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L. Brooks Anderholt

Judge · Superior Court of Imperial County · 2014–2026

Presiding Justice, Superior Court of California, County of Imperial 2019–2021 · Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Imperial 2013–2019

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52% — 23 of 44 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 79% 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.

29cases reviewed on appeal
33%reversed, in whole or part, of 27 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 17 reversed 6 reversed in part 3 writ granted 2 modified 1

Areas

civil 19 delinquency 8 probate 1 family 1

By year: 2024 5 · 2020 5 · 2021 4 · 2015 4 · 2023 3 · 2026 2 · 2022 2 · 2019 1 · 2017 1 · 2016 1 · 2014 1 ·

Analysis

53reviewed cases analysed
152rulings read
2rulings where the model disagrees with the court
6cases 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. Williams v. State Personnel Board CA4/1 D085468 · 2026-07-08 · civil · reversed
  2. Hill v. City of El Centro CA4/1 D084500 · 2026-02-11 · civil · reversed in part
  3. Hernandez v. The Vons Companies CA4/1 D082326 · 2024-12-20 · civil · reversed
  4. Slone v. El Centro Regional Medical Center D082341 · 2024-11-22 · civil · affirmed
  5. Slone v. El Centro Regional Medical Center CA4/1 D082341 · 2024-10-28 · civil · affirmed
  6. Loyd v. Imperial County Narcotics Task Force CA4/1 D081178 · 2024-08-20 · civil · affirmed
  7. Rigg v. Childers CA4/1 D081930 · 2024-03-18 · probate · affirmed
  8. Calexico Unified School Dist. v. City of Calexico CA4/1 D080686 · 2023-12-27 · civil · affirmed
  9. Housing Auth City of Calexico v. Multi-Housing Tax Credit Partners D079967 · 2023-08-28 · civil · reversed
  10. People v. Barahona CA4/1 D080864 · 2023-03-06 · delinquency · affirmed
  11. Moreles v. Herrera CA4/1 D077032 · 2022-04-12 · civil · affirmed
  12. Von Herrmann v. Super. Ct. D079157 · 2022-02-24 · civil · writ granted
  13. M.M. v. D.V. D077468 · 2021-07-19 · family · affirmed
  14. Bernal v. Carson CA4/1 D076997 · 2021-06-23 · civil · reversed
  15. City of Calexico v. Bergeson D076963 · 2021-05-13 · civil · affirmed
  16. Fail v. Department of Motor Vehicles CA4/1 D076364 · 2021-04-12 · civil · affirmed
  17. BMC West Corp. v. Town Center Courtyard CA4/1 D076123 · 2020-12-28 · civil · affirmed
  18. P. v. Holmes CA4/1 D076560 · 2020-11-19 · delinquency · affirmed
  19. Zazueta v. Imperial Heights Healthcare etc. CA4/1 D075879 · 2020-10-26 · civil · reversed
  20. Abatti v. Imperial Irrigation District D072850M · 2020-08-05 · civil · reversed in part
  21. Abatti v. Imperial Irrigation Dist. D072850 · 2020-07-16 · civil · reversed in part
  22. Oduyale v. California State Board of Pharmacy D073755 · 2019-10-15 · civil · reversed
  23. Blanchette v. Superior Court of Imperial County D070545 · 2017-02-10 · civil · writ granted
  24. People v. Gamez CA4/1 D067494 · 2016-04-18 · delinquency · affirmed
  25. People v. Gonzales D067554 · 2015-11-12 · delinquency · affirmed