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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 sat on (every role)

  1. Sinclair v. Praxair CA4/1 D063578 · 2014-08-20 · civil · affirmed
  2. People v. Mason CA4/1 D064346 · 2014-08-13 · criminal · affirmed
  3. In re Jordan W. CA4/1 D065452 · 2014-08-07 · dependency · reversed in part
  4. People v. Evans CA4/1 D064810 · 2014-08-06 · criminal · affirmed
  5. People v. Teal CA4/1 D064959 · 2014-08-06 · criminal · affirmed
  6. In re Mason P. CA4/1 D065767 · 2014-08-04 · dependency · affirmed
  7. People v. Thornton CA4/1 D065230 · 2014-08-01 · criminal · affirmed
  8. People v. O'Rourke CA4/1 D065466 · 2014-07-31 · criminal · modified
  9. People v. Smith CA4/1 D065632 · 2014-07-31 · criminal · affirmed
  10. People v. Thomas CA4/1 D065633 · 2014-07-31 · criminal · affirmed
  11. Atlas Allied v. San Diego Community College Dist. CA4/1 D061295 · 2014-07-30 · civil · affirmed
  12. People v. Thornton CA4/1 D065701 · 2014-07-29 · criminal · affirmed
  13. Riazati v. County of San Diego CA4/1 D063941 · 2014-07-28 · civil · affirmed
  14. Yamamoto v. Brown CA4/1 D062910 · 2014-07-24 · civil · reversed in part
  15. Save Our Heritage Organisation v. County of San Diego CA4/1 D064006 · 2014-07-22 · criminal · reversed
  16. Sommer v. Brave CA4/1 D064015 · 2014-07-22 · civil · affirmed
  17. People v. Mays CA4/1 D065616 · 2014-07-22 · criminal · reversed in part
  18. In re L.S. CA4/1 D065226 · 2014-07-21 · dependency · affirmed
  19. People v. Aguirre CA4/1 D065619 · 2014-07-17 · criminal · affirmed
  20. People v. Valencia CA4/1 D062774 · 2014-07-15 · criminal · modified
  21. People v. Acevedo CA4/1 D065465 · 2014-07-14 · criminal · affirmed
  22. People v. Virrey CA4/1 D066185 · 2014-07-14 · criminal · affirmed
  23. People v. Mendoza CA4/1 D064586 · 2014-07-11 · criminal · affirmed
  24. Curtin v. Keenan CA4/1 D064135 · 2014-07-11 · civil · reversed
  25. T.D. v. Super. Ct. CA4/1 D065644 · 2014-07-10 · dependency · writ denied