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Michael S. Groch

Judge · Superior Court of San Diego County · 2013–2024

Sitting now: Dept. P, Central Courthouse (Presiding) (the court's data of 01:00AM 14 Oct 2026)

Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Diego 2010–

D++
60% — 24 of 40 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 62% 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.

30cases reviewed on appeal
33%reversed, in whole or part, of 30 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 18 reversed in part 5 reversed 5 modified 2

Areas

criminal 27 family 2 civil 1

By year: 2023 5 · 2022 5 · 2021 5 · 2020 4 · 2016 4 · 2024 2 · 2019 1 · 2017 1 · 2015 1 · 2014 1 · 2013 1 ·

Analysis

57reviewed cases analysed
172rulings read
1rulings where the model disagrees with the court
7cases 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. People v. Williams CA4/1 D083637 · 2024-10-16 · criminal · reversed in part
  2. People v. Steeg CA4/1 D083184 · 2024-07-22 · criminal · affirmed
  3. People v. Tellechea CA4/1 D080090 · 2023-11-30 · criminal · modified
  4. People v. Huerta CA4/1 D081054 · 2023-10-25 · criminal · reversed
  5. People v. Esparza D080703 · 2023-09-26 · criminal · affirmed
  6. People v. Suarez CA4/1 D080812 · 2023-09-20 · criminal · affirmed
  7. People v. Joyce CA4/1 D080767 · 2023-05-17 · criminal · affirmed
  8. People v. Alcaraz CA4/1 D078395 · 2022-11-17 · criminal · affirmed
  9. People v. McGowan CA4/1 D080396 · 2022-08-30 · criminal · affirmed
  10. People v. Charles CA4/1 D079191 · 2022-06-22 · criminal · affirmed
  11. People v. Nguyen CA4/1 D078477 · 2022-03-28 · criminal · reversed
  12. People v. Thompson CA4/1 D078648 · 2022-03-03 · criminal · reversed
  13. People v. Smith CA4/1 D077847 · 2021-10-06 · criminal · reversed in part
  14. People v. Patterson CA4/1 D077938 · 2021-09-23 · criminal · affirmed
  15. People v. Jackson CA4/1 D076466 · 2021-05-20 · criminal · affirmed
  16. People v. Watson CA4/1 D076475 · 2021-04-08 · criminal · affirmed
  17. People v. Cox CA4/1 D075838 · 2021-02-18 · criminal · reversed in part
  18. People v. Morales CA4/1 D077829 · 2020-12-14 · criminal · affirmed
  19. People v. Galvan CA4/1 D075262 · 2020-09-23 · criminal · modified
  20. People v. Courtney CA4/1 D076773 · 2020-08-27 · criminal · affirmed
  21. People v. Tran D075280 · 2020-06-09 · criminal · affirmed
  22. People v. Jennings D074352 · 2019-11-26 · criminal · reversed in part
  23. People v. Cervantes D069959 · 2017-05-18 · criminal · affirmed
  24. People v. Saldana CA4/1 D069262 · 2016-08-18 · criminal · affirmed
  25. People v. Iuli CA4/1 D069418 · 2016-07-22 · criminal · affirmed