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Paul Bernal

Judge · Superior Court of Santa Clara County · 2009–2021

Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara 2000–

A++
provisional — 100% — 1 of 1 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; would rank in the top 1% of 312 graded judges, but ten rulings are needed for a standing letter — 1 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
—1 merits decisions: a rate is shown from 10

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 1

Areas

criminal 1 civil 1

By year: 2021 1 · 2009 1 ·

Analysis

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

Cases

  1. Figg v. Mann CA4/1 D078585 · 2021-07-19 · civil · affirmed
  2. People v. Rotroff H033527 · 2009-10-22 · criminal