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Laura J. Birkmeyer

Judge · Superior Court of San Diego County · 2013–2026

Sitting now: Dept. 1701, Central Courthouse — CRIMINAL TRIALS (the court's data of 01:00AM 14 Oct 2026)

Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Diego 2005–

A
85% — 66 of 78 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 10% 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.

65cases reviewed on appeal
15%reversed, in whole or part, of 61 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 51 reversed in part 5 reversed 4 writ denied 2 dismissed 2 modified 1

Areas

dependency 53 criminal 7 family 3 civil 2

By year: 2014 23 · 2016 13 · 2015 13 · 2013 8 · 2023 4 · 2024 2 · 2026 1 · 2017 1 ·

Analysis

127reviewed cases analysed
279rulings read
1rulings where the model disagrees with the court
20cases 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. Campos CA4/1 D086258 · 2026-06-22 · criminal · affirmed
  2. People v. Campos CA4/1 D083277 · 2024-11-26 · criminal · reversed
  3. People v. Halbert CA4/1 D082926 · 2024-07-26 · criminal · affirmed
  4. People v. Bland CA4/1 D080245 · 2023-09-21 · criminal · modified
  5. People v. Schindler CA4/1 D079900 · 2023-09-20 · criminal · reversed in part
  6. San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency v. Nikita A. CA4/1 D081790 · 2023-09-14 · civil · affirmed
  7. People v. Harris CA4/1 D080635 · 2023-07-27 · criminal · reversed
  8. In re C.M. D072056 · 2017-09-15 · dependency · reversed
  9. In re Jasmine F. CA4/1 D069918 · 2016-09-19 · dependency · affirmed
  10. In re J.M. CA4/1 D069410 · 2016-08-17 · dependency · affirmed
  11. In re Y.D. CA4/1 D069919 · 2016-08-11 · dependency · affirmed
  12. In re Kaitlyn S. CA4/1 D069787 · 2016-07-20 · dependency · affirmed
  13. In re J.A. CA4/1 D069543 · 2016-07-18 · dependency · affirmed
  14. In re N.O. CA4/1 D069529 · 2016-06-16 · dependency · affirmed
  15. In re N.W. CA4/1 D069598 · 2016-06-03 · dependency · affirmed
  16. In re L.G. CA4/1 D069266 · 2016-06-02 · dependency · affirmed
  17. In re K.B. CA4/1 D068879 · 2016-05-23 · dependency · affirmed
  18. In re H.J. CA4/1 D068936 · 2016-05-06 · dependency · reversed in part
  19. In re Andrew G. CA4/1 D069015 · 2016-05-04 · dependency · affirmed
  20. M.J. v. Superior Court CA4/1 D069334 · 2016-03-16 · dependency · writ denied
  21. In re S.D. CA4/1 D068762 · 2016-01-08 · dependency · dismissed
  22. In re Victoria M. CA4/1 D067989 · 2015-09-08 · dependency · affirmed
  23. In re Nathaniel L. CA4/1 D067280 · 2015-09-04 · dependency · affirmed
  24. In re Alberto F. CA4/1 D067838 · 2015-08-27 · dependency · affirmed
  25. In re Christian P. CA4/1 D067855 · 2015-08-21 · dependency · affirmed