John S. Meyer
B++
76% — 136 of 178 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 24% 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.
83cases reviewed on appeal
36%reversed, in whole or part, of 80 merits decisions
Outcomes on appeal
affirmed 49 reversed 18 reversed in part 10 modified 2 dismissed 2 writ denied 1 vacated 1
Areas
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Analysis
150reviewed cases analysed
513rulings read
4rulings where the model disagrees with the court
20cases with a verified missed authority
1appellate 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
- Russo v. Bank of America CA4/1
- Miller v. Smith CA4/1
- Goodridge v. KDF Automotive Group CA4/1
- Padilla v. Wells Fargo CA4/1
- Reile v. Live Stores CA4/1
- Trabert v. Consumer Portfolio Services CA4/1
- San Diegans for Open Government v. City of San Diego
- Reile v. Live Stores, Inc. CA4/1
- National Bank of Calif. v. Vildosola CA4/1
- Collins v. Cisterra Partners CA4/1
- Kabran v. Sharp Memorial
- Wunch v. Richardson CA4/1
- Sedlock v. Baird
- Lugris v. Full-Swing Golf, Inc. CA4/1
- Kelly v. EZ Rider CA4/1
- Miller v. Verizon Wireless CA4/1
- Braun v. Moser CA4/1
- SewTech USA v. Jackson CA4/1
- AMS Plastics v. Speculative Product Design CA4/1
- Kindt v. Trango Systems CA4/1
- Berman v. Regents of the University of California
- Texas 1845 LLC v. Blue Pacific Aviation CA4/1
- Sinclair v. Praxair CA4/1
- Zock v. Esparza CA4/1
- Flores v. City of San Diego CA4/1