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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 17 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. People v. Shears CA4/1 D078792 · 2022-12-13 · criminal · reversed
  3. People v. Stevens CA4/1 D068139 · 2016-02-18 · criminal · reversed