15513 · 2020-02-05 · civil · remanded
  10. Charde Evans v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. 14-16566 · 2016-08-15 · civil · reversed
  11. Glenn Dean v. Dwight Neven 15-15630 · 2016-07-12 · criminal · affirmed