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Michael P. Pulos

Judge · Superior Court of San Diego County · 2022–2026

Sitting now: Dept. J6, Juvenile — JUVENILE JUSTICE (the court's data of 01:00AM 14 Oct 2026)

B-
71% — 37 of 52 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 34% 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.

40cases reviewed on appeal
26%reversed, in whole or part, of 39 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 29 reversed 7 reversed in part 3 dismissed 1

Areas

dependency 40

By year: 2023 16 · 2022 9 · 2025 6 · 2024 6 · 2026 3 ·

Analysis

80reviewed cases analysed
185rulings read
1rulings where the model disagrees with the court
6cases 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. In re A.G. CA4/1 D087317 · 2026-04-16 · dependency · affirmed
  2. In re M.C. CA4/1 D086270 · 2026-04-03 · dependency · affirmed
  3. In re O.B. CA4/1 D087066 · 2026-03-16 · dependency · affirmed
  4. In re A.A. CA4/1 D086583 · 2025-12-30 · dependency · affirmed
  5. In re J.C. CA4/1 D086142 · 2025-12-23 · dependency · affirmed
  6. In re Z.P. CA4/1 D086156 · 2025-10-22 · dependency · affirmed
  7. In re M.M. CA4/1 D084922 · 2025-02-19 · dependency · affirmed
  8. In re E.E. CA4/1 D084740 · 2025-01-17 · dependency · affirmed
  9. In re J.B. CA4/1 D084596 · 2025-01-17 · dependency · affirmed
  10. In re D.H. CA4/1 D083726 · 2024-09-18 · dependency · affirmed
  11. In re J.H. CA4/1 D082851 · 2024-02-15 · dependency · reversed
  12. In re I.T. CA4/1 D082441 · 2024-02-15 · dependency · affirmed
  13. In re N.C. CA4/1 D082540 · 2024-02-15 · dependency · affirmed
  14. In re R.C. CA4/1 D082697 · 2024-01-05 · dependency · reversed
  15. In re N.B. CA4/1 D082165 · 2024-01-04 · dependency · dismissed
  16. In re C.E. CA4/1 D082302 · 2023-11-08 · dependency · affirmed
  17. In re J.Z. CA4/1 D082222 · 2023-10-02 · dependency · affirmed
  18. In re E.C. CA4/1 D081944 · 2023-09-29 · dependency · affirmed
  19. In re A.M. CA4/1 D081962 · 2023-09-18 · dependency · affirmed
  20. In re Z.W. CA4/1 D081748 · 2023-08-01 · dependency · affirmed
  21. In re D.P. D081396 · 2023-06-30 · dependency · affirmed
  22. In re A.M. CA4/1 D081332 · 2023-06-30 · dependency · affirmed
  23. In re D.P. CA4/1 D081396 · 2023-06-28 · dependency · affirmed
  24. In re B.Y. CA4/1 D081417 · 2023-05-23 · dependency · affirmed
  25. In re E.M. CA4/1 D081357 · 2023-05-17 · dependency · affirmed