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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. People v. Williams CA4/1 D069088 · 2016-03-17 · criminal · reversed in part
  2. People v. Salguero CA4/2 E062563 · 2016-01-07 · criminal · affirmed
  3. People v. Harris CA4/2 E062638 · 2015-12-18 · criminal · affirmed
  4. People v. White CA4/2 E061932 · 2015-12-17 · criminal · reversed in part
  5. People v. Cortez CA4/1 D068051 · 2015-12-15 · criminal · reversed in part
  6. People v. Mendoza CA4/2 E061566 · 2015-11-17 · criminal · affirmed
  7. People v. Rollins CA4/1 D068475 · 2015-11-10 · criminal · modified
  8. People v. Garth CA4/2 E061025 · 2015-08-25 · criminal · modified
  9. People v. Lasley CA4/1 D066967 · 2015-04-14 · criminal · reversed in part
  10. In re Sanchez CA4/2 E060592 · 2014-12-26 · criminal · writ granted
  11. People v. Sanchez CA4/2 E058674 · 2014-12-26 · criminal · affirmed
  12. People v. Paez CA4/1 D066376 · 2014-12-11 · criminal · affirmed
  13. People v. Cramer CA4/2 E061191 · 2014-12-09 · criminal · affirmed
  14. People v. Valdivia CA4/2 E059857 · 2014-11-04 · criminal · modified
  15. People v. Vasquez CA4/2 E060910 · 2014-08-25 · criminal · affirmed
  16. People v. Delacruz CA4/2 E058118 · 2014-07-03 · criminal · affirmed
  17. People v. Davolt CA4/2 E057359 · 2014-06-24 · criminal · affirmed
  18. People v. Morales CA4/2 E058593 · 2014-06-17 · criminal · reversed
  19. People v. Ahmed CA4/2 E059127 · 2014-05-21 · criminal · affirmed
  20. People v. Moreno CA4/2 E058644 · 2014-03-11 · criminal · affirmed
  21. People v. Garcia CA4/2 E057766 · 2013-11-25 · criminal · affirmed
  22. The People v. de Lama CA4/2 E055370 · 2013-09-18 · criminal · dismissed
  23. P. v. Jackson CA4/2 E056632 · 2013-04-29 · criminal · modified