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Robert O. Amador

Judge · Superior Court of San Diego County · 2015–2026

Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Diego 2013–

C-
63% — 22 of 35 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 52% 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.

36cases reviewed on appeal
17%reversed, in whole or part, of 36 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 29 reversed in part 3 reversed 3 modified 1

Areas

criminal 33 family 2 civil 1

By year: 2025 9 · 2026 8 · 2023 4 · 2021 4 · 2020 4 · 2024 3 · 2022 2 · 2017 1 · 2015 1 ·

Analysis

70reviewed cases analysed
159rulings read
0rulings where the model disagrees with the court
13cases 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. Bloomberg CA4/1 D086279 · 2026-09-18 · criminal · affirmed
  2. People v. Powell CA4/1 D086278 · 2026-08-27 · criminal · affirmed
  3. People v. Newsum CA4/1 D086619 · 2026-08-07 · criminal · affirmed
  4. People v. Henderson CA4/1 D085245 · 2026-06-02 · criminal · affirmed
  5. People v. Majors CA4/1 D086405 · 2026-05-27 · criminal · modified
  6. People v. Pulgarin CA4/1 D086312 · 2026-04-30 · criminal · affirmed
  7. People v. Flores CA4/1 D085151 · 2026-01-30 · criminal · affirmed
  8. People v. Ardeleanu CA4/1 D084840M · 2026-01-06 · criminal · reversed
  9. People v. Ardeleanu CA4/1 D084840 · 2025-12-24 · criminal · reversed
  10. People v. Sayles CA4/1 D084852 · 2025-10-20 · criminal · affirmed
  11. People v. Ciccimaro CA4/1 D083545 · 2025-08-18 · criminal · affirmed
  12. People v. Robles CA4/1 D084048 · 2025-07-25 · criminal · affirmed
  13. People v. Heizelman CA4/1 D084202 · 2025-06-24 · criminal · affirmed
  14. People v. Groner CA4/1 D084415 · 2025-06-12 · criminal · affirmed
  15. People v. Jimenez CA4/1 D083665 · 2025-04-24 · criminal · reversed in part
  16. People v. Vargas CA4/1 D083404 · 2025-04-09 · criminal · affirmed
  17. People v. Malacara CA4/1 D082276 · 2025-03-28 · criminal · reversed in part
  18. People v. Buggs CA4/1 D082927 · 2024-10-15 · criminal · reversed
  19. People v. Cull CA4/1 D083181 · 2024-09-25 · criminal · affirmed
  20. People v. Palomino CA4/1 D082849 · 2024-03-27 · criminal · affirmed
  21. People v. Cuevas CA4/1 D081672 · 2023-08-02 · criminal · affirmed
  22. People v. Miller CA4/1 D081336 · 2023-06-27 · criminal · affirmed
  23. People v. Swain CA4/1 D080595 · 2023-02-22 · criminal · affirmed
  24. People v. Rivera CA4/1 D080362 · 2023-01-24 · criminal · affirmed
  25. People v. Diaz CA4/1 D079583 · 2022-12-19 · criminal · affirmed