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Katherine A. Bacal

Judge · Superior Court of San Diego County · 2014–2026

Sitting now: Dept. 63, Hall of Justice — CIVIL IC (the court's data of 01:00AM 15 Oct 2026)

Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Diego 2008–

B+
74% — 120 of 162 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 27% 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.

91cases reviewed on appeal
32%reversed, in whole or part, of 81 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 55 reversed 17 reversed in part 9 writ granted 5 dismissed 5

Areas

civil 88 probate 2 family 1

By year: 2025 11 · 2021 11 · 2016 11 · 2024 10 · 2026 9 · 2023 9 · 2015 7 · 2022 6 · 2020 6 · 2019 4 · 2018 4 · 2017 2 · 2014 1 ·

Analysis

158reviewed cases analysed
536rulings read
1rulings where the model disagrees with the court
26cases 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

  1. The Protect Our Communities Foundation v. City of San Diego D083588 · 2026-06-26 · civil · affirmed
  2. The Protect Our Communities Foundation v. City of San Deigo CA4/1 D083588M · 2026-06-25 · civil · affirmed
  3. Shifrin v. Strata Equity Global CA4/1 D085526 · 2026-06-24 · civil · affirmed
  4. Preserve Wild Santee v. City of Santee CA4/1 D085121 · 2026-06-04 · civil · reversed in part
  5. The Protect Our Communities Foundation v. City of San Deigo CA4/1 D083588 · 2026-05-26 · civil · affirmed
  6. Elasali v. Phillips CA4/1 D084899 · 2026-04-20 · civil · affirmed
  7. San Diego Police Officers' Assn. v. City of San Diego CA4/1 D084773 · 2026-04-08 · civil · affirmed
  8. Sanchez v. Hart CA4/1 D084650 · 2026-02-18 · civil · affirmed
  9. Cadena v. City of San Diego CA4/1 D084784 · 2026-02-17 · civil · affirmed
  10. Willis v. The Walt Disney Company D084434 · 2025-11-04 · civil · reversed
  11. Willis v. The Walt Disney Company CA4/1 D084434 · 2025-10-20 · civil · reversed
  12. Save Our Access v. City of San Diego D084132A · 2025-10-17 · civil · reversed
  13. Save Our Access v. City of San Diego D084132 · 2025-10-17 · civil · reversed
  14. State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. v. Diblin D083765 · 2025-10-07 · civil · affirmed
  15. Dumpit v. Green Leaf Payroll & Business Solutions CA4/1 D083828 · 2025-09-19 · civil · affirmed
  16. The Kennedy Com. v. Super. Ct. D085237 · 2025-09-11 · civil · writ granted
  17. Lacher v. Liberty Surplus Ins. Corp. CA4/1 D084439 · 2025-07-24 · civil · reversed
  18. Cirignano v. Miranda CA4/1 D084455 · 2025-05-07 · civil · reversed
  19. Yazdi v. San Diego County Credit Union CA4/1 D083835 · 2025-03-21 · civil · affirmed
  20. P. ex rel. Limpin v. Newsom CA4/1 D083733 · 2025-02-25 · civil · affirmed
  21. Haluska v. CoStar Realty Information CA4/1 D083499 · 2024-12-19 · civil · reversed in part
  22. Wilson v. City of Del Mar CA4/1 D082578 · 2024-12-16 · civil · affirmed
  23. Izard v. The Scripps Research Institute CA4/1 D082648 · 2024-11-21 · civil · affirmed
  24. Jackson v. Cal. State Personnel Board CA4/1 D082160 · 2024-10-30 · civil · affirmed
  25. Coronado Citizens etc. v. City of Coronado CA4/1 D082360 · 2024-07-23 · civil · reversed