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Pennie K. McLaughlin

Commissioner · Superior Court of San Diego County · 2014–2025

Sitting now: Rotating, North County Court — JRU (the court's data of 01:00AM 15 Oct 2026)

A+
89% — 17 of 19 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 6% 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.

11cases reviewed on appeal
30%reversed, in whole or part, of 10 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 7 reversed in part 3 writ denied 1

Areas

family 11

By year: 2020 3 · 2025 2 · 2022 2 · 2021 2 · 2015 1 · 2014 1 ·

Analysis

20reviewed cases analysed
69rulings read
0rulings where the model disagrees with the court
4cases 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. Marriage of Corso CA4/1 D083670 · 2025-06-20 · family · affirmed
  2. Marriage of Kim CA4/1 D083722 · 2025-02-25 · family · affirmed
  3. County of San Diego v. D.L. CA4/1 D079916 · 2022-12-29 · family · affirmed
  4. Marriage of Fraser CA4/1 D079148 · 2022-05-19 · family · affirmed
  5. County of San Diego v. C.B. CA4/1 D076732 · 2021-07-30 · family · affirmed
  6. County of San Diego Dept. of Child Support etc. v. G.S. CA4/1 D076378 · 2021-05-06 · family · affirmed
  7. County of San Diego v. P.B D075690 · 2020-10-16 · family · reversed in part
  8. County of San Diego v. P.B. CA4/1 D075690 · 2020-10-08 · family · reversed in part
  9. Marriage of J.K. & M.H. CA4/1 D075901 · 2020-09-24 · family · affirmed
  10. Marriage of M.A. and M.A. D065078 · 2015-02-24 · family · reversed in part
  11. Marriage of Hanna CA4/1 D064545 · 2014-12-29 · family · writ denied