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Joseph B. Widman

Judge · Superior Court of San Bernardino County · 2023–2026

F++
provisional — 50% — 3 of 6 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; would rank in the top 83% of 312 graded judges, but ten rulings are needed for a standing letter — 6 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.

16cases reviewed on appeal
25%reversed, in whole or part, of 12 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 7 dismissed 4 reversed 3 modified 2

Areas

criminal 15 civil 1

By year: 2026 7 · 2025 3 · 2024 3 · 2023 3 ·

Analysis

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

Cases

  1. People v. Avina CA4/1 D085383 · 2026-06-18 · criminal · affirmed
  2. People v. Hughes CA4/3 G063726 · 2026-05-21 · criminal · dismissed
  3. Martin v. Citibank CA4/2 E086122 · 2026-04-10 · civil · affirmed
  4. People v. Cazessus CA4/2 E086256 · 2026-03-10 · criminal · affirmed
  5. People v. Mendoza CA4/1 D087150 · 2026-03-06 · criminal · reversed
  6. People v. Salas CA4/2 E084696 · 2026-01-07 · criminal · affirmed
  7. People v. Valdez CA4/2 E082838 · 2026-01-07 · criminal · affirmed
  8. People v. Rivers CA4/2 E082142 · 2025-05-29 · criminal · modified
  9. People v. Serna E082722 · 2025-03-10 · criminal · affirmed
  10. People v. Rodriguez CA4/1 D083063 · 2025-02-13 · criminal · modified
  11. People v. Mendoza CA4/3 G063474 · 2024-07-30 · criminal · affirmed
  12. People v. K.W. CA4/1 D083263 · 2024-03-27 · criminal · dismissed
  13. People v. Oswald CA4/2 E082189 · 2024-03-12 · criminal · dismissed
  14. People v. Smith CA4/2 E081859 · 2023-12-12 · criminal · dismissed
  15. People v. Ramirez CA4/2 E080013 · 2023-11-30 · criminal · reversed
  16. People v. Real CA4/2 E079584 · 2023-11-08 · criminal · reversed