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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 17 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 D.G. CA4/1 D081323 · 2023-05-09 · dependency · reversed in part
  2. In re J.M. CA4/1 D081059 · 2023-04-28 · dependency · affirmed
  3. In re E.P. CA4/1 D080757 · 2023-01-27 · dependency · affirmed
  4. In re A.D. CA4/1 D080527 · 2023-01-12 · dependency · affirmed
  5. In re A.B. CA4/1 D080747 · 2023-01-10 · dependency · affirmed
  6. In re I.H. CA4/1 D080730 · 2023-01-03 · dependency · reversed
  7. In re M.O. CA4/1 D080423 · 2022-12-16 · dependency · reversed
  8. In re G.M. CA4/1 D080052 · 2022-10-21 · dependency · reversed
  9. In re R.D. CA4/1 D080435 · 2022-10-19 · dependency · affirmed
  10. In re S.K. CA4/1 D080421 · 2022-09-15 · dependency · affirmed
  11. In re J.B. CA4/1 D080107 · 2022-08-26 · dependency · reversed in part
  12. In re I.G. CA4/1 D080227 · 2022-08-18 · dependency · reversed
  13. In re B.M. CA4/1 D080084 · 2022-07-29 · dependency · affirmed
  14. In re D.B. CA4/1 D080258 · 2022-07-28 · dependency · reversed in part
  15. In re W.D. CA4/1 D080180 · 2022-07-27 · dependency · reversed