Joel R. Wohlfeil
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
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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
- Terrace View Partners v. Three State Investment Co. CA4/1
- Lumbo v. Kelly Services Global CA4/1
- Medel v. Oceanic Companies CA4/1
- Hilltop Group, Inc. v. County of San Diego
- Swenson v. Close CA4/1
- Vess v. Salem CA4/1
- Chases v. Chases CA4/1
- Myers v. Sundby CA4/1
- Young v. Axos Financial CA4/1
- Dornan v. Gonzalez CA4/1
- Yeng Midas Touch v. Phanichkul CA4/1
- Lagrisola v. North American Financial Corp.
- Siegelman v. Salimi CA4/1
- Yasoua v. City of Chula Vista CA4/1
- Petco Animal Supplies Stores v. Encino Equity CA4/1
- People v. North River Ins. Co. CA4/1
- Briggs v. Elliott
- Briggs v. Elliott CA4/1
- Property and Casualty Ins. Co. of Hartford v. Hoffman CA4/1
- Stewart v. Terrazas CA4/1
- Dunn v. Park III Condominium Homeowners Assn. CA4/1
- Costa v. Road Runner Sports
- Costa v. Road Runner Sports CA4/1
- Failla v. Integrated Practive Solutions CA4/1
- Cable v. O'Neill CA4/1