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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. Superior Court (Small) CA4/2 E086768 · 2026-02-10 · criminal · writ denied
  2. People v. Super. Ct. (Tapia) E080076M · 2023-08-02 · criminal · writ denied
  3. People v. Superior Ct. (Tapia) E080076 · 2023-07-11 · criminal · writ denied
  4. S.N. v. Super. Ct. Ca4/2 E062012 · 2015-01-14 · dependency · writ denied
  5. A.B. v. Superior Court CA4/2 E061440 · 2014-11-03 · dependency · writ denied
  6. K.F. v. Super. Ct. CA4/2 E061023 · 2014-09-10 · dependency · writ denied
  7. E.I. v. Super. Ct. CA4/2 E060818 · 2014-08-05 · dependency · writ denied
  8. L.C. v. Super. Ct. CA4/2 E061091 · 2014-07-23 · dependency · writ denied
  9. T.T. v. Superior Court CA4/2 E060179 · 2014-03-10 · criminal · writ denied
  10. M.C. v. Super. Ct. CA4/2 E058815 · 2013-08-07 · dependency · writ denied
  11. R.H. v. Superior Court CA4/2 E058618 · 2013-07-15 · dependency · writ denied
  12. J.E. v. Superior Court CA4/2 E057738 · 2013-06-28 · dependency · writ denied