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Michael M. Anello
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Michael M. Anello

Judge · Superior Court of San Diego County · 2000–2026

Judge, District Court, S.D. California 2008–

B+
75% — 9 of 12 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 25% 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.

101cases reviewed on appeal
711opinions authored
717panels sat on (not as author)
25%reversed, in whole or part, of 89 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 67 reversed 12 reversed in part 6 vacated 4 dismissed 3 remanded 2

The Ninth Circuit's later rulings on their dockets

affirmed 9 reversed 1 dismissed 1

Each Ninth Circuit opinion that names a docket this judge wrote an order on, by its outcome; the ruling it reviewed is not always the order in the record. The order's page links the opinion.

Areas

civil 72 criminal 29

By year: 2020 14 · 2019 12 · 2010 12 · 2018 10 · 2011 9 · 2026 6 · 2021 6 · 2017 6 · 2015 4 · 2016 3 · 2013 3 · 2025 2 · 2024 2 · 2023 2 · 2022 2 · 2012 2 · 2000 2 · 2014 1 · 2008 1 · 2007 1 · 2005 1 ·

Analysis

13reviewed cases analysed
56rulings read
0rulings where the model disagrees with the court
1cases 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

  1. United States v. Tiedemann 25-1409 · 2026-07-16 · criminal · affirmed
  2. Theresa Torricellas v. J. Core 23-55640 · 2026-07-14 · criminal · affirmed
  3. United States v. Enrique Infante , Jr. 22-50121 · 2023-04-21 · criminal · affirmed
  4. United States v. Maxwell Gaffney 20-50037 · 2021-10-20 · criminal · affirmed
  5. United States v. Ravneet Singh 17-50337 · 2020-10-28 · criminal · remanded
  6. United States v. Apolinar Figueroa-Vargas 19-50244 · 2020-10-21 · criminal · affirmed
  7. United States v. Victor Avalos-Rivera 19-50003 · 2020-08-10 · criminal · affirmed
  8. David Smth-Garcia v. Paula Burke 19-55449 · 2020-08-06 · criminal · affirmed
  9. United States v. Jardiel Infante-Caballero 19-50012 · 2020-01-07 · criminal · affirmed
  10. United States v. Eduardo Duffy 17-50414 · 2019-07-19 · criminal · affirmed
  11. United States v. Ravneet Singh 17-50337 · 2019-05-16 · criminal · remanded
  12. United States v. Eduardo Duffy 17-50414 · 2019-02-14 · criminal · affirmed
  13. United States v. Rafael Mata-Jimenez 18-50072 · 2019-01-30 · criminal · affirmed
  14. United States v. Marbin Reyes-Ruiz 16-50494 · 2018-08-28 · criminal · affirmed
  15. United States v. Edwin Flores 16-50096 · 2018-08-28 · criminal
  16. David Atwood, II v. United States 17-56010 · 2018-08-21 · criminal · reversed in part
  17. United States v. Ernesto Casillas-Perez 16-50109 · 2017-04-19 · criminal · affirmed
  18. United States v. George Beltran 16-50232 · 2017-04-19 · criminal · affirmed
  19. T.B. v. San Diego Usd 12-56060 · 2015-11-19 · criminal · vacated
  20. United States v. Elizardo Luna-Magdaleno 12-50430 · 2013-10-08 · criminal · affirmed
  21. United States v. Frederico Moreno-Lopez 12-50088 · 2013-01-22 · criminal · affirmed
  22. United States v. Julio Jimenez 11-50300 · 2012-03-05 · criminal · affirmed
  23. VICTORIO v. Billingslea 3:11-cr-01825 · 2012-02-24 · criminal
  24. United States v. Antonio Reyes 10-50173 · 2011-05-25 · criminal · affirmed
  25. United States v. Juan Garcia-Morales 10-50437 · 2011-04-28 · criminal · affirmed