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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. Sutton CA4/1 D069570 · 2016-09-07 · criminal · affirmed
  2. People v. Williamson CA4/1 D069155 · 2016-06-22 · criminal · affirmed
  3. People v. Flores CA4/1 D067587 · 2016-05-10 · criminal · affirmed
  4. People v. White CA4/1 D067945 · 2016-04-15 · criminal · affirmed
  5. People v. Palmer CA4/1 D066803 · 2016-04-04 · criminal · affirmed
  6. People v. Rupp CA4/1 D066718 · 2015-03-19 · criminal · affirmed
  7. People v. Nelson CA4/1 D066717 · 2015-03-06 · criminal · affirmed
  8. In re Erik B. CA4/1 D064889 · 2014-10-20 · delinquency · affirmed
  9. In re Mara M. CA4/1 D063765 · 2013-10-29 · delinquency · affirmed
  10. In re Jorge v. CA4/1 D063338 · 2013-09-19 · delinquency · reversed
  11. In re Miguel S. CA4/1 D062991 · 2013-06-13 · delinquency · affirmed