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Kathleen M. Lewis

Judge · Superior Court of San Diego County · 2013–2026

Sitting now: Dept. 14, East County Court — CRIMINAL (the court's data of 01:00AM 17 Oct 2026)

Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Diego 2006–

D-
55% — 35 of 64 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 73% 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.

50cases reviewed on appeal
18%reversed, in whole or part, of 50 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 38 reversed in part 5 reversed 4 modified 3

Areas

criminal 41 delinquency 7 civil 2

By year: 2015 8 · 2020 7 · 2014 7 · 2016 5 · 2013 5 · 2026 4 · 2022 4 · 2023 3 · 2025 2 · 2024 2 · 2021 2 · 2017 1 ·

Analysis

94reviewed cases analysed
220rulings read
0rulings where the model disagrees with the court
16cases 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. People v. Arthur CA4/1 D087819 · 2026-09-10 · criminal · affirmed
  2. People v. Lopez CA4/1 D085550M · 2026-03-19 · criminal · reversed
  3. People v. Lopez CA4/1 D085550 · 2026-02-26 · criminal · reversed
  4. People v. Ast CA4/1 D085737 · 2026-01-08 · criminal · affirmed
  5. People v. Plemmons CA4/1 D083528 · 2025-03-18 · criminal · affirmed
  6. People v. Taylor CA4/1 D082873 · 2024-10-16 · criminal · affirmed
  7. People v. Armburst CA4/1 D082174 · 2024-02-14 · criminal · affirmed
  8. People v. Williams CA4/1 D081848 · 2023-12-28 · criminal · affirmed
  9. People v. Najera CA4/1 D081780 · 2023-11-02 · criminal · affirmed
  10. People v. Gross CA4/1 D080743 · 2023-09-19 · criminal · affirmed
  11. People v. Ruiz D076580 · 2020-12-30 · criminal · reversed
  12. People v. Smith CA4/1 D075845M · 2020-11-02 · criminal · affirmed
  13. People v. Ruiz CA4/1 D076092 · 2020-10-13 · criminal · affirmed
  14. People v. Smith CA4/1 D075845 · 2020-10-07 · criminal · affirmed
  15. People v. Rodarte CA4/1 D076659 · 2020-08-25 · criminal · affirmed
  16. People v. Johnson D075097 · 2020-02-18 · criminal · affirmed
  17. People v. Goodrich D069515 · 2017-01-17 · criminal · affirmed
  18. People v. Moreno CA4/1 D069884 · 2016-08-31 · criminal · affirmed
  19. People v. Garcia CA4/1 D068728 · 2016-08-29 · criminal · affirmed
  20. People v. Williamson CA4/1 D069155 · 2016-06-22 · criminal · affirmed
  21. People v. Smith CA4/1 D068253 · 2016-02-24 · criminal · affirmed
  22. People v. Edwards CA4/1 D066007 · 2015-12-18 · criminal · reversed in part
  23. People v. Morales CA4/1 D066337 · 2015-11-12 · criminal · affirmed
  24. People v. Moore CA4/1 D067213 · 2015-10-09 · criminal · affirmed
  25. People v. Selena CA4/1 D065100 · 2015-09-01 · criminal · affirmed