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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. Shenzhen Zehuijin Investment Center v. Yingkui 24-6215 · 2026-08-03 · civil · affirmed
  2. Dawes v. Ausbury 25-1701 · 2026-07-31 · civil · affirmed
  3. United States v. Tiedemann 25-1409 · 2026-07-16 · criminal · affirmed
  4. Theresa Torricellas v. J. Core 23-55640 · 2026-07-14 · criminal · affirmed
  5. Drake v. Bayer Healthcare LLC 24-7158 · 2026-04-21 · civil · affirmed
  6. United States v. Thomas 24-6126 · 2025-09-10 · civil · affirmed
  7. Robert Snyder v. Kathleen Allison 23-55037 · 2023-09-22 · civil · affirmed
  8. United States v. Enrique Infante , Jr. 22-50121 · 2023-04-21 · criminal · affirmed
  9. A.B. v. County of San Diego 20-56140 · 2022-04-08 · civil · affirmed
  10. David Lemus v. T. Gutierrez 19-55827 · 2022-01-24 · civil · affirmed
  11. United States v. Richard Langley 20-50119 · 2021-11-16 · civil · affirmed
  12. United States v. Maxwell Gaffney 20-50037 · 2021-10-20 · criminal · affirmed
  13. Rejeanne Bernier v. Ricardo Lara 20-55160 · 2021-06-30 · civil · affirmed
  14. Lance Williams v. Buenostrome 20-55393 · 2021-05-27 · civil · affirmed
  15. Sammy Morris v. G.A. Gonzales 20-55580 · 2021-05-25 · civil · affirmed
  16. Raul Arellano v. L. Helmick 20-55494 · 2021-02-23 · civil · affirmed
  17. Clemente Huerta-Jimenez v. Chad Wolf 19-55420 · 2020-12-08 · civil · affirmed
  18. Sean Hartranft v. Midland Funding, LLC 19-56390 · 2020-11-19 · civil · affirmed
  19. United States v. Apolinar Figueroa-Vargas 19-50244 · 2020-10-21 · criminal · affirmed
  20. United States v. Victor Avalos-Rivera 19-50003 · 2020-08-10 · criminal · affirmed
  21. David Smth-Garcia v. Paula Burke 19-55449 · 2020-08-06 · criminal · affirmed
  22. Steven Garcia v. Michael Bostic 19-55392 · 2020-06-23 · civil · affirmed
  23. Helen Chisolm v. 7-Eleven, Inc. 19-55709 · 2020-05-15 · civil · affirmed
  24. Jerry Aguilar v. Darryl Bates 19-55179 · 2020-04-10 · civil · affirmed
  25. United States v. Ignacio Reyes-Yanez 18-50076 · 2020-03-06 · civil · affirmed