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John M. Pacheco

Judge · Superior Court of San Bernardino County · 2013–2025

Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino 2001–

C++
69% — 20 of 29 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 41% of 306 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.

51cases reviewed on appeal
19%reversed, in whole or part, of 47 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 38 reversed 5 reversed in part 4 writ granted 2 dismissed 2

Areas

civil 40 family 5 criminal 5 probate 1

By year: 2014 13 · 2016 9 · 2015 7 · 2021 5 · 2022 4 · 2013 4 · 2018 3 · 2025 2 · 2024 2 · 2023 1 · 2020 1 ·

Analysis

25reviewed cases analysed
87rulings read
1rulings where the model disagrees with the court
3cases 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. Liu v. County of San Bernardino CA4/1 D084508 · 2025-08-06 · civil · reversed
  2. Coast National Insurance Co. v. Klinefelter CA4/1 D084514 · 2025-01-07 · civil · affirmed
  3. 9 Star Construction v. Dimapasok CA4/2 E080273 · 2024-10-25 · civil · affirmed
  4. Del Toro v. Pacific Bay Lending Group CA4/2 E080559 · 2024-06-13 · civil · affirmed
  5. Jimenez v. Chavez E078234 · 2023-11-13 · family · affirmed
  6. Williams v. Superior Court CA4/2 E078694 · 2022-09-30 · civil · writ granted
  7. Petrolink, Inc. v. Lantel Enterprises D079305 · 2022-07-14 · civil · affirmed
  8. Parish v. The Ohio Casualty Insurance Company CA4/2 E075135 · 2022-05-06 · civil · affirmed
  9. KG Investment, LLC v. Chen CA4/2 E075951 · 2022-05-06 · civil · affirmed
  10. Ramirez v. Barajas CA4/2 E071558 · 2021-09-13 · civil · affirmed
  11. Petrolink, Inc. v. Lantel Enterprises CA4/1 D076583 · 2021-03-18 · civil · affirmed
  12. Street v. Aon, Inc. CA4/2 E072477 · 2021-03-11 · civil · affirmed
  13. Hernandez v. State Personnel Board E072444 · 2021-02-10 · civil · affirmed
  14. Thurston v. Ricardo Beverly Hills CA4/2 E073068 · 2021-01-08 · civil · reversed
  15. Coughenour v. Del Taco E072772 · 2020-11-20 · family · affirmed
  16. Warren v. Kia Motors America, Inc. E068348 · 2018-12-12 · civil · reversed
  17. Moss Bros. Toy, Inc. v. Ruiz E067240 · 2018-09-20 · civil · affirmed
  18. Corley v. San Bernardino County Fire Protection Dist. D072852 · 2018-03-15 · civil · affirmed
  19. Alkins v. Loma Linda University Medical Center CA4/1 D069646 · 2016-08-17 · civil · affirmed
  20. Salyer v. University of Redlands CA4/1 D069448 · 2016-08-09 · civil · affirmed
  21. People v. Shields CA4/2 E063966 · 2016-07-13 · criminal · reversed in part
  22. Schmart v. Brophy CA4/2 E063325 · 2016-06-15 · civil · affirmed
  23. People v. Zenteno CA4/2 E063803 · 2016-04-11 · criminal · affirmed
  24. Meida v. Maida CA4/1 D069090 · 2016-03-11 · civil · affirmed
  25. Southern Calif. Fleet Services v. Superior Court CA4/2 E065134 · 2016-03-02 · civil · writ granted