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Layne H. Melzer

Judge · Superior Court of Orange County · 2020–2026

Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Orange 2016–

27cases reviewed on appeal
20%reversed, in whole or part, of 25 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 20 reversed 4 dismissed 2 reversed in part 1

Areas

civil 22 probate 2 criminal 2 family 1

By year: 2024 6 · 2021 6 · 2026 5 · 2020 4 · 2025 2 · 2023 2 · 2022 2 ·

Analysis

No analyses yet. When they exist, this shows counts of the model's findings across this judge's reviewed cases — with the court's own dispositions beside them, and only from 10 cases.

Cases

  1. City of Westminster v. Webb CA4/3 G065721 · 2026-09-03 · civil · dismissed
  2. Quality Loan Service Corp. v. Szanto CA4/3 G063598 · 2026-03-19 · probate · affirmed
  3. Greenville Ranch v. Bristol Retail XV CA4/3 G064903 · 2026-03-18 · civil · affirmed
  4. Skytte v. Skytte CA4/3 G064930 · 2026-01-26 · civil · affirmed
  5. Watson v. City of Santa Ana CA4/3 G064370 · 2026-01-06 · civil · affirmed
  6. Health and Wellness Lifestyle Club v. Grove Point Investments CA4/3 G064375 · 2025-12-10 · civil · affirmed
  7. Safavi v. Ritzau CA4/3 G062901 · 2025-05-06 · civil · reversed in part
  8. City of Westminster v. Webb CA4/3 G063189 · 2024-12-17 · civil · affirmed
  9. People v. Townsend Street Gang CA4/3 G062921 · 2024-10-25 · criminal · dismissed
  10. Shahbazi v. Kabir's Investment Corp. CA4/3 G062379 · 2024-09-18 · civil · affirmed
  11. Samuelian v. Life Generations Healthcare, LLC G061911M · 2024-09-16 · civil · reversed
  12. Samuelian v. Life Generations Healthcare, LLC G061911 · 2024-08-20 · civil · reversed
  13. Sail Exit Partners v. Schindler CA4/3 G062767 · 2024-06-05 · civil · affirmed
  14. UST Global v. Third Eye CA4/3 G061428 · 2023-08-21 · civil · affirmed
  15. City of Costa Mesa v. Enclave Assets CA4/3 G061200 · 2023-06-02 · civil · affirmed
  16. People v. Townsend Street Gang CA4/3 G060293 · 2022-07-14 · criminal · affirmed
  17. Shed v. Orange County Transportation Auth. CA4/3 G060109 · 2022-03-03 · civil · affirmed
  18. Cummins v. Aero-Tech Services CA4/3 G059085 · 2021-12-14 · probate · affirmed
  19. Seo v. Park CA4/3 G059444 · 2021-11-17 · civil · affirmed
  20. Ghafoori v. Advance Occupational and Hand Therapy Center CA4/3 G059486 · 2021-07-28 · civil · reversed
  21. Slovenec v. Masson & Fatini CA4/3 G058736 · 2021-07-12 · family · affirmed
  22. Beier v. Bank of America, J.A. CA4/3 G058753 · 2021-04-02 · civil · affirmed
  23. Reiner v. Cox Communications Cal., LLC CA4/3 G058487 · 2021-01-28 · civil · affirmed
  24. Sorensen v. Lam CA4/3 G058065 · 2020-12-04 · civil · affirmed
  25. Whynaught v. Regal Medical Group CA4/3 G058253 · 2020-10-13 · civil · affirmed