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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. San Diego Unified Port Dist. v. Superior Court CA4/1 D087218 · 2026-08-24 · civil · writ granted
  2. Aframian v. Superior Court CA4/1 D077736 · 2020-08-18 · civil · writ granted
  3. Higgins v. Superior Court D071353M · 2017-09-28 · civil · writ granted
  4. Higgins v. Superior Court D071353 · 2017-09-28 · civil · writ granted
  5. County of San Diego v. Superior Court D068016 · 2015-11-20 · civil · writ granted
  6. League of California Cities v. Superior Court D067969 · 2015-10-28 · civil · writ granted
  7. Dorsey v. Superior Court D067836 · 2015-10-22 · civil · writ granted
  8. Garden Fresh Restaurant Corp. v. Superior Court D066028 · 2014-11-17 · civil · writ granted
  9. Wai Feng Trading Co. v. Superior Court CA4/1 D064970 · 2014-05-05 · civil · writ granted