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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 reviewed on appeal (every role)

  1. People v. Greenwade CA4/2 E060581 · 2014-11-04 · criminal · affirmed
  2. Davis v. State of California CA4/3 G049805 · 2014-09-04 · civil · affirmed
  3. People v. Kruzik CA4/1 D065945 · 2014-09-03 · criminal · affirmed
  4. People v. O'Rourke CA4/1 D065466 · 2014-07-31 · criminal · modified
  5. People v. Zamora CA4/2 E057915 · 2014-07-30 · criminal · reversed
  6. People v. Ross CA4/2 E056871 · 2014-01-21 · criminal · affirmed
  7. People v. Shovey CA4/2 E056139 · 2013-10-18 · criminal · affirmed
  8. People v. Barber CA4/2 E058267 · 2013-10-08 · criminal · affirmed
  9. P. v. Graham CA4/2 E058069 · 2013-08-06 · criminal · affirmed
  10. P. v. Sharrieff CA4/2 E052552 · 2013-04-30 · criminal · affirmed
  11. P. v. Lucero CA4/2 E055819 · 2013-03-13 · criminal · affirmed
  12. P. v. Kindseth CA4/2 E054294 · 2013-03-06 · criminal · affirmed
  13. People v. Buskirk D054757 · 2009-07-24 · criminal · affirmed