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Peter H. Kirwan

Judge · Superior Court of Santa Clara County · 2021–2024

Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara 2006–

A++
provisional — 100% — 3 of 3 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 — 3 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.

5cases reviewed on appeal
—4 merits decisions: a rate is shown from 10

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 4 dismissed 1

Areas

civil 5

By year: 2021 2 · 2024 1 · 2023 1 · 2022 1 ·

Analysis

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

Cases

  1. Meinhardt v. City of Sunnyvale CA4/1 D079451A · 2024-11-06 · civil · affirmed
  2. PF1 v. Suba CA2/8 B322726 · 2023-04-27 · civil · affirmed
  3. Meinhardt v. City of Sunnyvale D079451 · 2022-03-09 · civil · dismissed
  4. Tze v. City of Palo Alto CA4/3 G060401M · 2021-11-18 · civil · affirmed
  5. Tze v. City of Palo Alto CA4/3 G060401 · 2021-10-20 · civil · affirmed