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Kim Garlin Dunning

Judge · Superior Court of Orange County · 2003–2022

Presiding Justice, Superior Court of California, County of Orange 2009–2010

F
provisional — 44% — 4 of 9 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; would rank in the top 89% of 312 graded judges, but ten rulings are needed for a standing letter — 9 so far

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.

44cases reviewed on appeal
31%reversed, in whole or part, of 36 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 25 reversed 7 writ granted 6 reversed in part 4 writ denied 1 other 1

Areas

civil 39 criminal 4 family 1

By year: 2014 12 · 2015 8 · 2013 5 · 2019 4 · 2018 4 · 2017 4 · 2016 4 · 2022 1 · 2020 1 · 2003 1 ·

Analysis

7 of this judge's reviewed cases have an analysis; counts are shown from 10.

Cases

  1. Pacificare Life & Health Ins. Co. v. Lara CA4/3 G056160 · 2022-05-03 · civil · reversed
  2. Marentes v. Impac Funding Corp. CA4/2 G057616 · 2020-09-11 · civil · affirmed
  3. Southern Cal. Pizza Co., LLC v. Certain Underwriters, etc. G056243 · 2019-09-20 · civil · reversed
  4. Guillory v. Hill G054027M · 2019-06-26 · civil · affirmed
  5. Guillory v. Hill G054027 · 2019-06-25 · civil · affirmed
  6. Orange County Water Dist. v. The Arnold Engineering Co. D070763 · 2019-01-10 · civil · reversed
  7. PacifiCare Life & Health Ins. Co. v. Jones G053914 · 2018-09-20 · civil · reversed
  8. Abbott Laboratories v. Superior Court D072577M · 2018-06-27 · civil · writ granted
  9. Abbott Laboratories v. Super. Ct. D072577 · 2018-05-31 · civil · writ granted
  10. Hernandez v. Rancho Santiago Community College Dist. G054563 · 2018-05-03 · criminal · affirmed
  11. Kizer v. Tristar Risk Management G052558 · 2017-07-26 · civil · affirmed
  12. Orange Co. Water Dist. v. Alcoa D070771M · 2017-06-22 · civil · reversed in part
  13. Orange County Water Dist. v. Alcoa Global Fasteners D070771 · 2017-06-01 · civil · reversed in part
  14. Orange County Water Dist. v. MAG Aerospace Industries D070562 · 2017-06-01 · civil · affirmed
  15. Moran v. Prime Healthcare G051391 · 2016-10-05 · civil · reversed
  16. Marriage of Cuk CA4/3 G050229 · 2016-06-27 · family · affirmed
  17. Charton v. Harkey G050514 · 2016-05-24 · civil · reversed in part
  18. Carbajal v. CWPSC, Inc. G050438 · 2016-02-26 · civil · affirmed
  19. Abedi v. Sheikhpour CA4/3 G050361 · 2015-12-16 · criminal · affirmed
  20. Yu v. Northland Insurance Co. CA4/3 G050776 · 2015-12-01 · criminal · reversed
  21. Valdovinos v. American Logistics Co. CA4/3 G049797 · 2015-10-07 · civil · affirmed
  22. WA Southwest 2, LLC v. First American Title Insurance G050445 · 2015-09-04 · civil · affirmed
  23. Bae v. BMW of North America CA4/3 G049547 · 2015-08-19 · civil · other
  24. Kaghazchi v. Mercedes-Benz Financial CA4/3 G049981 · 2015-08-10 · civil · affirmed
  25. Golba v. Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. G049611 · 2015-07-24 · civil · affirmed