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
- Randall v. Ditech Financial, LLC
- Davidson v. Seterus, Inc.
- M.F. v. Pacific Pearl Hotel Management LLC
- Beach Break Equities, LLC v. Lowell
- Doe v. Regents of the University of California
- Dorfman v. University of California, San Diego CA4/1
- Enciso v. Aardema CA4/1
- Wu v. City of Poway CA4/1
- Gore v. San Diego County Civil Serv. Com. CA4/1
- Gibson v. HoMedics CA4/1
- Internat. Marketing Enterprises v. Biofilm CA4/1
- Berkes v. San Diego Foreclosure Services, Inc. CA4/1