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Michael A. Sachs

Judge · Superior Court of San Bernardino County · 2013–2026

Presiding Justice, Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino 2020–2021 · , Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino 2018–2019 · Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino 2007–2018

A++
94% — 17 of 18 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 1% 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.

35cases reviewed on appeal
29%reversed, in whole or part, of 34 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 22 reversed 8 reversed in part 2 modified 2 writ granted 1

Areas

civil 27 criminal 8

By year: 2024 8 · 2025 6 · 2013 4 · 2021 3 · 2016 3 · 2015 3 · 2014 3 · 2026 1 · 2023 1 · 2020 1 · 2018 1 · 2017 1 ·

Analysis

14reviewed cases analysed
45rulings read
2rulings where the model disagrees with the court
4cases 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. Brennan Lynn v. Murphy CA4/3 G064470 · 2026-04-15 · civil · affirmed
  2. Allen v. Patel E082051 · 2025-12-23 · civil · affirmed
  3. Allen v. Patel CA4/2 E082051 · 2025-12-01 · civil · affirmed
  4. Sanchez v. Prime Healthcare Management CA4/1 D084805 · 2025-10-23 · civil · affirmed
  5. Mendoza v. Loma Linda University Shared Services CA4/1 D083320 · 2025-07-18 · civil · affirmed
  6. Moresun Development v. Village Park Redlands Homeowners Assn. CA4/2 E081821 · 2024-08-22 · civil · affirmed
  7. Rummell v. Lindsey CA4/1 D083422 · 2024-06-20 · civil · affirmed
  8. Seth v. Stater Bros. Markets CA4/2 E080176 · 2024-03-19 · civil · affirmed
  9. Valadez v. Valadez CA4/1 D083002 · 2023-12-14 · civil · affirmed
  10. Martinez v. Morgan Stanley Mortgage Loan Trust CA4/2 E072075 · 2021-12-15 · civil · affirmed
  11. Mehdi v. Abbas CA4/2 E073055 · 2021-11-10 · civil · affirmed
  12. People v. Murphy CA4/2 E062132 · 2016-06-17 · criminal · affirmed
  13. Anderson v. Blue Cross of California CA4/2 E061976 · 2016-03-16 · civil · affirmed
  14. Bucur v. Ahmad D068689 · 2016-01-26 · civil · affirmed
  15. Valera v. Countrywide Home Loans CA4/2 E061393 · 2015-08-25 · civil · affirmed
  16. Jaquez v. City of Victorville CA4/3 G050278 · 2015-03-03 · civil · affirmed
  17. Lydig Construction, Inc. v. Martinez Steel Corp. D066854 · 2015-02-26 · civil · affirmed
  18. Linares v. Bank of America CA4/2 E057884 · 2014-11-06 · civil · affirmed
  19. The People v. Menjivar CA4/2 E055008 · 2013-09-18 · criminal · affirmed
  20. The People v. Rivera CA4/2 E056830 · 2013-09-12 · criminal · affirmed
  21. P. v. Litonjua CA4/2 E056854 · 2013-05-21 · criminal · affirmed
  22. People v. Archuleta CA4/2 E054427 · 2013-02-28 · criminal · affirmed