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Michael J. Popkins

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

Sitting now: Dept. 14, South County Court — FELONY DISPO (the court's data of 01:00AM 17 Oct 2026)

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

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64% — 36 of 56 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 50% 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.

42cases reviewed on appeal
20%reversed, in whole or part, of 40 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 29 reversed in part 4 reversed 4 modified 3 dismissed 2

Areas

criminal 39 dependency 3

By year: 2016 13 · 2025 7 · 2023 5 · 2022 4 · 2015 4 · 2018 3 · 2024 2 · 2017 2 · 2026 1 · 2019 1 ·

Analysis

82reviewed cases analysed
188rulings read
0rulings where the model disagrees with the court
13cases 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 reviewed on appeal (every role)

  1. People v. Nachbar D068135 · 2016-10-05 · criminal · affirmed
  2. People v. Nachbar CA4/1 D068135 · 2016-09-19 · criminal · affirmed
  3. People v. Wilson CA4/1 D069036 · 2016-08-26 · criminal · affirmed
  4. People v. Avila CA4/1 D068910 · 2016-08-12 · criminal · affirmed
  5. People v. Lopez CA4/1 D068892 · 2016-08-11 · criminal · affirmed
  6. People v. Stonebreaker CA4/1 D069260 · 2016-07-26 · criminal · modified
  7. People v. Long CA4/1 D068310 · 2016-07-22 · criminal · modified
  8. People v. Knapp CA4/1 D068520 · 2016-07-13 · criminal · reversed in part
  9. People v. Kane CA4/1 D068888 · 2016-06-09 · criminal · affirmed
  10. People v. Orozco CA4/1 D067313 · 2016-05-25 · criminal · affirmed
  11. People v. Nieto CA4/1 D069518 · 2016-05-18 · criminal · affirmed
  12. People v. Goldschmied CA4/1 D069321 · 2016-05-17 · criminal · affirmed
  13. People v. Orozco D067313 · 2016-01-21 · criminal · affirmed
  14. People v. Brown CA4/1 D067357 · 2015-12-08 · criminal · reversed in part
  15. People v. Heath CA4/1 D067544 · 2015-09-18 · criminal · modified
  16. People v. Meredyth CA4/1 D067085 · 2015-05-28 · criminal · affirmed
  17. People v. Adams CA4/1 D065680 · 2015-04-27 · criminal · reversed in part