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 17 Oct 2026)

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

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

Cameron D. v. Superior Court CA4/1 D065584 · 2014-06-27 · dependency · writ granted