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
- Staniforth v. The Judges' Retirement System CA4/1
- Murphy v. Richardson CA4/1
- Jansing v. State of Calif. CA4/1
- Borria v. Wells Fargo Bank CA4/1
- Aliev v. Courtney CA4/1
- Alpine Union School Dist. v. Grossmont Union High School Dist. CA4/1
- Jameson v. Desta
- Delgado v. Las Lomas Spanish Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses, San Diego, CA, Inc. CA4/1
- Jameson v. Desta CA4/1
- Salameh v. 5th and K Master Assoc. CA4/1
- Dorfman v. University of California, San Diego CA4/1
- Vildosola v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. CA4/1
- Enciso v. Aardema CA4/1
- Dagher v. Ford Motor Co.
- Harley-Davidson, Inc. v. Franchise Tax Board
- Animal Protection and Rescue League v. City of San Diego
- Diaz-Barba v. Superior Court of San Diego County
- Wu v. City of Poway CA4/1
- Motyl v. City of San Diego CA4/1
- Durant v. Padre Dam Municipal Water Dist. CA4/1
- Hale v. Sharp Healthcare
- Hale v. Sharp Healthcare CA4/1
- Wu v. San Diego Gas & Electric Co. CA4/1
- Gore v. San Diego County Civil Serv. Com. CA4/1
- Ervin v. Ben-Nun CA4/1