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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

  1. People v. Luciano CA4/1 D083868 · 2025-11-19 · criminal · affirmed
  2. People v. Wright CA4/1 D083275 · 2024-08-19 · criminal · affirmed
  3. People v. Romero CA4/1 D079837 · 2022-07-14 · criminal · affirmed
  4. People v. Quillar CA4/1 D079875 · 2022-06-17 · criminal · affirmed
  5. People v. Lopez CA4/1 D079521 · 2022-02-09 · criminal · affirmed
  6. People v. Withers CA4/1 D079180 · 2021-11-05 · criminal · affirmed
  7. People v. Lopez-Vinck D077029 · 2021-09-15 · criminal · affirmed
  8. People v. Baldino CA4/1 D078440 · 2021-05-26 · criminal · affirmed
  9. People v. Aviles CA4/1 D076393 · 2021-01-28 · criminal · affirmed
  10. People v. Probert CA4/1 D075716 · 2020-10-15 · criminal · affirmed
  11. In re Luis v. CA4/1 D068248 · 2016-08-26 · delinquency · affirmed
  12. In re Luis P. CA4/1 D068999 · 2016-08-11 · delinquency · affirmed
  13. In re M.H. D067616 · 2016-07-18 · delinquency · affirmed
  14. Marriage of MacKinnon and Gilbert CA4/1 D066200 · 2016-02-09 · family · affirmed
  15. In re Kevin A. CA4/1 D067780 · 2016-01-28 · delinquency · affirmed
  16. C.R. v. R.F. CA4/1 D063732 · 2014-02-05 · family · affirmed