Katherine A. Bacal
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–
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.
Outcomes on appeal
affirmed 55 reversed 17 reversed in part 9 writ granted 5 dismissed 5
Areas
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
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
- San Diego Unified School Dist. v. Super. Ct.
- Reilly Financial Advisors v. Cariani CA4/1
- Karma Capital v. Nakhleh CA4/1
- Strata Equity Global v. Persky CA4/1
- Faulkner v. Pringle CA4/1
- Faulkner v. Pringle CA4/1
- Barba v. Bonta CA4/1
- Preserve Wild Santee v. City of Santee CA4/1
- Shakespeare v. National Steel and Shipbuilding Co. CA4/1
- Zorikova v. Pease CA4/3
- Roller v. Brady CA4/1
- Zorikova v. Pease CA4/3
- Zorikova v. Pease CA4/3
- Stahl Law Firm v. Apex Medical Technologies CA4/1
- Sierra Club v. County of San Diego CA4/1
- Elliott v. Maland CA4/1
- Hamideh v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. CA4/1
- Duff v. Jaguar Land Rover North America, LLC
- Duff v. Jaguar Land Rover North America CA4/1
- Davis v. Purple Mountain Empire X CA4/1
- Sierra Club v. County of San Diego CA4/1
- 1141 East 7th Street Note v. Balderacchi CA4/1
- State Farm General Ins. Co. v. Lara
- Haytasingh v. City of San Diego
- State Farm General Insurance Company v. Lara