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Katherine Bacal

Judge · Superior Court of San Diego County · 2016–2023

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

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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

civil 14

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

  1. Elfin Forest Harmony Grove Town Council v. County of San Diego CA4/1 D077611 · 2021-10-14 · civil · reversed in part
  2. Kivel v. McInerney CA4/1 D074173 · 2021-03-17 · civil · reversed in part
  3. McMillin Management Services v. Financial Pacific Ins. Co. D069814 · 2017-11-14 · civil · reversed in part