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John W. Vineyard

Judge · Superior Court of Riverside County · 2013–2026

Presiding Justice, Superior Court of California, County of Riverside 2019–2020 · Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Riverside 2011–2019

F++
50% — 14 of 28 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 83% 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.

49cases reviewed on appeal
34%reversed, in whole or part, of 47 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 30 reversed 12 reversed in part 4 writ granted 1 writ denied 1 modified 1

Areas

civil 41 family 5 criminal 2 delinquency 1

By year: 2014 11 · 2023 9 · 2016 9 · 2018 5 · 2017 3 · 2015 3 · 2026 2 · 2019 2 · 2025 1 · 2024 1 · 2022 1 · 2021 1 · 2013 1 ·

Analysis

31reviewed cases analysed
97rulings read
1rulings where the model disagrees with the court
4cases 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. Forrest v. Forrest CA4/1 D086281 · 2026-07-08 · family · reversed
  2. Western Riverside Council of Governments v. McKiernan CA2/7 B322576 · 2023-05-25 · civil · reversed
  3. Koganti v. PODS Enterprises CA4/1 D080905 · 2023-04-27 · civil · reversed
  4. Moss v. Duncan D075101 · 2019-06-20 · civil · reversed
  5. Levingston v. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan E066271 · 2018-08-17 · civil · reversed
  6. Camacho v. Target Corp. D073280 · 2018-06-08 · civil · reversed
  7. Jensen v. The Home Depot, Inc. E067002 · 2018-05-31 · civil · reversed
  8. McGill v. Citibank, N.A. S224086 · 2017-04-06 · civil · reversed
  9. Carachure v. Scott CA4/2 E063780 · 2016-06-10 · civil · reversed
  10. McGill v. Citibank G049838 · 2014-12-18 · civil · reversed
  11. County of Riverside v. Nature's Relief Group CA4/2 E056673 · 2014-06-27 · civil · reversed
  12. Closet Patient Care v. City of Riverside CA4/2 E057240 · 2013-10-30 · civil · reversed