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Michael A. Knish

Temporary judge · 2012–2026

Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino 2012– · , Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino 2003–2012

C+
67% — 8 of 12 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 45% 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.

27cases reviewed on appeal
38%reversed, in whole or part, of 26 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 15 reversed 6 reversed in part 4 modified 1 dismissed 1

Areas

criminal 26 family 1

By year: 2020 8 · 2023 5 · 2026 4 · 2021 3 · 2025 2 · 2024 2 · 2022 1 · 2015 1 · 2012 1 ·

Analysis

14reviewed cases analysed
36rulings 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. People v. Garcia CA4/2 E083699 · 2026-05-27 · criminal · affirmed
  2. People v. Van CA4/2 E086566 · 2026-01-20 · criminal · affirmed
  3. People v. Lobato CA4/1 D083304 · 2025-01-24 · criminal · affirmed
  4. People v. Gonzalez CA4/1 D082156 · 2024-10-01 · criminal · affirmed
  5. People v. Moya CA4/2 E078578 · 2023-08-30 · criminal · affirmed
  6. People v. Marks CA4/1 D080984 · 2023-02-22 · criminal · affirmed
  7. People v. Palacios CA4/2 E074054A · 2023-01-26 · criminal · affirmed
  8. People v. Henderson CA4/1 D081008 · 2023-01-12 · criminal · affirmed
  9. People v. Hernandez CA4/2 E075338 · 2022-02-16 · criminal · affirmed
  10. People v. Seipel CA4/2 E075442 · 2021-08-06 · criminal · affirmed
  11. People v. Palacios E074054 · 2020-12-17 · criminal · affirmed
  12. People v. Palacios CA4/2 E074054 · 2020-12-01 · criminal · affirmed
  13. People v. Bray CA4/2 E071787 · 2020-09-15 · criminal · affirmed
  14. People v. Hamilton CA4/2 E074579 · 2020-08-17 · criminal · affirmed
  15. Marriage of Vallo and Dudley CA4/2 E060506 · 2015-05-11 · family · affirmed