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Michael T. Smyth

Judge · Superior Court of San Diego County · 2013–2026

Sitting now: Dept. 67, Hall of Justice — CIVIL IC (the court's data of 01:00AM 15 Oct 2026)

, Superior Court of California, County of San Diego 2020–2021 · Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Diego 2003–2020

B++
78% — 46 of 59 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 20% 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.

47cases reviewed on appeal
13%reversed, in whole or part, of 47 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 38 reversed 3 modified 3 reversed in part 2 vacated 1

Areas

criminal 37 civil 9 delinquency 1

By year: 2016 9 · 2014 7 · 2025 6 · 2021 6 · 2015 6 · 2013 6 · 2022 4 · 2026 3 ·

Analysis

87reviewed cases analysed
243rulings read
0rulings where the model disagrees with the court
15cases 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. Unit 5 v. J.T. McKinney Co. CA4/1 D085422 · 2026-04-22 · civil · reversed
  2. Tres Caminos v. MGP XI US Properties CA4/1 D085539 · 2026-03-20 · civil · vacated
  3. Finley v. Gantz CA4/1 D084145 · 2026-02-06 · civil · affirmed
  4. Frazier v. Greenberg CA4/1 D084791 · 2025-11-05 · civil · affirmed
  5. Betti v. Ahern CA4/1 D084348 · 2025-08-06 · civil · affirmed
  6. Allos v. Poway Unified Sch. Dist. D084062 · 2025-07-07 · civil · affirmed
  7. Allos v. Poway Unified School District CA4/1 D084062 · 2025-06-24 · civil · affirmed
  8. Pappas v. Trustees of the Cal. State University CA4/1 D084860 · 2025-04-30 · civil · affirmed
  9. People v. Farley CA4/1 D083515 · 2025-04-14 · criminal · affirmed
  10. People v. Shears CA4/1 D078792 · 2022-12-13 · criminal · reversed
  11. People v. Readus CA4/1 D080063 · 2022-07-08 · criminal · affirmed
  12. People v. Fowler CA4/1 D079972 · 2022-06-15 · criminal · affirmed
  13. People v. Quintero CA4/1 D077996 · 2022-05-11 · criminal · modified
  14. People v. Financial Casualty & Surety D078294 · 2021-12-21 · civil · affirmed
  15. People v. Watson CA4/1 D079021 · 2021-10-15 · criminal · affirmed
  16. People v. Jackson D077095S · 2021-06-09 · criminal · affirmed
  17. People v. Watson CA4/1 D078635 · 2021-05-28 · criminal · affirmed
  18. People v. Jones CA4/1 D077396 · 2021-03-26 · criminal · affirmed
  19. People v. Jackson D077095 · 2021-02-23 · criminal · affirmed
  20. People v. Bovensiep CA4/1 D068198 · 2016-08-22 · criminal · affirmed
  21. People v. Washington CA4/1 D069023M · 2016-07-22 · criminal · affirmed
  22. People v. Washington CA4/1 D069023 · 2016-07-19 · criminal · affirmed
  23. People v. Turner CA4/1 D069005 · 2016-07-13 · criminal · affirmed
  24. People v. Alexander CA4/1 D067307 · 2016-04-21 · criminal · affirmed
  25. People v. Zamora CA4/1 D068378 · 2016-04-13 · criminal · affirmed