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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. Elias v. McJab, Inc. CA4/1 D068119 · 2016-09-22 · civil · affirmed
  2. Morales v. 22nd Dist. Agricultural Assn. D067247M · 2016-08-05 · civil · reversed in part
  3. Van v. Cameron CA4/1 D068630 · 2016-07-14 · civil · affirmed
  4. Morales v. 22nd District Agricultural Ass'n D067247 · 2016-07-13 · civil · reversed in part
  5. Ground Service Technology v. Triton Structural Concrete CA4/1 D067349 · 2016-06-16 · civil · reversed
  6. San Diegans for Open Government v. City of San Diego D068421 · 2016-06-07 · civil · reversed in part
  7. McCormick v. Nelson & Kennard CA4/1 D067819 · 2016-05-06 · civil · affirmed
  8. Saterbak v. JPMorgan Chase D066636A · 2016-03-17 · civil · affirmed
  9. Garcia v. Holt D066393 · 2015-11-23 · civil · affirmed
  10. County of San Diego v. Superior Court D068016 · 2015-11-20 · civil · writ granted
  11. League of California Cities v. Superior Court D067969 · 2015-10-28 · civil · writ granted
  12. People v. Garcia CA4/1 D066393 · 2015-10-27 · civil · affirmed
  13. Dorsey v. Superior Court D067836 · 2015-10-22 · civil · writ granted
  14. Illingworth v. Garton CA4/1 D066323 · 2015-10-15 · civil · affirmed
  15. Richardson v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. CA4/1 D066425 · 2015-08-10 · civil · affirmed
  16. Maddox v. Jeffrey A. Lake, APC CA4/1 D066181 · 2015-07-29 · civil · affirmed
  17. Phillips v. So-Cal Dominoids, Inc. CA4/1 D065381 · 2015-07-01 · civil · reversed
  18. Vector Resources, Inc. v. Baker CA4/1 D065224 · 2015-05-26 · civil · affirmed
  19. Mahecha v. Hanover Ins. Group CA4/1 D065325 · 2015-05-26 · civil · affirmed
  20. Alexander v. Market Street Apartments CA4/1 D066382 · 2015-05-19 · civil · affirmed
  21. Douglas v. Edwards CA4/1 D064389 · 2015-04-23 · civil · affirmed
  22. Aro v. Legal Recovery Law Offices CA4/1 D065422 · 2015-04-08 · civil · affirmed
  23. Cosco Fire Protection v. Siry Investments CA4/1 D062427 · 2015-02-20 · civil · affirmed
  24. R.M. v. T.A. D064922 · 2015-01-27 · family · affirmed
  25. Haddada v. San Diego Financial Services CA4/1 D065005 · 2015-01-16 · civil · affirmed