Roderick W. Shelton

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

Sitting now: Dept. 1001, Central Courthouse (Assistant Presiding) (the court's data of 01:00AM 17 Oct 2026)

Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Diego 2007–

D++

60% — 25 of 42 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 64% 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.

25cases reviewed on appeal

19%reversed, in whole or part, of 21 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 16 writ granted 2 reversed 2 dismissed 2 vacated 1 reversed in part 1 modified 1

Areas

criminal 15 delinquency 5 family 3 dependency 2

By year: 2016 6 · 2021 5 · 2022 4 · 2025 2 · 2015 2 · 2026 1 · 2024 1 · 2023 1 · 2020 1 · 2014 1 · 2013 1 ·

Analysis

47reviewed cases analysed

144rulings read

0rulings where the model disagrees with the court

8cases 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

In re Bianca S. D068942 · 2015-11-02 · dependency · writ granted
In re Bianca S. CA4/1 D068942; D068943 · 2015-10-21 · dependency · writ granted