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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

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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. Morrison v. Yippee Entertainment, Inc. 24-7235 · 2025-08-18 · civil · reversed
  2. Lonnie Keenan v. Cox Communications 19-55973 · 2020-11-04 · civil · reversed
  3. Cortez Washington v. Stuart Sherman 16-56378 · 2019-04-26 · civil · reversed
  4. Cindi Bekins v. Astrazeneca Pharmaceuticals Lp 17-55461 · 2018-06-28 · civil · reversed
  5. Raul Arellano v. E. Ojeda 16-55222 · 2016-11-23 · civil · reversed
  6. Nykeya Kilby v. Cvs Pharmacy, Inc. 12-56130 · 2016-06-08 · civil · reversed
  7. Anthony Nigro v. Sears, Roebuck and Co. 12-57262 · 2015-04-10 · civil · reversed
  8. Anthony Nigro v. Sears, Roebuck and Co. 12-57262 · 2015-02-25 · civil · reversed
  9. Matt Strong v. Valdez Fine Foods 11-55265 · 2013-07-18 · civil · reversed
  10. Victor Balderas v. Countrywide Bank, N.A. 10-55064 · 2011-12-29 · civil · reversed
  11. Alison Terry v. City of San Diego 09-55579 · 2010-05-21 · civil · reversed
  12. Hogar v. Community Development Commission D049452 · 2007-12-14 · civil · reversed