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Michael D. Washington

Judge · Superior Court of San Diego County · 2015–2026

Sitting now: Dept. 73, Hall of Justice — CIVIL IC (the court's data of 01:00AM 15 Oct 2026)

Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Diego 2013–

B++
77% — 30 of 39 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 22% 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.

24cases reviewed on appeal
17%reversed, in whole or part, of 23 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 17 reversed in part 3 modified 2 writ denied 1 reversed 1

Areas

criminal 19 civil 3 family 2

By year: 2024 7 · 2025 4 · 2023 4 · 2026 2 · 2022 2 · 2021 2 · 2015 2 · 2019 1 ·

Analysis

44reviewed cases analysed
152rulings read
0rulings where the model disagrees with the court
7cases 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. Tina-Pacific Residents Assn. v. City of Stanton CA4/3 G065384 · 2026-09-10 · civil · reversed
  2. People v. Nelson CA4/1 D085826 · 2026-03-02 · criminal · affirmed
  3. Selker v. Xcentric Ventures CA4/1 D084428 · 2025-12-05 · civil · affirmed
  4. People v. Rodas CA4/1 D083671 · 2025-10-20 · criminal · affirmed
  5. People v. Ackles CA4/1 D082151 · 2025-03-12 · criminal · affirmed
  6. Henkel v. Blasi CA4/1 D082895 · 2025-01-16 · civil · affirmed
  7. People v. Beverson CA4/1 D082820 · 2024-11-04 · criminal · affirmed
  8. People v. Jones D081131 · 2024-09-13 · criminal · affirmed
  9. People v. Wight CA4/1 D081663 · 2024-07-30 · criminal · affirmed
  10. People v. Kingery CA4/1 D082519 · 2024-07-03 · criminal · affirmed
  11. People v. Dominguez CA4/1 D082713 · 2024-05-22 · criminal · affirmed
  12. People v. Stolte CA4/1 D080636 · 2024-05-13 · criminal · reversed in part
  13. People v. From CA4/1 D081103 · 2024-02-23 · criminal · affirmed
  14. People v. Fonseca CA4/1 D081116 · 2023-09-20 · criminal · modified
  15. Carpenter v. Super. Ct. D081640 · 2023-07-28 · criminal · writ denied
  16. People v. Martinez CA4/1 D079235M · 2023-04-25 · criminal · reversed in part
  17. People v. Martinez CA4/1 D079235 · 2023-04-04 · criminal · reversed in part
  18. People v. Stanton CA4/1 D079627 · 2022-07-27 · criminal · affirmed
  19. People v. Gomez CA4/1 D078770 · 2022-03-21 · criminal · modified
  20. People v. Martin CA4/1 D077515 · 2021-04-29 · criminal · affirmed
  21. People v. Rockhold CA4/1 D076615 · 2021-01-21 · criminal · affirmed
  22. People v. Tran D074605 · 2019-11-13 · criminal · affirmed
  23. Meyer v. Brown CA4/1 D066226 · 2015-10-14 · family · affirmed
  24. Marriage of Adams CA4/1 D065890 · 2015-06-12 · family · affirmed