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Polly H. Shamoon

Judge · Superior Court of San Diego County · 2013–2026

Sitting now: Dept. 1903, Central Courthouse — CRIMINAL TRIALS (the court's data of 01:00AM 15 Oct 2026)

Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Diego 2008–

F+
48% — 43 of 89 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 85% 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.

61cases reviewed on appeal
32%reversed, in whole or part, of 59 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 35 reversed in part 14 modified 5 reversed 4 dismissed 2 vacated 1

Areas

criminal 57 delinquency 4

By year: 2024 11 · 2021 10 · 2025 8 · 2023 8 · 2016 6 · 2020 4 · 2022 3 · 2019 3 · 2013 3 · 2026 2 · 2015 2 · 2014 1 ·

Analysis

112reviewed cases analysed
309rulings read
0rulings where the model disagrees with the court
27cases 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. Jackson CA4/1 D086403 · 2026-07-06 · criminal · affirmed
  2. People v. Bracey CA4/1 D085007 · 2026-03-25 · criminal · affirmed
  3. People v. Dene CA4/1 D085212 · 2025-10-16 · criminal · affirmed
  4. People v. Hernandez CA4/1 D083513 · 2025-09-23 · criminal · affirmed
  5. People v. Blanco CA4/1 D084539 · 2025-09-17 · criminal · affirmed
  6. People v. Cordero CA4/1 D085000 · 2025-09-16 · criminal · affirmed
  7. People v. Warren CA4/1 D084087 · 2025-09-16 · criminal · modified
  8. People v. Boyd-Malone CA4/1 D084275 · 2025-08-06 · criminal · modified
  9. People v. Pavon CA4/1 D084221 · 2025-07-22 · criminal · reversed in part
  10. People v. Dominguez CA4/1 D084002 · 2025-03-20 · criminal · affirmed
  11. People v. Gonzalez CA4/1 D082775 · 2024-11-05 · criminal · reversed in part
  12. People v. Mahmood CA4/1 D082815 · 2024-09-25 · criminal · vacated
  13. People v. Drummond CA4/1 D083408 · 2024-09-10 · criminal · affirmed
  14. In re Montgomery D083970 · 2024-09-06 · criminal · dismissed
  15. People v. Jimenez CA4/1 D081746 · 2024-07-17 · criminal · reversed in part
  16. People v. Ackerman D082208 · 2024-06-24 · criminal · affirmed
  17. People v. Christopher CA4/1 D082182 · 2024-06-18 · criminal · affirmed
  18. People v. Le CA4/1 D082173 · 2024-06-14 · criminal · reversed
  19. People v. Bender CA4/1 D082683 · 2024-05-24 · criminal · affirmed
  20. People v. Dearborn CA4/1 D082877 · 2024-05-20 · criminal · affirmed
  21. P. v.Gann CA4/1 D081313 · 2024-01-08 · criminal · affirmed
  22. People v. Moore CA4/1 D081699 · 2023-11-30 · criminal · reversed
  23. People v. Reeves CA4/1 D080704 · 2023-08-10 · criminal · affirmed
  24. People v. Marquez D080411 · 2023-07-18 · criminal · affirmed
  25. People v. Fahay CA4/1 D080167 · 2023-05-16 · criminal · reversed in part