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James T. Atkins

Commissioner · Superior Court of San Diego County · 2015–2026

Sitting now: Dept. 4, South County Court — FAMILY LAW IC (the court's data of 01:00AM 15 Oct 2026)

A
85% — 17 of 20 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 9% 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.

11cases reviewed on appeal
9%reversed, in whole or part, of 11 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 10 reversed 1

Areas

family 11

By year: 2025 5 · 2022 2 · 2026 1 · 2021 1 · 2016 1 · 2015 1 ·

Analysis

22reviewed cases analysed
68rulings read
0rulings where the model disagrees with the court
2cases 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. Sisti v. Callahan CA4/1 D085879 · 2026-03-03 · family · affirmed
  2. Sisti v. Callahan CA4/1 D085189 · 2025-12-15 · family · affirmed
  3. Marriage of Broady CA4/1 D083961 · 2025-07-23 · family · affirmed
  4. Sisti v. Callahan CA4/1 D083817 · 2025-05-19 · family · affirmed
  5. Sanchez v. Acedo CA4/1 D083669 · 2025-04-10 · family · reversed
  6. Vargas v. Rodriguez CA4/1 D083838 · 2025-04-02 · family · affirmed
  7. Pilcher v. Pilcher CA4/1 D079316 · 2022-05-11 · family · affirmed
  8. G.A. v. Flores CA4/1 D078031 · 2022-01-05 · family · affirmed
  9. Marriage of Pulido CA4/1 D077156 · 2021-12-13 · family · affirmed
  10. Marr. of Fregoso & Hernandez D069614 · 2016-10-21 · family · affirmed
  11. County of San Diego v. S.S. CA4/1 D065852 · 2015-06-19 · family · affirmed