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

Hill v. City of El Centro CA4/1 D084500 · 2026-02-11 · civil · reversed in part
Abatti v. Imperial Irrigation District D072850M · 2020-08-05 · civil · reversed in part
Abatti v. Imperial Irrigation Dist. D072850 · 2020-07-16 · civil · reversed in part