Katherine Bacal
Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Diego 2008–
A--
78% — 29 of 37 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 19% 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.
14cases reviewed on appeal
21%reversed, in whole or part, of 14 merits decisions
Outcomes on appeal
affirmed 10 reversed in part 3 modified 1
Areas
By year: 2020 4 · 2023 2 · 2022 2 · 2021 2 · 2017 2 · 2016 2 ·
Analysis
28reviewed cases analysed
110rulings read
0rulings where the model disagrees with the court
3cases with a verified missed authority
0appellate 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
- BMR Summers Ridge v. H.G. Fenton Co. CA4/1
- Save Our Access v. City of San Diego
- Elfin Forest Harmony Grove Town Council v. County of San Diego CA4/1
- Sellers v. World Financial Group CA4/1
- Elfin Forest Harmony Grove Town Council v. County of San Diego CA4/1
- Kivel v. McInerney CA4/1
- T.M. v. County of San Diego CA4/1
- N.G. v. County of San Diego
- Stahl Law Firm v. Apex Medical Technologies CA4/1
- Stahl Law Firm v. Apex Medical Technologies CA4/1
- McMillin Management Services v. Financial Pacific Ins. Co.
- Minnick v. Automotive Creations, Inc.
- Chau v. Citibank CA4/1
- Wells Fargo Bank v. Kabbai CA4/1