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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 17 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 reviewed on appeal (every role)

  1. In re D.D. CA4/1 D067618 · 2015-07-10 · dependency · affirmed
  2. In re Alexia G. CA4/1 D067457 · 2015-06-03 · dependency · affirmed
  3. In re Jason W. CA4/1 D067040M · 2015-05-04 · dependency · reversed in part
  4. In re Jasmine O. CA4/1 D066526 · 2015-04-21 · dependency · affirmed
  5. In re W.D. CA4/1 D066601 · 2015-03-25 · dependency · affirmed
  6. In re Logan C. CA4/1 D066433 · 2015-03-16 · dependency · affirmed
  7. In re Emanuel S. CA4/1 D066754 · 2015-03-11 · dependency · affirmed
  8. In re G.D. CA4/1 D066300 · 2015-02-17 · dependency · affirmed
  9. In re Josiah W. CA4/1 D066154 · 2015-02-04 · family · affirmed
  10. In re Jamie S. CA4/1 D066066 · 2014-12-31 · dependency · affirmed
  11. In re Angel T. CA4/1 D066082 · 2014-12-22 · dependency · affirmed
  12. In re W.L. CA4/1 D066042 · 2014-12-17 · dependency · affirmed
  13. In re M.Y. CA4/1 D065356 · 2014-11-13 · dependency · affirmed
  14. In re Alexis A. CA4/1 D066047 · 2014-11-12 · dependency · affirmed
  15. In re D.C. CA4/1 D066079 · 2014-10-24 · dependency · affirmed
  16. In re K.S. CA4/1 D065636 · 2014-10-07 · dependency · affirmed
  17. In re Adrian T. CA4/1 D065809 · 2014-09-29 · dependency · affirmed
  18. In re Miriam N. CA4/1 D065621 · 2014-09-19 · dependency · affirmed
  19. In re H.R. CA4/1 D065355 · 2014-09-15 · dependency · affirmed
  20. In re B.A. CA4/1 D065663 · 2014-08-27 · dependency · affirmed
  21. In re Jordan W. CA4/1 D065452 · 2014-08-07 · dependency · reversed in part
  22. In re C.C. CA4/1 D064921 · 2014-07-17 · dependency · affirmed
  23. Sandra C. v. Super. Ct. CA4/1 D065494 · 2014-06-11 · dependency · writ denied
  24. In re J.P. CA4/1 D065193 · 2014-05-23 · dependency · affirmed
  25. In re Josh Q. CA4/1 D064748 · 2014-04-08 · dependency · affirmed