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Michael Knish

Commissioner · 2012–2025

Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino 2012– · , Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino 2003–2012

B+
provisional — 75% — 3 of 4 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; would rank in the top 25% of 312 graded judges, but ten rulings are needed for a standing letter — 4 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.

6cases reviewed on appeal
—6 merits decisions: a rate is shown from 10

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 5 reversed in part 1

Areas

criminal 5 family 1

By year: 2025 2 · 2024 1 · 2022 1 · 2015 1 · 2012 1 ·

Analysis

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

Cases

  1. People v. Baldonado CA4/1 D086352 · 2025-12-23 · criminal · affirmed
  2. People v. Lamar CA4/1 D086177 · 2025-07-30 · criminal · affirmed
  3. People v. Bernabe CA4/1 D081983 · 2024-05-15 · criminal · reversed in part
  4. People v. Hunter CA4/2 E078862 · 2022-12-12 · criminal · affirmed
  5. Marriage of Zhang and Zheng CA4/1 D067441 · 2015-06-22 · family · affirmed
  6. People v. Gonzalez S189856 · 2012-07-05 · criminal · affirmed