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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 reviewed on appeal (every role)

  1. Midway Venture LLC v. County of San Diego D078375 · 2021-01-22 · civil · reversed
  2. Flores v. Hoagland CA4/1 D075480 · 2020-09-30 · civil · affirmed
  3. Jacobs v. Swalwell CA4/1 D075535 · 2020-09-18 · civil · affirmed
  4. Aframian v. Superior Court CA4/1 D077736 · 2020-08-18 · civil · writ granted
  5. Airs Aromatics, LLC v. CBL Data Recovery Tech. Inc. D075798 · 2020-06-19 · civil · affirmed
  6. Wood v. Super. Ct. D076325M · 2020-04-08 · civil · writ denied
  7. Medical Marijuana, Inc. v. ProjectCBD.com D074755 · 2020-03-20 · civil · reversed
  8. Citizens for South Bay Coastal Access v. City of San Diego D075387M · 2020-03-16 · civil · reversed
  9. Wood v. Super. Ct. D076325 · 2020-03-13 · civil · writ denied
  10. Zehia v. Super. Ct. D076449 · 2020-02-20 · civil · writ denied
  11. Citizens for South Bay Coastal Access v. City of San Diego D075387 · 2020-02-18 · civil · reversed
  12. San Diego Navy Broadway Complex Coalition v. Cal. Coastal Com. D072568 · 2019-09-27 · civil · affirmed
  13. Mejia v. Merchants Building Maintenance D074620 · 2019-08-13 · civil · affirmed
  14. Certified Tire and Service Centers Wage and Hour Cases D072265 · 2018-10-04 · other · affirmed
  15. Moreles v. 22nd District Agricultural Assn. D072378 · 2018-07-10 · civil · affirmed
  16. Airs Aromatics v. CBL Data Recovery Technologies D072624 · 2018-05-29 · civil · reversed
  17. Skillin v. Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego D071288 · 2017-12-06 · civil · affirmed
  18. Klem v. Access Insurance Co. D070623 · 2017-11-20 · civil · reversed
  19. Higgins v. Superior Court D071353M · 2017-09-28 · civil · writ granted
  20. Higgins v. Superior Court D071353 · 2017-09-28 · civil · writ granted
  21. Sviridov v. City of San Diego D069785 · 2017-08-15 · civil · affirmed
  22. Kutzke v. City of San Diego D070288 · 2017-05-17 · civil · reversed
  23. Medical Marijuana, Inc. v. ProjectCBD D068523M · 2016-12-19 · civil · affirmed
  24. Medical Marijuana, Inc. v. ProjectCBD.com D068523 · 2016-11-21 · civil · affirmed
  25. Union of Medical Marijuana Patients, Inc. v. City of San Diego D068185 · 2016-10-14 · civil · affirmed