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Michael Popkins

Judge · Superior Court of San Diego County · 2018–2019

Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Diego 2013–

B+
provisional — 75% — 3 of 4 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; would rank in the top 25% of 312 graded judges, but ten rulings are needed for a standing letter — 4 so far

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.

2cases reviewed on appeal
—2 merits decisions: a rate is shown from 10

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 2

Areas

dependency 2

By year: 2019 1 · 2018 1 ·

Analysis

4 of this judge's reviewed cases have an analysis; counts are shown from 10.

Cases

  1. In re L.M. D075120 · 2019-09-12 · dependency · affirmed
  2. In re D.B. D073807 · 2018-08-20 · dependency · affirmed