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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. In re Kimberly E. CA4/1 D067670 · 2015-07-30 · dependency · dismissed
  2. In re A.H. CA4/1 D067140 · 2015-07-21 · dependency · affirmed
  3. Jose S. v. Superior Court CA4/1 D067784 · 2015-07-20 · dependency · writ denied
  4. In re Kyler G. CA4/1 D067356 · 2015-07-08 · dependency · affirmed
  5. People v. Ricardez CA4/1 D064561 · 2015-06-09 · criminal · reversed in part
  6. In re S.M. CA4/1 D066498 · 2015-05-15 · dependency · affirmed
  7. In re A.B. CA4/1 D067273 · 2015-04-22 · dependency · affirmed
  8. In re Brianna P. CA4/1 D066530 · 2015-03-13 · dependency · affirmed
  9. People v. Bradford CA4/1 D064873 · 2015-03-04 · criminal · affirmed
  10. In re D.C. CA4/1 D066544 · 2015-02-23 · dependency · affirmed
  11. In re Robin D. CA4/1 D066222 · 2015-02-23 · dependency · affirmed
  12. In re J.D. CA4/1 D066649 · 2015-02-20 · dependency · affirmed
  13. In re Emmanuel E. CA4/1 D066472 · 2015-01-13 · dependency · affirmed
  14. In re Arianna M. CA4/1 D066178 · 2014-12-31 · dependency · affirmed
  15. People v. Lord CA4/1 D065024 · 2014-12-19 · criminal · affirmed
  16. V.H. v. Superior Court CA4/1 D066711 · 2014-12-15 · dependency · writ denied
  17. In re M.D. CA4/1 D065420 · 2014-12-12 · dependency · affirmed
  18. In re J.C. CA4/1 D065662 · 2014-11-25 · dependency · affirmed
  19. In re Juan Z. CA4/1 D065688 · 2014-11-19 · dependency · affirmed
  20. People v. Betancourt CA4/1 D065345 · 2014-10-02 · criminal · affirmed
  21. In re Le.B. CA4/1 D065371 · 2014-09-22 · dependency · affirmed
  22. In re Nickolas T. CA4/1 D065507 · 2014-09-18 · dependency · affirmed
  23. In re Alyssa A. CA4/1 D065357 · 2014-09-17 · family · reversed
  24. In re K.G. CA4/1 D066010 · 2014-09-17 · dependency · affirmed
  25. In re Daniel M. CA4/1 D065531 · 2014-08-27 · dependency · affirmed