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Judith K. Dulcich

Judge · Superior Court of Kern County · 2013–2026

Presiding Justice, Superior Court of California, County of Kern 2019–2020 · Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Kern 2007–2019

F--
provisional — 0% — 0 of 1 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; would rank in the top 100% of 312 graded judges, but ten rulings are needed for a standing letter — 1 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.

62cases reviewed on appeal
25%reversed, in whole or part, of 56 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 38 reversed 10 modified 4 vacated 3 remanded 3 other 2 reversed in part 1 dismissed 1

Areas

criminal 62

By year: 2024 13 · 2022 12 · 2021 11 · 2025 9 · 2026 7 · 2023 3 · 2020 3 · 2015 2 · 2013 2 ·

Analysis

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

Cases

  1. People v. Valdez CA5 F087719 · 2025-09-09 · criminal · reversed
  2. People v. McDaniel CA5 F085937 · 2024-12-06 · criminal · reversed
  3. People v. Ross CA5 F085822 · 2024-12-06 · criminal · reversed
  4. People v. Santiz CA5 F084188A · 2024-07-18 · criminal · reversed
  5. People v. Pacheco CA5 F083083 · 2022-11-29 · criminal · reversed
  6. People v. Gomez CA5 F082873 · 2022-11-21 · criminal · reversed
  7. People v. Pesina CA5 F080499 · 2021-06-14 · criminal · reversed
  8. People v. Barefield CA5 F078193 · 2021-03-25 · criminal · reversed
  9. People v. Dominguez CA5 F077174 · 2020-12-07 · criminal · reversed
  10. People v. Howard CA5 F078412 · 2020-11-19 · criminal · reversed