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John D. Molloy

Judge · Superior Court of Riverside County · 2013–2026

C++
67% — 33 of 49 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 42% 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.

459cases reviewed on appeal
35%reversed, in whole or part, of 418 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 265 reversed 132 dismissed 34 reversed in part 11 modified 8 writ granted 4 writ denied 2 vacated 2 remanded 1

Areas

criminal 454 civil 5

By year: 2025 100 · 2022 80 · 2021 75 · 2023 67 · 2024 63 · 2020 47 · 2026 11 · 2013 7 · 2016 3 · 2014 3 · 2019 1 · 2018 1 · 2017 1 ·

Analysis

76reviewed cases analysed
153rulings read
2rulings where the model disagrees with the court
18cases 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. Qiao v. Chang CA4/2 E085692 · 2026-02-05 · civil · affirmed
  2. Bustos v. Global P.E.T E065869 · 2018-01-16 · civil · affirmed
  3. Hupp v. Solera Oak Valley Greens Assn. E065766 · 2017-06-23 · civil · reversed in part
  4. Denney v. CSX Transportation CA4/2 E064240 · 2016-09-19 · civil · affirmed
  5. Pfuhl v. Mercury Casualty Co. CA4/2 E063064 · 2016-09-14 · civil · affirmed