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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 17 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. Pavon CA4/1 D084221 · 2025-07-22 · criminal · reversed in part
  2. People v. Gonzalez CA4/1 D082775 · 2024-11-05 · criminal · reversed in part
  3. People v. Jimenez CA4/1 D081746 · 2024-07-17 · criminal · reversed in part
  4. People v. Fahay CA4/1 D080167 · 2023-05-16 · criminal · reversed in part
  5. People v. Jimenez CA4/1 D079640 · 2023-02-15 · criminal · reversed in part
  6. People v. Bunas D078819M · 2022-07-05 · criminal · reversed in part
  7. People v. Bunas D078819 · 2022-06-14 · criminal · reversed in part
  8. People v. Molina CA4/1 D077214A · 2021-05-19 · criminal · reversed in part
  9. People v. Molina CA4/1 D077214 · 2021-03-10 · criminal · reversed in part
  10. People v. Jackson CA4/1 D077341 · 2021-02-25 · criminal · reversed in part
  11. People v. Ashton CA4/1 D077343M · 2021-02-11 · criminal · reversed in part
  12. People v. Ashton CA4/1 D077343 · 2021-02-08 · criminal · reversed in part
  13. People v. Rebollar CA4/1 D076572 · 2020-12-16 · criminal · reversed in part
  14. People v. Oats CA4/1 D076792 · 2020-11-20 · criminal · reversed in part