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Michael B. Donner

Judge · Superior Court of Riverside County · 2013–2022

Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Riverside 2008–2019

D++
provisional — 60% — 3 of 5 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; would rank in the top 62% of 312 graded judges, but ten rulings are needed for a standing letter — 5 so far

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.

53cases reviewed on appeal
21%reversed, in whole or part, of 53 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 38 reversed in part 11 modified 4

Areas

criminal 51 civil 2

By year: 2014 15 · 2015 12 · 2013 12 · 2016 8 · 2022 2 · 2017 2 · 2021 1 · 2020 1 ·

Analysis

10reviewed cases analysed
21rulings read
0rulings where the model disagrees with the court
2cases 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. Boukes E077058 · 2022-09-29 · criminal · reversed in part
  2. People v. Gonzalez CA4/2 E077182 · 2022-04-26 · criminal · affirmed
  3. People v. Cordova CA4/2 E073199 · 2021-04-13 · criminal · affirmed
  4. People v. Boukes CA4/2 E072973 · 2020-12-04 · criminal · affirmed
  5. People v. Nguyen E066293 · 2017-12-11 · criminal · reversed in part
  6. People v. Angel E064000 · 2017-03-17 · criminal · affirmed
  7. People v. Johnson E063172A · 2016-12-07 · criminal · reversed in part
  8. People v. Johnson E063172 · 2016-10-21 · criminal · reversed in part
  9. People v. Topachikyan CA4/1 D069939 · 2016-08-08 · criminal · affirmed
  10. People v. Fitts CA4/3 G052189 · 2016-04-11 · criminal · affirmed
  11. People v. Avila CA4/2 E062709 · 2016-02-29 · criminal · affirmed
  12. People v. Olivarez-Duran CA4/1 D069082 · 2016-02-09 · criminal · affirmed
  13. People v. Deshazo CA4/1 D069080 · 2016-01-26 · civil · affirmed
  14. People v. Campos CA4/2 E062327 · 2016-01-13 · criminal · affirmed
  15. People v. Salas CA4/2 E063029 · 2015-11-17 · criminal · affirmed
  16. People v. Snyder CA4/2 E060990 · 2015-11-10 · criminal · affirmed
  17. People v. Mangrobang CA4/2 E061223 · 2015-10-07 · criminal · modified
  18. People v. Valencia JAD15-13 · 2015-09-30 · criminal · reversed in part
  19. People v. George CA4/2 E062403 · 2015-09-02 · criminal · affirmed
  20. People v. Robles CA4/3 G050880 · 2015-08-25 · criminal · affirmed
  21. People v. Hernandez CA4/2 E060718 · 2015-07-13 · criminal · affirmed
  22. People v. Martinez CA4/2 E060548 · 2015-06-05 · criminal · affirmed
  23. People v. Alexander CA4/2 E057334 · 2015-03-11 · criminal · affirmed
  24. People v. Cheng Ca4/2 E060420 · 2015-02-19 · criminal · affirmed
  25. People v. Hernandez CA4/2 E059640 · 2015-02-18 · criminal · affirmed