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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. Lopez CA4/1 D085550M · 2026-03-19 · criminal · reversed
  2. People v. Lopez CA4/1 D085550 · 2026-02-26 · criminal · reversed
  3. In re K.Z. CA4/1 D079358 · 2022-08-17 · delinquency · reversed
  4. People v. Ruiz D076580 · 2020-12-30 · criminal · reversed