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 reviewed on appeal (every role)
- Moore v. Regents of the University of California
- Darrington v. United Parcel Service CA4/1
- Joyce v. Volt Management Corp. CA4/1
- Gaslamp Phase Two v. Gelateria Frizzante CA4/1
- Stump v. Sierra Club CA4/1
- Bank of Southern California v. D&D Goryoka CA4/1
- Bottini v. City of San Diego CA4/1
- Webb v. Cox Communications California CA4/1
- Seaport Village v. Terramar Retail Centers CA4/1
- Griffin v. The Haunted Hotel, Inc.
- Griffin v. The Haunted Hotel CA4/1
- Plikaytis v. Fairmount, LP CA4/1
- Eng v. B.L.E. Fish CA4/1
- Mitchell v. Delphinus Engineering, Inc. CA4/1
- Shore v. Waring Court etc. Med. Group CA4/1
- Marriage of Jackson CA4/1