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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 17 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

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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. Willis v. The Walt Disney Company D084434 · 2025-11-04 · civil · reversed
  2. Willis v. The Walt Disney Company CA4/1 D084434 · 2025-10-20 · civil · reversed
  3. Save Our Access v. City of San Diego D084132A · 2025-10-17 · civil · reversed
  4. Save Our Access v. City of San Diego D084132 · 2025-10-17 · civil · reversed
  5. Lacher v. Liberty Surplus Ins. Corp. CA4/1 D084439 · 2025-07-24 · civil · reversed
  6. Cirignano v. Miranda CA4/1 D084455 · 2025-05-07 · civil · reversed
  7. Coronado Citizens etc. v. City of Coronado CA4/1 D082360 · 2024-07-23 · civil · reversed
  8. Barba v. Bonta CA4/1 D081194 · 2023-11-17 · civil · reversed
  9. Duff v. Jaguar Land Rover North America, LLC D078100 · 2022-01-27 · civil · reversed
  10. Haytasingh v. City of San Diego D076228S · 2021-11-10 · civil · reversed
  11. Haytasingh v. City of San Diego D076228 · 2021-07-09 · civil · reversed
  12. Wasserman v. Lustigson CA4/1 D076048 · 2021-01-21 · civil · reversed
  13. Cal. Ins. Guarantee Assn. v. San Diego County Schools etc. D074360 · 2019-10-30 · civil · reversed
  14. Koenig v. Warner Unified School District D072463 · 2019-10-11 · civil · reversed
  15. Citizens for Beach Rights v. City of San Diego D069638 · 2017-04-20 · civil · reversed
  16. Lee v. Silveira D068835A · 2016-12-05 · civil · reversed
  17. Mitchell v. Delphinus Engineering, Inc. CA4/1 D065854 · 2015-07-14 · civil · reversed