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Marian F. Gaston

Judge · Superior Court of San Diego County · 2020–2026

Sitting now: Dept. 1103, Central Courthouse — FELONY DISPO (the court's data of 01:00AM 17 Oct 2026)

Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Diego 2015–

A+
87% — 58 of 67 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 8% 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.

47cases reviewed on appeal
11%reversed, in whole or part, of 45 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 38 reversed 5 modified 2 dismissed 2

Areas

dependency 31 criminal 14 other 1 delinquency 1

By year: 2021 19 · 2020 7 · 2026 6 · 2022 6 · 2023 4 · 2025 3 · 2024 2 ·

Analysis

93reviewed cases analysed
233rulings read
1rulings where the model disagrees with the court
8cases 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 reviewed on appeal (every role)

  1. In re K.R. CA4/1 D078966 · 2021-09-20 · dependency · affirmed
  2. In re J.A. CA4/1 D078876 · 2021-08-27 · dependency · reversed
  3. In re E.B. CA4/1 D078462 · 2021-08-03 · dependency · affirmed
  4. In re B.D. D078014 · 2021-07-27 · dependency · reversed
  5. In re L.S. CA4/1 D078535 · 2021-07-22 · dependency · affirmed
  6. In re D.G. CA4/1 D078326 · 2021-07-19 · dependency · affirmed
  7. In re F.N. CA4/1 D078573 · 2021-07-16 · dependency · reversed
  8. In re N.T. CA4/1 D078590 · 2021-07-09 · dependency · affirmed
  9. In re J.M. CA4/1 D078384 · 2021-06-25 · dependency · affirmed
  10. In re S.A. CA4/1 D078500 · 2021-05-18 · dependency · affirmed
  11. In re A.C. CA4/1 D078335 · 2021-05-07 · dependency · affirmed
  12. In re B.D. CA4/1 D078014 · 2021-05-06 · dependency · affirmed
  13. In re A.D. CA4/1 D078196 · 2021-04-08 · dependency · affirmed
  14. In re H.H. CA4/1 D078221 · 2021-02-25 · dependency · affirmed
  15. In re I.S. CA4/1 D077949 · 2021-01-26 · dependency · affirmed
  16. In re P v. CA4/1 D077410 · 2020-12-24 · dependency · affirmed
  17. In re N.T. CA4/1 D077580 · 2020-11-25 · dependency · dismissed
  18. In re Alicia G. CA4/1 D077710 · 2020-11-16 · dependency · affirmed
  19. In re C.B. CA4/1 D077667 · 2020-11-06 · dependency · affirmed
  20. In re D.W. CA4/1 D077097 · 2020-10-28 · dependency · affirmed
  21. In re D.D. CA4/1 D077360 · 2020-09-18 · dependency · affirmed
  22. In re Anna Z. CA4/1 D077267 · 2020-08-26 · dependency · affirmed