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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. Gonzalez CA4/2 E059733 · 2015-01-09 · criminal · affirmed
  2. People v. McCalipp CA4/2 E059315 · 2014-12-04 · criminal · affirmed
  3. People v. Allen CA4/3 G050248 · 2014-11-26 · criminal · affirmed
  4. People v. Suruy CA4/2 E057934 · 2014-11-06 · criminal · affirmed
  5. People v. Lucas CA4/3 G049915 · 2014-10-15 · criminal · affirmed
  6. People v. Watt E058212 · 2014-09-18 · criminal · reversed in part
  7. People v. Gonzalez CA4/2 E057526 · 2014-07-30 · criminal · reversed in part
  8. People v. Ingram CA4/2 E058021 · 2014-07-18 · criminal · affirmed
  9. People v. Acevedo CA4/1 D065465 · 2014-07-14 · criminal · affirmed
  10. People v. Virrey CA4/1 D066185 · 2014-07-14 · criminal · affirmed
  11. People v. Morales CA4/3 G049335 · 2014-05-15 · criminal · modified
  12. People v. Sandoval CA4/2 E058197 · 2014-04-22 · criminal · affirmed
  13. People v. White CA4/2 E059686 · 2014-04-09 · criminal · affirmed
  14. People v. Price CA4/2 E057200 · 2014-03-17 · criminal · affirmed
  15. People v. Martinez CA4/2 E056034A · 2014-03-13 · criminal · reversed in part
  16. People v. Martinez CA4/2 E056034 · 2014-02-26 · criminal · reversed in part
  17. People v. Trice CA4/2 E056369 · 2013-12-13 · criminal · modified
  18. Ogunsanya v. Abbott Vascular CA4/2 E054920 · 2013-12-11 · civil · affirmed
  19. People v. Romero CA4/2 E057660 · 2013-12-10 · criminal · reversed in part
  20. People v. Caines CA4/2 E057233 · 2013-12-09 · criminal · reversed in part
  21. People v. Perkins CA4/2 E056063 · 2013-11-26 · criminal · affirmed
  22. People v. Luna CA4/2 E055641 · 2013-11-25 · criminal · affirmed
  23. The People v. Trull CA4/2 E056310 · 2013-09-24 · criminal · affirmed
  24. The People v. Naranjo CA4/2 E056725 · 2013-09-19 · criminal · affirmed
  25. The People v. Magana CA4/2 E056823 · 2013-08-29 · criminal · affirmed