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John M. Tomberlin

Judge · Superior Court of San Bernardino County · 2000–2026

C+
67% — 20 of 30 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 45% 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.

89cases reviewed on appeal
31%reversed, in whole or part, of 87 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 53 reversed in part 20 modified 7 reversed 6 writ granted 1 vacated 1 dismissed 1

Areas

criminal 73 civil 16

By year: 2015 19 · 2021 12 · 2014 12 · 2013 12 · 2022 8 · 2016 7 · 2023 4 · 2019 4 · 2018 3 · 2020 2 · 2017 2 · 2026 1 · 2025 1 · 2024 1 · 2000 1 ·

Analysis

23reviewed cases analysed
102rulings read
0rulings where the model disagrees with the court
6cases 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. Darnell CA4/2 E083213 · 2026-02-05 · criminal · affirmed
  2. Seaboard v. Cloutier CA4/2 E082180 · 2025-12-08 · civil · reversed in part
  3. Ramirez v. FPI Management CA4/2 E079749 · 2024-08-16 · civil · reversed
  4. ACR Services v. LSM Group CA4/1 D082256 · 2023-12-06 · civil · affirmed
  5. Reece v. Clear Recon Corp CA4/2 E078974 · 2023-11-15 · civil · affirmed
  6. People v. Faumui CA4/2 E075801A · 2023-06-21 · criminal · affirmed
  7. Twin City Fire Ins. Co. v. Auto Zone Parts CA4/2 E076227 · 2023-05-17 · civil · affirmed
  8. Saba v. Virgo CA4/2 E077975 · 2022-11-17 · civil · affirmed
  9. Sahagun v. Landmark Fence Co. CA4/2 E076919 · 2022-08-31 · civil · affirmed
  10. People v. Lattin CA4/1 D079150 · 2022-07-28 · criminal · reversed in part
  11. People v. Torres CA4/2 E075901A · 2022-07-05 · criminal · reversed in part
  12. Silva v. Cal. Dept. of Transportation CA4/2 E074565 · 2022-06-10 · civil · affirmed
  13. Clark Bros., Inc. v. North Edwards Water District D077200 · 2022-04-22 · civil · affirmed
  14. People v. Ortiz CA4/2 E077527 · 2022-02-23 · criminal · affirmed
  15. Johnson v. FCI Lender Services CA4/2 E076753 · 2022-02-18 · civil · affirmed
  16. Brown White & Osborn v. Wyatt's Paint and Body Shop CA4/2 E075398 · 2021-12-09 · civil · affirmed
  17. People v. Torres CA4/2 E075901 · 2021-11-10 · criminal · affirmed
  18. People v. Silva CA4/2 E069863A · 2021-11-08 · criminal · reversed in part
  19. Quinonez v. Payless 4 Plumbing CA4/2 E074467 · 2021-10-07 · civil · reversed
  20. People v. Lopez CA4/1 D078266 · 2021-09-10 · criminal · affirmed
  21. Lemus v. Abdeljawad CA4/2 E075789 · 2021-09-08 · civil · affirmed
  22. People v. Barnett CA4/3 G059192 · 2021-06-28 · criminal · affirmed
  23. Pickett v. Kelsey CA4/2 E074236 · 2021-06-10 · civil · affirmed
  24. People v. Neece CA4/2 E076360 · 2021-05-25 · criminal · affirmed
  25. Smith v. BP Lubricants USA Inc. E073174 · 2021-05-12 · civil · reversed in part