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John M. Davis

Judge · Superior Court of Riverside County · 2013–2026

C+
provisional — 67% — 6 of 9 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; would rank in the top 45% of 312 graded judges, but ten rulings are needed for a standing letter — 9 so far

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.

33cases reviewed on appeal
24%reversed, in whole or part, of 33 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 20 modified 5 reversed in part 4 reversed 4

Areas

criminal 32 civil 1

By year: 2021 10 · 2020 6 · 2014 4 · 2025 3 · 2026 2 · 2022 2 · 2016 2 · 2024 1 · 2023 1 · 2015 1 · 2013 1 ·

Analysis

10reviewed cases analysed
29rulings read
0rulings where the model disagrees with the court
1cases with a verified missed authority
0appellate 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. People v. Padilla CA4/2 E083583 · 2026-02-11 · criminal · affirmed
  2. People v. Zapata D084024 · 2026-02-10 · criminal · reversed
  3. People v. Ruiz CA4/1 D086171 · 2025-09-30 · criminal · affirmed
  4. People v. Winkle CA4/1 D085872 · 2025-08-27 · criminal · affirmed
  5. People v. Seremak CA4/2 E081967 · 2025-05-08 · criminal · affirmed
  6. People v. Scott CA4/3 G063587 · 2024-09-03 · criminal · affirmed
  7. People v. Gomez CA4/2 E077966 · 2023-10-05 · criminal · reversed in part
  8. People v. Venegas CA4/2 E075326 · 2022-10-07 · criminal · reversed
  9. People v. Wright CA4/1 D078840 · 2022-04-15 · criminal · modified
  10. People v. Gant CA4/2 E073642 · 2021-11-05 · criminal · modified
  11. People v. Reddy CA4/2 E074385A · 2021-10-13 · criminal · modified
  12. People v. Edgin CA4/2 E074622 · 2021-08-17 · criminal · affirmed
  13. People v. Reddy CA4/2 E074385 · 2021-07-01 · criminal · affirmed
  14. People v. Tshughuryan CA4/2 E074568 · 2021-05-07 · criminal · affirmed
  15. People v. Velazquez CA4/1 D078060 · 2021-03-12 · criminal · affirmed
  16. People v. Bernhard CA4/2 E074447 · 2021-03-04 · criminal · affirmed
  17. People v. Garcia CA4/2 E072792 · 2021-01-29 · criminal · reversed in part
  18. People v. Ramirez CA4/2 E074342 · 2021-01-27 · criminal · modified
  19. McLane v. GoPlus Corp. CA4/2 E072046 · 2021-01-12 · civil · reversed in part
  20. People v. Coto CA4/2 E072720 · 2020-12-11 · criminal · affirmed
  21. People v. Moss CA4/2 E072267 · 2020-10-29 · criminal · modified
  22. People v. Dorsey CA4/2 E073648 · 2020-09-03 · criminal · reversed in part
  23. People v. Andrews CA4/2 E070032A · 2020-08-26 · criminal · affirmed
  24. People v. Mendoza E071835M · 2020-02-18 · criminal · reversed
  25. People v. Mendoza E071835 · 2020-02-05 · criminal · reversed