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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. People v. Garcia CA4/1 D068192 · 2016-04-11 · criminal · affirmed
  2. People v. Smith CA4/1 D067231 · 2016-03-04 · criminal · affirmed
  3. People v. Stevens CA4/1 D068139 · 2016-02-18 · criminal · reversed
  4. People v. Limpin CA4/1 D067058 · 2015-11-12 · criminal · reversed in part
  5. People v. Boyd CA4/1 D066762 · 2015-10-28 · criminal · affirmed
  6. People v. Shears CA4/1 D065200 · 2015-10-23 · criminal · affirmed
  7. People v. Haro CA4/1 D065742 · 2015-09-04 · criminal · affirmed
  8. People v. Baltas CA4/1 D066348 · 2015-04-21 · criminal · modified
  9. People v. Tshitungi CA4/1 D064682 · 2015-04-07 · criminal · affirmed
  10. People v. Farley CA4/1 D062857 · 2014-11-14 · criminal · affirmed
  11. People v. Childers CA4/1 D065818 · 2014-10-10 · criminal · affirmed
  12. People v. Dang CA4/1 D063310 · 2014-09-29 · criminal · affirmed
  13. Rhone v. Harris CA4/1 D064606 · 2014-09-08 · criminal · affirmed
  14. People v. Buendia CA4/1 D064348 · 2014-08-26 · criminal · affirmed
  15. People v. Weese CA4/1 D063852 · 2014-08-21 · criminal · affirmed
  16. People v. Christopher CA4/1 D063357 · 2014-02-25 · criminal · affirmed
  17. People v. Argallon CA4/1 D062524 · 2013-12-11 · criminal · modified
  18. People v. Willard CA4/1 D061696 · 2013-10-28 · criminal · reversed in part
  19. In re Larry W. CA4/1 D062607 · 2013-10-18 · delinquency · affirmed
  20. P. v. Como CA4/1 D062702 · 2013-08-07 · criminal · affirmed
  21. P. v. Sypho CA4/1 D063235 · 2013-07-24 · criminal · affirmed
  22. P. v. Tucker CA4/1 D060958 · 2013-04-15 · criminal · affirmed