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Matthew Brower

Judge · Superior Court of San Diego County · 2020–2025

Sitting now: Dept. 1302, Central Courthouse — CRIMINAL TRIALS (the court's data of 01:00AM 12 Oct 2026)

Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Diego 2019–

C+
67% — 18 of 27 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 46% of 306 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.

11cases reviewed on appeal
9%reversed, in whole or part, of 11 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 9 reversed 1 modified 1

Areas

family 6 civil 5

By year: 2025 3 · 2021 3 · 2022 2 · 2024 1 · 2023 1 · 2020 1 ·

Analysis

20reviewed cases analysed
73rulings read
0rulings where the model disagrees with the court
3cases 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

  1. Mendoza v. Khan CA4/1 D085587 · 2025-12-16 · family · affirmed
  2. Zimmergarger v. Cimbat CA4/1 D084569 · 2025-03-28 · civil · affirmed
  3. Marriage of MacGillivray CA4/1 D083469 · 2025-02-18 · family · affirmed
  4. Marriage of Barton and Walsh CA4/1 D081472 · 2024-07-23 · family · affirmed
  5. S.W. v. J.W. CA4/1 D080558 · 2023-08-07 · family · affirmed
  6. Marriage of Rodgers CA4/1 D079456 · 2022-08-29 · family · reversed
  7. Marriage of Conner CA4/1 D079248 · 2022-05-19 · family · modified
  8. N.R. v. Shapouri CA4/1 D076017M · 2021-08-09 · civil · affirmed
  9. Arnold v. Toole CA4/1 D077295 · 2021-07-20 · civil · affirmed
  10. N.R. v. Shapouri CA4/1 D076017 · 2021-07-19 · civil · affirmed
  11. Cox v. Wilson CA4/1 D076492 · 2020-10-16 · civil · affirmed