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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. Sillman v. Newnham CA4/1 D083732M · 2026-09-16 · civil · reversed in part
  2. Sillman v. Newnham CA4/1 D083732 · 2026-09-04 · civil · reversed in part
  3. L.H. v. County of San Diego CA4/1 D085668 · 2026-08-19 · civil · reversed in part
  4. Ramsey v. Moore St Investments CA4/1 D084287 · 2026-01-08 · civil · reversed in part
  5. Swenson v. Close CA4/1 D081067 · 2024-01-26 · civil · reversed in part
  6. Young v. Axos Financial CA4/1 D080970 · 2023-12-26 · civil · reversed in part
  7. Yeng Midas Touch v. Phanichkul CA4/1 D080981 · 2023-11-29 · civil · reversed in part
  8. Siegelman v. Salimi CA4/1 D079923 · 2023-07-25 · civil · reversed in part
  9. Blackburn v. County of San Diego CA4/1 D076904 · 2022-02-24 · civil · reversed in part
  10. Stifano v. Slaga CA4/1 D077608 · 2021-08-17 · civil · reversed in part
  11. Ayala Boring v. HPS Mechanical CA4/1 D076054 · 2021-03-19 · civil · reversed in part
  12. Morales v. 22nd Dist. Agricultural Assn. D067247M · 2016-08-05 · civil · reversed in part
  13. Morales v. 22nd District Agricultural Ass'n D067247 · 2016-07-13 · civil · reversed in part
  14. San Diegans for Open Government v. City of San Diego D068421 · 2016-06-07 · civil · reversed in part
  15. Fulton v. State of California, Dept. of Transportation CA4/1 D062592 · 2014-01-13 · civil · reversed in part