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Rodney A. Cortez

Judge · Superior Court of San Bernardino County · 2009–2025

, Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino 2006–

B--
69% — 9 of 13 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 39% 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.

38cases reviewed on appeal
19%reversed, in whole or part, of 36 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 22 modified 7 reversed 4 reversed in part 3 writ denied 2

Areas

criminal 37 civil 1

By year: 2014 6 · 2013 6 · 2024 4 · 2023 4 · 2022 4 · 2015 4 · 2016 3 · 2021 2 · 2025 1 · 2020 1 · 2018 1 · 2017 1 · 2009 1 ·

Analysis

12reviewed cases analysed
46rulings read
0rulings where the model disagrees with the court
1cases 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. Ureno CA4/2 E081255 · 2025-04-10 · criminal · affirmed
  2. Sanchez v. Superior Court E083015 · 2024-11-08 · criminal · writ denied
  3. Sanchez v. Superior Court CA4/2 E083015 · 2024-10-22 · criminal · writ denied
  4. People v. Gadson CA4/3 G062768 · 2024-09-26 · criminal · modified
  5. People v. Morrison CA4/3 G062842 · 2024-03-26 · criminal · reversed
  6. People v. Casas CA4/2 E077953 · 2023-05-09 · criminal · affirmed
  7. People v. Banuelos CA4/1 D080919 · 2023-04-17 · criminal · affirmed
  8. People v. James CA4/2 E078864 · 2023-04-13 · criminal · modified
  9. People v. Gamez CA4/1 D079200 · 2023-03-08 · criminal · affirmed
  10. People v. Aversa CA4/2 E077438M · 2022-08-04 · criminal · reversed
  11. People v. Aversa CA4/2 E077438 · 2022-07-22 · criminal · reversed
  12. People v. Harper CA4/2 E077940 · 2022-06-21 · criminal · affirmed
  13. People v. Molina CA4/2 E076167 · 2022-01-28 · criminal · modified
  14. People v. Walker CA4/2 E077191 · 2021-12-22 · criminal · reversed in part
  15. People v. Aikens CA4/2 E073943 · 2021-07-21 · criminal · affirmed
  16. People v. Sweeney CA4/2 E072136 · 2020-10-09 · criminal · reversed in part
  17. People v. Webb D073592 · 2018-08-01 · criminal · reversed in part
  18. People v. Brown E059735A · 2017-05-01 · criminal · modified
  19. People v. Simpson CA4/2 E063049 · 2016-07-11 · criminal · modified
  20. People v. Benes CA4/2 E062551 · 2016-02-26 · criminal · affirmed
  21. People v. Mora CA4/2 E062470 · 2016-02-02 · criminal · affirmed
  22. People v. King CA4/2 E062770 · 2015-11-02 · criminal · affirmed
  23. People v. Brown E059735 · 2015-09-14 · criminal · modified
  24. People v. Hampton CA4/2 E062339M · 2015-06-29 · criminal · affirmed
  25. People v. Stewart CA4/2 E060622 · 2015-01-26 · criminal · affirmed