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Kenneth J. Medel

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

Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Diego 2010–

A
86% — 157 of 182 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 9% 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.

112cases reviewed on appeal
15%reversed, in whole or part, of 107 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 90 reversed 10 reversed in part 6 writ granted 2 writ denied 2 modified 1 dismissed 1

Areas

civil 63 dependency 47 probate 1 family 1

By year: 2014 21 · 2021 15 · 2023 14 · 2015 13 · 2020 8 · 2016 8 · 2013 8 · 2025 7 · 2024 7 · 2022 6 · 2019 4 · 2026 1 ·

Analysis

214reviewed cases analysed
598rulings read
2rulings where the model disagrees with the court
33cases with a verified missed authority
1appellate 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. In re D.L. CA4/1 D067300 · 2015-07-13 · dependency · affirmed
  2. In re G.B. CA4/1 D067330 · 2015-07-10 · dependency · affirmed
  3. In re H.H. CA4/1 D066690 · 2015-06-08 · dependency · reversed in part
  4. In re A.G. CA4/1 D066869 · 2015-06-04 · dependency · reversed in part
  5. In re Rylee D066466 · 2015-02-25 · dependency · affirmed
  6. In re D.K. CA4/1 D066799 · 2015-02-10 · dependency · affirmed
  7. Nicole B. v. Super. Ct. CA4/1 D066874 · 2015-02-05 · dependency · writ denied
  8. In re A.H. CA4/1 D065870 · 2015-01-06 · dependency · affirmed
  9. C.S. v. Super. Ct. CA4/1 D066543 · 2014-11-25 · dependency · writ denied
  10. In re M.M. CA4/1 D066132 · 2014-11-21 · dependency · affirmed
  11. In re I.P. CA4/1 D065735 · 2014-11-13 · dependency · affirmed
  12. In re J.B. CA4/1 D065811 · 2014-10-10 · dependency · affirmed
  13. In re R.E. CA4/1 D065648 · 2014-10-07 · dependency · affirmed
  14. In re K.B. CA4/1 D065227 · 2014-09-09 · dependency · affirmed
  15. In re R.M. CA4/1 D065715 · 2014-09-09 · dependency · affirmed
  16. Yamamoto v. Brown CA4/1 D062910 · 2014-07-24 · civil · reversed in part
  17. Zataren v. Casarez CA4/1 D064052 · 2014-07-22 · civil · affirmed
  18. In re D.D. CA4/1 D065348 · 2014-07-02 · dependency · affirmed
  19. In re C.M. CA4/1 D065071 · 2014-06-27 · dependency · affirmed
  20. In re J.S. CA4/1 D065096 · 2014-06-04 · dependency · affirmed
  21. In re S.L.CA4/1 D064635 · 2014-05-22 · dependency · affirmed
  22. In re Scarlett R. CA4/1 D065122 · 2014-05-13 · dependency · affirmed
  23. In re Lana S. CA4/1 D064610 · 2014-04-15 · dependency · affirmed
  24. In re T.J. CA4/1 D064559 · 2014-03-19 · dependency · affirmed
  25. In re Jermaine W. CA4/1 D064691 · 2014-02-25 · dependency · affirmed