Joan M. Lewis
A--
78% — 131 of 167 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 19% 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.
75cases reviewed on appeal
33%reversed, in whole or part, of 73 merits decisions
Outcomes on appeal
affirmed 49 reversed 16 reversed in part 8 writ granted 1 writ denied 1
Areas
By year: 2016 17 · 2014 16 · 2013 16 · 2015 12 · 2018 6 · 2017 3 · 2007 2 · 2021 1 · 2019 1 · 2008 1 ·
Analysis
141reviewed cases analysed
531rulings read
4rulings where the model disagrees with the court
22cases with a verified missed authority
2appellate 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
- Chhatrala Investments, LLC v. Elajou Investment Group, L.P. CA4/1
- Mackey v. Bd. of Trustees of the Cal. State University
- Etcheson v. FCA US LLC
- Sandoval v. Qualcomm Incorporated
- Belfiore-Braman v. Rotenberg
- Ralphs Grocery Co. v. Victory Consultants, Inc.
- West Coast Air Conditioning Co. v. Cal. Dept. of Corr. & Rehab.
- Muro v. Cornerstone Staffing Solutions
- Hefczyz v. Rady Children's Hosp.
- Ralphs Grocery Co. v. Victory Consultants, Inc.
- San Diegans for Open Gov. v. Public Facilities Financing etc.
- Goglin v. BMW of North America, LLC
- Howard v. Wells Fargo CA4/1
- Kagen v. Countrywide Home Loans CA4/1
- Hayes v. the Regents of the University of California CA4/1
- Brandon v. City of San Diego CA4/1
- Ramos v. Bay Breeze 60 CA4/1
- Bastien v. Capielo CA4/1
- Lopez v. Watchtower Bible & Tract Society of New York, Inc.
- T.H v. Novartis Pharmaceuticals
- T.H. v. Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. CA4/1
- Cobb v. Brigoni CA4/1
- Larson v. Heck CA4/1
- Stueland v. Petco Animal Supplies Stores CA4/1
- Sapan v. Braun CA4/1