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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–

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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. Maddox v. Maddox CA4/1 D079989 · 2023-06-21 · civil · affirmed
  2. United Specialty Ins. Co. v. Barriga CA4/1 D080066 · 2023-04-18 · civil · affirmed
  3. Boy v. Zimmer CA4/1 D077123 · 2023-04-11 · civil · reversed in part
  4. Stan's Big Savings v. Bodge CA4/1 D079847 · 2023-03-20 · civil · reversed
  5. Elsner v. San Diego Gas & Electric Co. CA4/1 D080055 · 2023-03-02 · civil · affirmed
  6. Curamus Management v. Swiech CA4/1 D079075 · 2023-02-10 · civil · affirmed
  7. Jacobs v. Sharp Healthcare CA4/1 D079404 · 2023-01-25 · civil · reversed
  8. Cole v. Super. Ct. D081299 · 2022-12-30 · civil · writ granted
  9. Save 30th Street Parking v. City of San Diego CA4/1 D079752 · 2022-12-23 · civil · affirmed
  10. Morgan v. Ygrene Energy Fund, Inc. D079364M · 2022-11-21 · civil · affirmed
  11. Morgan v. Ygrene Energy Fund, Inc. D079364 · 2022-11-01 · civil · affirmed
  12. Flowers v. Crawford CA4/1 D078670 · 2022-10-26 · civil · affirmed
  13. Shustak Reynolds & Partners, P.C. v. Weisbord CA4/1 D079169M · 2022-09-06 · civil · affirmed
  14. Krizan Associates v. Pereira CA4/1 D079496 · 2022-08-26 · civil · affirmed
  15. Shustak Reynolds & Partners v. Weisbord CA4/1 D079169 · 2022-08-17 · civil · affirmed
  16. Evans v. Bosa Development Cal. II CA4/1 D078272 · 2022-07-27 · civil · affirmed
  17. Save Our Students-Safety etc. v. County of San Diego CA4/1 D079464 · 2022-07-26 · civil · reversed
  18. Malan v. Katto CA4/1 D077602 · 2022-05-23 · civil · affirmed
  19. Simpson v. Dolan-Clune CA4/1 D078809 · 2022-05-20 · civil · reversed in part
  20. Curtin Maritime Corp. v. Pacific Dredge etc. D078217 · 2022-03-22 · civil · reversed
  21. Michajlenko v. Terramar Retail Centers CA4/1 D077539 · 2022-03-09 · civil · affirmed
  22. Dillard v. Government Employees Ins. CA4/1 D077704 · 2022-03-08 · civil · reversed
  23. Mendoza v. Gramse CA4/1 D078307 · 2022-02-17 · civil · affirmed
  24. Andrews v. Metropolitan Transit System D077550 · 2022-01-31 · civil · reversed
  25. Webster Ave. Church of Christ v. Fire Prevention Services CA4/1 D077678 · 2022-01-20 · civil · reversed