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Alex C. McDonald

Justice, Court of Appeal · California Court of Appeal, Fourth District, Division One · 1995–2016

Associate Justice, California Court of Appeal, 4th District 1995–2016

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98% — 539.0 of 548 opinions sound, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 52% of 80 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.

582opinions authored
1,288panels sat on (not as author)

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 authored (every role)

  1. Staniforth v. Judges' Retirement System D064111 · 2014-05-29 · civil · reversed in part
  2. People v. Glass CA4/1 D063968 · 2014-05-27 · criminal · affirmed
  3. People v. Turner CA4/1 D065057 · 2014-05-20 · criminal · affirmed
  4. Staniforth v. The Judges Retirement System CA4/1 D064111 · 2014-05-19 · civil · reversed in part
  5. Hall v. Rite Aid Corp. D062909 · 2014-05-16 · civil · reversed
  6. People v. Snavely CA4/1 D063684 · 2014-05-15 · other · affirmed
  7. Orion Communications, Inc. v. Superior Court No. D064979 · 2014-05-14 · civil
  8. People v. Cosby CA4/1 D064512 · 2014-05-14 · criminal · affirmed
  9. Orion Communications v. Super. Ct. D064979 · 2014-05-14 · civil · writ granted
  10. Square One, Inc. v. Superior Court CA4/1 D064840 · 2014-05-13 · civil · writ denied
  11. Cafagna v. Superior Court CA4/1 D065339 · 2014-05-12 · civil · writ denied
  12. People v. El Mir CA4/1 D063375 · 2014-05-12 · criminal · affirmed
  13. People v. Sanez CA4/1 D064020 · 2014-05-09 · criminal · affirmed
  14. In re Elmer A. CA4/1 D064536 · 2014-05-07 · delinquency · reversed
  15. Wai Feng Trading Co. v. Superior Court CA4/1 D064970 · 2014-05-05 · civil · writ granted
  16. Hall v. Rite Aid Corp. CA4/1 D062909 · 2014-05-02 · civil · reversed
  17. Castro v. Haugh D063857 · 2014-04-24 · family · reversed
  18. Vanderpol v. Starr CA4/1 D062350 · 2014-04-24 · civil · affirmed
  19. In re Madison T. CA4/1 D064709 · 2014-04-17 · dependency · affirmed
  20. Horath v. Hess D063124, D063709 · 2014-04-10 · civil · reversed in part
  21. People v. Degrate CA4/1 D064861 · 2014-04-08 · criminal · affirmed
  22. People v. Warneckedavis CA4/1 D064686 · 2014-04-04 · criminal · affirmed
  23. Farah v. Mohamud CA4/1 D062585 · 2014-04-01 · civil · affirmed
  24. In re Luis N. CA4/1 D064787 · 2014-04-01 · dependency · affirmed
  25. People v. Jefferson CA4/1 D063977 · 2014-03-26 · criminal · reversed in part