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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. The People v. White CA4/2 E055529 · 2013-08-28 · criminal · affirmed
  2. P. v. Melo CA4/2 E055439 · 2013-07-09 · criminal · affirmed
  3. P. v. Cooper CA4/2 E056157 · 2013-05-03 · criminal · modified