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Michael J. Reinhart

Judge · Superior Court of Kings County · 2015–2026

, Superior Court of California, County of Kings 2020–2021 · Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Kings 2012–2020

F--
provisional — 0% — 0 of 1 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; would rank in the top 100% of 312 graded judges, but ten rulings are needed for a standing letter — 1 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.

35cases reviewed on appeal
30%reversed, in whole or part, of 33 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 20 vacated 6 reversed 4 modified 3 remanded 1 other 1

Areas

criminal 33 civil 2

By year: 2022 11 · 2023 9 · 2024 4 · 2021 4 · 2026 2 · 2016 2 · 2025 1 · 2020 1 · 2015 1 ·

Analysis

2 of this judge's reviewed cases have an analysis; counts are shown from 10.

Cases

  1. People v. Fields CA5 F089224 · 2026-04-30 · criminal · vacated
  2. People v. Sarabia CA5 F088349 · 2026-01-27 · criminal · reversed
  3. People v. Rodriguez CA5 F088992 · 2025-08-15 · criminal · affirmed
  4. People v. Brownell CA5 F087334 · 2024-12-17 · criminal · affirmed
  5. People v. Hall F087187 · 2024-12-05 · criminal · affirmed
  6. People v. Castillo CA5 F086505 · 2024-08-30 · criminal · vacated
  7. People v. Hudson CA5 F085108 · 2024-01-08 · criminal · reversed
  8. People v. Vargas CA5 F084670 · 2023-12-19 · criminal · affirmed
  9. People v. Gray CA5 F085680 · 2023-10-04 · criminal · affirmed
  10. People v. Macias CA5 F084989 · 2023-09-11 · criminal · other
  11. People v. Lopez CA5 F083388 · 2023-04-17 · criminal · affirmed
  12. People v. Reyes CA5 F083247 · 2023-04-14 · criminal · remanded
  13. People v. Flores CA5 F083312 · 2023-03-21 · criminal · affirmed
  14. People v. Rymalowicz CA5 F083785 · 2023-03-15 · criminal · affirmed
  15. Doe v. Biter CA5 F080567 · 2023-01-27 · civil · affirmed
  16. People v. Garza CA5 F078900 · 2023-01-26 · criminal · modified
  17. People v. Navarro CA5 F083216M · 2022-11-02 · criminal · affirmed
  18. People v. Navarro CA5 F083216 · 2022-10-14 · criminal · affirmed
  19. People v. Cross CA5 F082774 · 2022-09-14 · criminal · affirmed
  20. People v. Aguiar CA5 F083692 · 2022-07-29 · criminal · modified
  21. People v. Dannebaum CA5 F082773 · 2022-06-27 · criminal · affirmed
  22. People v. Campos CA4/1 D079874 · 2022-05-16 · criminal · affirmed
  23. People v. Pinon CA5 F080327 · 2022-05-11 · criminal · vacated
  24. People v. Zaragoza CA5 F080295 · 2022-05-11 · criminal · vacated
  25. People v. Dignan CA5 F081229 · 2022-04-28 · criminal · affirmed