Joel M. Pressman
Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Diego 2002–2017
A-
81% — 124 of 154 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 15% 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.
72cases reviewed on appeal
28%reversed, in whole or part, of 69 merits decisions
Outcomes on appeal
affirmed 49 reversed 12 reversed in part 7 writ granted 2 writ denied 1 modified 1
Areas
By year: 2014 18 · 2015 17 · 2016 16 · 2013 9 · 2018 8 · 2017 4 ·
Analysis
133reviewed cases analysed
499rulings read
6rulings where the model disagrees with the court
26cases with a verified missed authority
3appellate 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
- Donohue v. AMN Services, LLC
- Donohue v. AMN Services, LLC
- AMN Healthcare, Inc. v. Aya Healthcare Services, Inc.
- Harley-Davidson, Inc. v. Franchise Tax Bd.
- Krolikowski v. San Diego City Employees' Retirement System
- Randall v. Ditech Financial, LLC
- West Coast Air Conditioning Co. v. Cal. Dept. of Corr. & Rehab.
- Davidson v. Seterus, Inc.
- Lawson v. ZB, N.A.
- Lawson v. ZB, N.A.
- M.F. v. Pacific Pearl Hotel Management LLC
- YDM Management Co., Inc. v. Sharp Community Med. etc.
- Beach Break Equities, LLC v. Lowell
- Doe v. Regents of the University of California
- Mares v. Lien Enforcement CA4/1
- Mastrodimos v. Kalikas CA4/1
- Salameh v. 5th and K Master Assn. CA4/1
- Shermoen v. First Allied Securities CA4/1
- Pointe SDMU LP v. County of San Diego CA4/1
- Magno v. The College Network, Inc.
- Obillo v. Arvest Bank Group CA4/1
- Forshaw v. Mubarak CA4/1
- Magno v. The College Network CA4/1
- Staniforth v. The Judges' Retirement System
- Schermer v. Tatum