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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. Seaboard v. Cloutier CA4/2 E082180 · 2025-12-08 · civil · reversed in part
  2. People v. Lattin CA4/1 D079150 · 2022-07-28 · criminal · reversed in part
  3. People v. Torres CA4/2 E075901A · 2022-07-05 · criminal · reversed in part
  4. People v. Silva CA4/2 E069863A · 2021-11-08 · criminal · reversed in part
  5. Smith v. BP Lubricants USA Inc. E073174 · 2021-05-12 · civil · reversed in part
  6. People v. Johnson E069732 · 2020-02-11 · criminal · reversed in part
  7. People v. Perez E060438N · 2018-05-09 · criminal · reversed in part
  8. People v. Perez E060438A · 2018-04-12 · criminal · reversed in part
  9. People v. Perez E060438M · 2017-11-03 · criminal · reversed in part
  10. People v. Perez E060438 · 2017-10-25 · criminal · reversed in part
  11. People v. Reyes CA4/2 E063250 · 2016-06-06 · criminal · reversed in part
  12. People v. Quezada CA4/1 D069446 · 2016-04-14 · criminal · reversed in part
  13. People v. Lopez CA4/1 D068685 · 2015-11-20 · criminal · reversed in part
  14. People v. Luxsamana CA4/2 E060672 · 2015-01-12 · criminal · reversed in part
  15. People v. Aguilar CA4/2 E060129 · 2015-01-09 · criminal · reversed in part
  16. People v. Nunez CA4/3 G049908 · 2014-08-25 · criminal · reversed in part
  17. People v. Sheppard CA4/2 E057396 · 2014-04-09 · criminal · reversed in part
  18. People v. Alvarado CA4/2 E054118 · 2013-12-19 · criminal · reversed in part
  19. P. v. Rice CA4/2 E055973 · 2013-05-29 · criminal · reversed in part
  20. P. v. Ortiz CA4/2 E055511 · 2013-03-11 · criminal · reversed in part