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Kimberlee A. Lagotta

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

Sitting now: Dept. 1902, Central Courthouse — CRIMINAL TRIALS (the court's data of 01:00AM 15 Oct 2026)

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

A
85% — 88 of 103 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.

85cases reviewed on appeal
10%reversed, in whole or part, of 79 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 70 writ denied 4 reversed in part 4 reversed 4 writ granted 1 modified 1 dismissed 1

Areas

criminal 42 dependency 40 family 2 delinquency 1

By year: 2015 22 · 2014 18 · 2025 9 · 2024 9 · 2026 7 · 2023 5 · 2016 5 · 2013 4 · 2021 3 · 2017 2 · 2022 1 ·

Analysis

163reviewed cases analysed
373rulings read
1rulings where the model disagrees with the court
27cases 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. People v. Porter CA4/1 D084543 · 2026-08-14 · criminal · affirmed
  2. People v. House CA4/1 D085659 · 2026-08-10 · criminal · affirmed
  3. People v. Tunyan CA4/1 D085827 · 2026-05-28 · criminal · affirmed
  4. People v. Escovedo CA4/1 D085347 · 2026-05-05 · criminal · affirmed
  5. People v. Hill CA4/1 D083487 · 2026-02-27 · criminal · reversed in part
  6. People v. Shryack CA4/1 D084802 · 2026-02-25 · criminal · affirmed
  7. People v. Jones CA4/1 D085399 · 2026-01-06 · criminal · affirmed
  8. People v. Monroe CA4/1 D085630 · 2025-11-18 · criminal · affirmed
  9. In re Meki G. CA4/1 D085507 · 2025-11-18 · delinquency · affirmed
  10. People v. Cabral CA4/1 D084652M · 2025-11-06 · criminal · affirmed
  11. People v. Hartsfield CA4/1 D084114 · 2025-09-24 · criminal · affirmed
  12. People v. Santos CA4/1 D084629 · 2025-09-08 · criminal · affirmed
  13. People v. Barraza CA4/1 D083407 · 2025-07-01 · criminal · affirmed
  14. People v. Martinez CA4/1 D083984 · 2025-06-27 · criminal · affirmed
  15. People v. Nava CA4/1 D083903 · 2025-04-18 · criminal · affirmed
  16. People v. Koehl CA4/1 D083299 · 2025-04-08 · criminal · modified
  17. People v. Garcia D082237 · 2024-12-31 · criminal · reversed
  18. People v. Garcia CA4/1 D082237 · 2024-12-12 · criminal · reversed
  19. People v. Canela CA4/1 D082461 · 2024-12-11 · criminal · affirmed
  20. People v. Ellis D082304 · 2024-09-30 · criminal · affirmed
  21. People v. Samoata CA4/1 D080333B · 2024-08-02 · criminal · reversed in part
  22. People v. Fackler CA4/1 D082161 · 2024-06-28 · criminal · affirmed
  23. People v. Williams CA4/1 D081830 · 2024-05-28 · criminal · affirmed
  24. People v. Wilson CA4/1 D081652 · 2024-03-22 · criminal · affirmed
  25. People v. Cervantes CA4/1 D081281 · 2024-02-27 · criminal · affirmed