John P. Vander Feer
D+
59% — 17 of 29 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 66% 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.
50cases reviewed on appeal
22%reversed, in whole or part, of 46 merits decisions
Outcomes on appeal
affirmed 34 reversed 6 reversed in part 4 dismissed 3 modified 2 writ granted 1
Areas
By year: 2024 12 · 2023 11 · 2026 7 · 2014 6 · 2022 4 · 2025 3 · 2015 3 · 2013 3 · 2004 1 ·
Analysis
40reviewed cases analysed
101rulings 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
- People v. Thurston CA4/2
- People v. Narro
- Schaefer v. Superior Court CA5/2
- People v. Burlew CA4/2
- People v. Pswatai CA4/1
- People v. Robles CA4/2
- People v. Duran CA4/1
- People v. Eldridge CA4/1
- People v. Gustafson CA4/2
- People v. Collins CA4/1
- People v. Gallegos CA4/1
- People v. Boiser CA4/1
- Estate of Boucher CA4/2
- Fairview Valley Fire v. CA Dept. of Forestry
- Fairview Valley Fire, Inc. v. Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
- Young v. Taunton CA4/3
- Indulkar v. Sanchez CA4/1
- Pope v. Babick
- Kim v. County of San Bernardino CA4/3
- People v. Jewell CA4/2
- People v. Kimbrough CA4/2
- The People v. Barnes CA4/2
- Whiteford v. Burrows CA4/2
- Haddad v. Forbes Industries CA4/2
- Mason v. Lake Dolores Group, LLC