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Michael J. Rushton

Judge · Superior Court of Riverside County · 2013–2025

Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Riverside 2009–

F--
provisional — 29% — 2 of 7 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; would rank in the top 98% of 312 graded judges, but ten rulings are needed for a standing letter — 7 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.

48cases reviewed on appeal
32%reversed, in whole or part, of 40 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 23 reversed in part 7 reversed 6 writ denied 4 modified 4 dismissed 3 writ granted 1

Areas

dependency 24 criminal 23 family 1

By year: 2023 11 · 2014 11 · 2015 7 · 2024 4 · 2022 4 · 2021 3 · 2013 3 · 2020 2 · 2016 2 · 2025 1 ·

Analysis

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

Cases

  1. In re Robert F. CA4/2 E080073A · 2025-11-19 · dependency · reversed
  2. In re E.L. CA4/2 E081162 · 2024-09-04 · dependency · reversed
  3. In re E.F. CA4/2 E081078 · 2024-03-25 · dependency · affirmed
  4. In re Z.P. CA4/2 E081177 · 2024-03-08 · dependency · affirmed
  5. In re E.M. CA4/2 E081259 · 2024-01-24 · dependency · affirmed
  6. In re I.M. CA4/2 E081184 · 2023-12-18 · dependency · reversed in part
  7. In re A.A. CA4/2 E080907 · 2023-12-05 · dependency · dismissed
  8. In re S.B. CA4/2 E080777 · 2023-10-05 · dependency · affirmed
  9. In re L.G. CA4/2 E081055 · 2023-10-05 · dependency · affirmed
  10. In re B.B. CA4/2 E080946 · 2023-08-30 · dependency · affirmed
  11. In re D.B. CA4/2 E080703 · 2023-08-28 · dependency · reversed
  12. In re A.B. CA4/2 E080333 · 2023-06-21 · dependency · affirmed
  13. M.C. v. Superior Court CA4/2 E081036 · 2023-06-05 · family · writ denied
  14. J.H. v. Superior Court CA4/2 E080822 · 2023-04-27 · dependency · writ denied
  15. In re Robert F. E080073 · 2023-04-12 · dependency · affirmed
  16. In re P.F. CA4/2 E079489 · 2023-03-03 · dependency · reversed in part
  17. In re D.K CA4/2 E079145 · 2022-12-20 · dependency · reversed
  18. In re A.G. CA4/2 E079103 · 2022-12-12 · dependency · reversed
  19. In re L.H. CA4/2 E078897 · 2022-09-13 · dependency · dismissed
  20. R.V. v. Superior Court CA4/2 E078199 · 2022-02-28 · dependency · writ denied
  21. In re K.L. CA4/2 E076980 · 2021-12-02 · dependency · reversed in part
  22. R.V. v. Superior Court CA4/2 E077193 · 2021-09-23 · dependency · writ denied
  23. In re F.M. CA4/2 E075407 · 2021-05-06 · dependency · affirmed
  24. In re K.M. CA4/2 E074787 · 2020-08-28 · dependency · affirmed
  25. In re C v. CA4/2 E074625 · 2020-08-17 · dependency · affirmed