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Michael G. Bush

Judge · Superior Court of Kern County · 2007–2026

Presiding Justice, Superior Court of California, County of Kern 2011–2012 · Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Kern 2000–2011

149cases reviewed on appeal
29%reversed, in whole or part, of 140 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 100 reversed 28 vacated 12 dismissed 4 remanded 2 other 2 writ granted 1

Areas

criminal 148 dependency 1

By year: 2022 37 · 2016 27 · 2021 16 · 2024 15 · 2025 9 · 2015 9 · 2023 8 · 2014 8 · 2013 8 · 2026 5 · 2020 2 · 2017 2 · 2019 1 · 2009 1 · 2007 1 ·

Analysis

No analyses yet. When they exist, this shows counts of the model's findings across this judge's reviewed cases — with the court's own dispositions beside them, and only from 10 cases.

Cases

  1. People v. Villareal CA5 F089438 · 2026-08-24 · criminal · vacated
  2. People v. Lopez CA5 F087526A · 2026-07-02 · criminal · affirmed
  3. People v. Lopez CA5 F087526 · 2026-06-18 · criminal · affirmed
  4. People v. Dixon F087625M · 2026-02-13 · criminal · vacated
  5. People v. Dixon F087625 · 2026-01-26 · criminal · vacated
  6. People v. Sheppard CA5 F089016 · 2025-12-12 · criminal · affirmed
  7. People v. McDaniel CA5 F086930 · 2025-09-23 · criminal · affirmed
  8. People v. Joyave CA5 F085841A · 2025-08-01 · criminal · affirmed
  9. People v. Lara F086534 · 2025-07-17 · criminal · reversed
  10. People v. Arevalo CA5 F087891 · 2025-05-14 · criminal · dismissed
  11. People v. Diaz CA5 F086320 · 2025-02-28 · criminal · affirmed
  12. People v. Banks CA5 F087134 · 2025-02-21 · criminal · affirmed
  13. People v. James CA5 F087165A · 2025-02-18 · criminal · affirmed
  14. People v. McCleary CA5 F087188 · 2025-02-18 · criminal · other
  15. People v. Davis CA5 F087690 · 2024-12-20 · criminal · affirmed
  16. People v. Castro CA5 F086817 · 2024-12-09 · criminal · affirmed
  17. People v. Avila CA5 F087182 · 2024-11-25 · criminal · reversed
  18. People v. James CA5 F087165 · 2024-11-14 · criminal · vacated
  19. In re K.H. CA5 F087879 · 2024-10-25 · dependency · dismissed
  20. People v. Quaife CA5 F086999 · 2024-09-20 · criminal · affirmed
  21. People v. Orta CA5 F086230 · 2024-08-23 · criminal · affirmed
  22. People v. Avila CA5 F085890 · 2024-07-17 · criminal · affirmed
  23. People v. Valadez CA5 F086655 · 2024-06-25 · criminal · affirmed
  24. People v. Perez CA5 F086455 · 2024-06-25 · criminal · affirmed
  25. People v. Harring CA5 F086023 · 2024-04-02 · criminal · reversed