Marcella O. McLaughlin
Sitting now: Dept. 72, Hall of Justice (Assistant Supervising, Civil) (the court's data of 01:00AM 15 Oct 2026)
Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Diego 2018–
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52% — 14 of 27 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.
26cases reviewed on appeal
35%reversed, in whole or part, of 23 merits decisions
Outcomes on appeal
affirmed 13 reversed 7 writ granted 2 modified 2 reversed in part 1 dismissed 1
Areas
By year: 2026 9 · 2025 7 · 2024 4 · 2023 3 · 2021 2 · 2022 1 ·
Analysis
45reviewed cases analysed
109rulings read
1rulings where the model disagrees with the court
10cases with a verified missed authority
0appellate 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
- Peterson v. Mojdehi CA4/1
- Godshall v. Peterson
- Meza v. CoWorx Staffing Services CA4/1
- Godshall v. Peterson
- Martinez v. The Regents of the U. of Cal. CA4/1
- Godshall v. Peterson CA4/1
- Salazar v. Astalos CA4/1
- Qassimyar v. Ortega CA4/1
- Elasali v. Regents of the U. of Cal. CA4/1
- Pacific Equity Solutions v. Nicholson CA4/1
- Neubecker v. Evans Hotels, LLC CA4/1
- Avorh v. San Diego Community College Dist. CA4/1
- Avorh v. San Diego Community College Dist. CA4/1
- Johnson v. Crew Builders CA4/1
- San Diego Public Library Foundation v. Fuentes
- Wiegardt v. Cutting Edge Homes CA4/1
- People v. Neal CA4/1
- People v. Narsappa CA4/1
- CBRE v. Super. Ct.
- CBRE v. Super. Ct.
- People v. Stanhope CA4/1
- A.A. v. K.A. CA4/1
- People v. Hoyt CA4/1
- K.T. v. L.H. CA4/1
- Marriage of L.R. and K.A. CA4/1