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Joel R. Wohlfeil

Judge · Superior Court of San Diego County · 2013–2026

Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Diego 2007–

C+
66% — 160 of 241 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 47% 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.

145cases reviewed on appeal
29%reversed, in whole or part, of 126 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 88 reversed 21 reversed in part 15 writ granted 9 writ denied 8 modified 2 dismissed 2

Areas

civil 140 family 3 other 2

By year: 2021 20 · 2015 17 · 2023 13 · 2014 13 · 2026 12 · 2022 12 · 2024 11 · 2016 11 · 2020 10 · 2025 8 · 2013 7 · 2017 6 · 2018 3 · 2019 2 ·

Analysis

258reviewed cases analysed
816rulings read
3rulings where the model disagrees with the court
36cases with a verified missed authority
1appellate 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

  1. Environmental Health Advocates, Inc. v. Pancho Villa's, Inc. D084705 · 2026-02-20 · civil · reversed
  2. Maqueda v. Kia Motors America CA4/1 D083298 · 2025-08-14 · civil · reversed
  3. Hilltop Group, Inc. v. County of San Diego D081124 · 2024-02-16 · civil · reversed
  4. Yasoua v. City of Chula Vista CA4/1 D080544 · 2023-07-17 · civil · reversed
  5. Cable v. O'Neill CA4/1 D079096 · 2022-07-07 · civil · reversed
  6. Paterra v. Hansen D076661 · 2021-05-21 · civil · reversed
  7. Paterra v. Hansen CA4/1 D076661 · 2021-04-27 · civil · reversed
  8. Midway Venture LLC v. County of San Diego D078375M · 2021-02-08 · civil · reversed
  9. Llamas v. Spitz CA4/1 D075539 · 2021-02-05 · civil · reversed
  10. Midway Venture LLC v. County of San Diego D078375 · 2021-01-22 · civil · reversed
  11. Medical Marijuana, Inc. v. ProjectCBD.com D074755 · 2020-03-20 · civil · reversed
  12. Citizens for South Bay Coastal Access v. City of San Diego D075387M · 2020-03-16 · civil · reversed
  13. Citizens for South Bay Coastal Access v. City of San Diego D075387 · 2020-02-18 · civil · reversed
  14. Airs Aromatics v. CBL Data Recovery Technologies D072624 · 2018-05-29 · civil · reversed
  15. Klem v. Access Insurance Co. D070623 · 2017-11-20 · civil · reversed
  16. Kutzke v. City of San Diego D070288 · 2017-05-17 · civil · reversed
  17. Ground Service Technology v. Triton Structural Concrete CA4/1 D067349 · 2016-06-16 · civil · reversed
  18. Phillips v. So-Cal Dominoids, Inc. CA4/1 D065381 · 2015-07-01 · civil · reversed
  19. Olive Lane Industrial Park, LLC v. County of San Diego D063337 · 2014-07-18 · civil · reversed
  20. Ferrell v. County of San Diego CA4/1 D062892 · 2014-01-17 · civil · reversed
  21. E.T. v. C.T. CA4/1 D059280 · 2013-03-15 · family · reversed