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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 reviewed on appeal (every role)

  1. Bel Vino, LLC v. Stuart CA4/1 D069902 · 2016-09-26 · civil · affirmed
  2. Laborers International Union etc. v. County of Riverside CA4/2 E063886 · 2016-09-08 · civil · affirmed
  3. Zawtocki v. Black Angus Steakhouses CA4/2 E062969 · 2016-08-11 · civil · affirmed
  4. Silva v. Siciliano CA4/2 E063754 · 2016-06-22 · civil · affirmed
  5. Carachure v. Scott CA4/2 E063780 · 2016-06-10 · civil · reversed
  6. Ronald W. Komers Trust v. County of Riverside CA4/2 E063550 · 2016-05-16 · civil · affirmed
  7. Bodnar v. County of Riverside CA4/2 E063288 · 2016-05-13 · civil · affirmed
  8. Ammari v. Union Pacific Railroad Co. CA4/3 G052290 · 2016-04-28 · civil · affirmed
  9. County of Riverside v. Public Employment Relations Board D069065 · 2016-03-30 · civil · reversed in part
  10. National City Mortgage v. Dorrin CA4/1 D066975 · 2015-09-28 · civil · affirmed
  11. Toprakjian v. County of Riverside CA4/2 E059952 · 2015-08-13 · civil · affirmed
  12. Salazar v. Superior Court CA4/2 E062264 · 2015-03-03 · civil · writ granted
  13. Sohmer v. JP Morgan Chase Bank CA4/2 E056316 · 2014-12-22 · civil · affirmed
  14. McGill v. Citibank G049838 · 2014-12-18 · civil · reversed
  15. Prado v. County of Riverside CA4/2 E058796 · 2014-11-17 · civil · affirmed
  16. Shalikar v. Shalikar CA4/2 E056412 · 2014-11-13 · civil · affirmed
  17. Boese v. Nissan North America CA4/1 D065778 · 2014-11-06 · civil · affirmed
  18. City of Palm Springs v. Original Grass Hopper CA4/2 E058243 · 2014-10-10 · civil · affirmed
  19. People v. Esperanza CA4/2 E059110 · 2014-10-08 · criminal · affirmed
  20. County of Riverside v. Nature's Relief Group CA4/2 E056673 · 2014-06-27 · civil · reversed
  21. People v. Santos CA4/2 E057284 · 2014-06-13 · criminal · reversed in part
  22. Daniell v. DeRiggi CA4/2 E055261 · 2014-04-29 · civil · affirmed
  23. Guerra v. Young CA4/2 E055456 · 2014-03-14 · civil · affirmed
  24. Closet Patient Care v. City of Riverside CA4/2 E057240 · 2013-10-30 · civil · reversed