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Jeffrey M. Zimel

Judge · Superior Court of Riverside County · 2022–2026

F--
provisional — 0% — 0 of 3 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; would rank in the top 100% of 312 graded judges, but ten rulings are needed for a standing letter — 3 so far

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.

19cases reviewed on appeal
23%reversed, in whole or part, of 13 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 10 writ granted 4 reversed 2 dismissed 2 reversed in part 1

Areas

criminal 16 family 2 civil 1

By year: 2026 7 · 2025 6 · 2024 2 · 2023 2 · 2022 2 ·

Analysis

6 of this judge's reviewed cases have an analysis; counts are shown from 10.

Cases

  1. People v. Loera CA4/2 E082848 · 2026-09-21 · criminal · affirmed
  2. People v. Marshall CA4/2 E087506 · 2026-09-21 · criminal · affirmed
  3. People v. Espinosa E085176 · 2026-08-31 · criminal · affirmed
  4. People v. Super. Ct. E086512B · 2026-03-12 · criminal · writ granted
  5. People v. Superior Court (Lashelle) CA4/2 E086512A · 2026-01-21 · criminal · writ granted
  6. People v. Super. Ct. E086512 · 2026-01-16 · criminal · writ granted
  7. People v. Superior Court (Lashelle) CA4/2 E086512 · 2026-01-09 · criminal · writ granted
  8. People v. Perez CA4/2 E086482 · 2025-12-18 · criminal · dismissed
  9. People v. Bonavilla CA4/2 E081765 · 2025-10-09 · criminal · affirmed
  10. People v. Espinosa CA4/3 G063284 · 2025-08-15 · criminal · affirmed
  11. People v. Ramirez CA4/3 G063907 · 2025-04-29 · criminal · affirmed
  12. People v. Jimenez CA4/1 D082752 · 2025-02-28 · criminal · reversed in part
  13. People v. Hernandez CA4/3 G063302 · 2025-02-05 · criminal · affirmed
  14. People v. Stoot CA4/1 D082995 · 2024-08-19 · criminal · affirmed
  15. People v. Sims CA4/2 E082445 · 2024-05-29 · criminal · dismissed
  16. Hatley v. Southard E080000 · 2023-08-16 · family · reversed
  17. Hatley v. Southard CA4/2 E080000 · 2023-08-01 · family · reversed
  18. Warren v. Harris CA4/2 E076717 · 2022-09-08 · civil · affirmed
  19. People v. Flores CA4/1 D078725 · 2022-04-27 · criminal · affirmed