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Richard J. Oberholzer

Judge · Superior Court of Kern County · 1990–2026

Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Kern 1987–2008

A++
provisional — 100% — 5 of 5 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 — 5 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.

36cases reviewed on appeal
38%reversed, in whole or part, of 32 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 20 reversed 7 reversed in part 4 writ granted 2 other 2 vacated 1

Areas

civil 25 criminal 10 family 1

By year: 2015 11 · 2023 5 · 2025 4 · 2014 3 · 2021 2 · 2016 2 · 2026 1 · 2024 1 · 2013 1 · 2008 1 · 2004 1 · 1993 1 · 1992 1 · 1991 1 · 1990 1 ·

Analysis

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

Cases

  1. Nguyen v. Tran CA4/3 G064050 · 2025-08-21 · civil · reversed in part
  2. Ferrari v. Capistrano Beach Care Center CA4/3 G060873 · 2023-02-02 · civil · reversed in part
  3. Wade v. Valdez CA4/2 E059880 · 2015-04-24 · civil · reversed in part
  4. Roy Allan Slurry Seal, Inc. v. Amer. Asphalt So., Inc. B255558 · 2015-02-20 · civil · reversed in part