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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 reviewed on appeal (every role)

  1. Valera v. Countrywide Home Loans CA4/2 E061393 · 2015-08-25 · civil · affirmed
  2. Jaquez v. City of Victorville CA4/3 G050278 · 2015-03-03 · civil · affirmed
  3. Lydig Construction, Inc. v. Martinez Steel Corp. D066854 · 2015-02-26 · civil · affirmed
  4. Linares v. Bank of America CA4/2 E057884 · 2014-11-06 · civil · affirmed
  5. People v. Cisneros CA4/2 E058626 · 2014-09-10 · criminal · modified
  6. People v. Simmons CA4/2 E057015 · 2014-05-07 · criminal · reversed in part
  7. The People v. Menjivar CA4/2 E055008 · 2013-09-18 · criminal · affirmed
  8. The People v. Rivera CA4/2 E056830 · 2013-09-12 · criminal · affirmed
  9. P. v. Litonjua CA4/2 E056854 · 2013-05-21 · criminal · affirmed
  10. People v. Archuleta CA4/2 E054427 · 2013-02-28 · criminal · affirmed