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John Nho Trong Nguyen

Judge · Superior Court of San Bernardino County · 2019–2026

Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Orange 2000–2013

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.

7cases reviewed on appeal
—7 merits decisions: a rate is shown from 10

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 6 reversed in part 1

Areas

criminal 6 civil 1

By year: 2025 2 · 2026 1 · 2024 1 · 2023 1 · 2021 1 · 2019 1 ·

Analysis

4 of this judge's reviewed cases have an analysis; counts are shown from 10.

Cases reviewed on appeal (every role)

  1. People v. Escalera CA4/2 E084390 · 2026-05-11 · criminal · reversed in part
  2. People v. Mejia CA4/2 E082728 · 2025-08-07 · criminal · affirmed
  3. People v. Norman CA4/2 E083009 · 2025-01-07 · criminal · affirmed
  4. People v. Swogger CA4/1 D082236 · 2024-10-16 · criminal · affirmed
  5. People v. Quezada CA4/2 E079801 · 2023-03-06 · criminal · affirmed
  6. Allen v. MacIntosh CA4/2 E073408 · 2021-01-13 · civil · affirmed
  7. People v. Novoa D074888 · 2019-04-22 · criminal · affirmed