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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 17 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. Green CA4/1 D081409 · 2023-12-26 · criminal · affirmed
  2. People v. Samoata CA4/1 D080333 · 2023-11-27 · criminal · affirmed
  3. People v. Stuart CA4/1 D081141 · 2023-08-10 · criminal · affirmed
  4. People v. Edelen CA4/1 D080277 · 2023-04-21 · criminal · affirmed
  5. People v. Chavez CA4/1 D080465 · 2023-03-10 · criminal · affirmed
  6. People v. Gold CA4/1 D079290 · 2022-12-21 · criminal · affirmed
  7. In re M.S. CA4/1 D078954 · 2021-09-28 · dependency · affirmed
  8. In re I.T. CA4/1 D078807 · 2021-09-20 · dependency · affirmed
  9. People v. Greer CA4/1 D077831 · 2021-03-18 · criminal · affirmed
  10. In re L.L. D071661 · 2017-08-03 · dependency · reversed in part
  11. In re A.C. D071772 · 2017-07-21 · dependency · affirmed
  12. In re Michael v. CA4/1 D070148 · 2016-09-26 · dependency · affirmed
  13. John G. v. Superior Court CA4/1 D070074 · 2016-08-23 · dependency · writ denied
  14. In re E.W. CA4/1 D069675 · 2016-08-01 · dependency · affirmed
  15. In re A.L. CA4/1 D068988 · 2016-03-14 · dependency · affirmed
  16. In re Andy M. CA4/1 D068163 · 2016-01-08 · dependency · affirmed
  17. In re M.E. CA4/1 D068148 · 2015-12-11 · dependency · affirmed
  18. In re Sophia M. CA4/1 D068450 · 2015-12-10 · family · affirmed
  19. In re A.R. CA4/1 D067707 · 2015-10-19 · dependency · affirmed
  20. San Diego County Health & Human Services Agency v. Christine L. D067729 · 2015-09-30 · dependency · affirmed
  21. In re L.A. CA4/1 D067458 · 2015-09-28 · dependency · affirmed
  22. In re D.S. CA4/1 D068131 · 2015-09-18 · dependency · reversed
  23. In re K.C. CA4/1 D067793 · 2015-09-18 · dependency · affirmed
  24. Jennifer C. v. Super. Ct. CA4/1 D068224 · 2015-09-09 · dependency · writ denied
  25. In re Mia S. CA4/1 D067727 · 2015-08-21 · dependency · affirmed