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John M. Monterosso

Judge · Superior Court of Riverside County · 2013–2026

, Superior Court of California, County of Riverside 2019–2020 · Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Riverside 2007–2019

D++
provisional — 60% — 3 of 5 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; would rank in the top 62% of 312 graded judges, but ten rulings are needed for a standing letter — 5 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.

61cases reviewed on appeal
19%reversed, in whole or part, of 47 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 36 writ denied 12 reversed 8 modified 2 dismissed 2 reversed in part 1

Areas

criminal 35 dependency 26

By year: 2014 14 · 2026 12 · 2013 10 · 2025 9 · 2023 5 · 2020 3 · 2015 3 · 2024 2 · 2021 2 · 2022 1 ·

Analysis

16reviewed cases analysed
27rulings read
0rulings where the model disagrees with the court
5cases 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. Burton CA4/2 E085867 · 2026-08-04 · criminal · reversed
  2. People v. Tennard CA4/2 E086340 · 2026-06-15 · criminal · reversed
  3. People v. Bryant CA4/2 E085436 · 2026-06-05 · criminal · reversed
  4. People v. Pfeifer CA4/2 E084971 · 2026-04-17 · criminal · reversed
  5. People v. Stevenson CA4/2 E085167 · 2026-02-23 · criminal · reversed
  6. People v. Harlow D084252 · 2025-08-05 · criminal · reversed
  7. People v. Federico CA4/2 E072620A · 2022-06-17 · criminal · reversed
  8. People v. Windust CA4/2 E075675 · 2021-11-29 · criminal · reversed