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Richard S. Whitney

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

Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Diego 2003–

C-
62% — 89 of 143 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 55% 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.

94cases reviewed on appeal
27%reversed, in whole or part, of 92 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 63 reversed 18 reversed in part 7 modified 4 writ granted 1 dismissed 1

Areas

civil 68 criminal 25 family 1

By year: 2022 19 · 2021 15 · 2024 13 · 2023 11 · 2013 9 · 2014 8 · 2025 5 · 2016 4 · 2015 4 · 2026 3 · 2020 2 · 2019 1 ·

Analysis

176reviewed cases analysed
554rulings read
1rulings where the model disagrees with the court
30cases 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. Altbaum v. State of Cal. CA4/1 D085207 · 2026-06-03 · civil · affirmed
  2. Alphatec Spine v. NuVasive CA4/1 D084368 · 2026-04-23 · civil · affirmed
  3. Jacobs v. Sharp Healthcare CA4/1 D084337 · 2025-09-23 · civil · affirmed
  4. Barnett v. First American Home Warranty Corp. CA4/1 D084315 · 2025-08-19 · civil · affirmed
  5. Twins Luck Properties v. City of San Diego CA4/1 D084752 · 2025-07-22 · civil · affirmed
  6. Bealer v. County of San Diego CA4/1 D083677 · 2024-12-17 · civil · affirmed
  7. Cox v. Renfree CA4/1 D081808 · 2024-11-27 · civil · affirmed
  8. Preovolos v. Preovolos CA4/1 D082015 · 2024-10-30 · civil · affirmed
  9. Lesser v. Vaya Telecom CA4/1 D082332 · 2024-10-18 · civil · affirmed
  10. Nguyen v. Czygan CA4/1 D081475 · 2024-08-19 · civil · affirmed
  11. Baptiste v. Ralphs Grocery Co. CA4/1 D082554 · 2024-05-28 · civil · affirmed
  12. Jacob v. ESA Management CA4/1 D081024 · 2023-10-26 · civil · affirmed
  13. Bd. of Trustees of the United Food & Com. Workers etc v. City of San Diego CA4/1 D080621 · 2023-09-20 · civil · affirmed
  14. Ahn v. Stewart Title Guaranty Co. D080391 · 2023-07-05 · civil · affirmed
  15. Maddox v. Maddox CA4/1 D079989 · 2023-06-21 · civil · affirmed
  16. United Specialty Ins. Co. v. Barriga CA4/1 D080066 · 2023-04-18 · civil · affirmed
  17. Elsner v. San Diego Gas & Electric Co. CA4/1 D080055 · 2023-03-02 · civil · affirmed
  18. Curamus Management v. Swiech CA4/1 D079075 · 2023-02-10 · civil · affirmed
  19. Save 30th Street Parking v. City of San Diego CA4/1 D079752 · 2022-12-23 · civil · affirmed
  20. Morgan v. Ygrene Energy Fund, Inc. D079364M · 2022-11-21 · civil · affirmed
  21. Morgan v. Ygrene Energy Fund, Inc. D079364 · 2022-11-01 · civil · affirmed
  22. Flowers v. Crawford CA4/1 D078670 · 2022-10-26 · civil · affirmed
  23. Shustak Reynolds & Partners, P.C. v. Weisbord CA4/1 D079169M · 2022-09-06 · civil · affirmed
  24. Krizan Associates v. Pereira CA4/1 D079496 · 2022-08-26 · civil · affirmed
  25. Shustak Reynolds & Partners v. Weisbord CA4/1 D079169 · 2022-08-17 · civil · affirmed