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Ronald M. Christianson

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

Presiding Justice, Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino 2012–2012

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62% — 10 of 16 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 54% 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.

77cases reviewed on appeal
22%reversed, in whole or part, of 65 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 51 reversed in part 8 dismissed 8 reversed 6 writ granted 1 writ denied 1 remanded 1 other 1

Areas

criminal 77

By year: 2023 15 · 2024 14 · 2025 12 · 2026 7 · 2020 7 · 2022 5 · 2016 4 · 2014 4 · 2021 3 · 2013 3 · 2015 2 · 2019 1 ·

Analysis

26reviewed cases analysed
56rulings read
0rulings where the model disagrees with the court
6cases 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. Holley CA4/1 D086338 · 2026-09-24 · criminal · affirmed
  2. People v. Salazar CA4/2 E086417 · 2026-08-07 · criminal · dismissed
  3. People v. Ortiz CA4/2 E084366 · 2026-06-23 · criminal · affirmed
  4. People v. Downs CA4/2 E085630 · 2026-05-27 · criminal · affirmed
  5. People v. Salas CA4/1 D086061 · 2026-04-24 · criminal · affirmed
  6. People v. Steele CA4/2 E085262M · 2026-03-06 · criminal · dismissed
  7. People v. Steele CA4/2 E085262 · 2026-03-04 · criminal · dismissed
  8. People v. Lopez CA4/2 E081552A · 2025-12-10 · criminal · affirmed
  9. Eason v. Superior Court CA4/2 E085792 · 2025-12-10 · criminal · writ denied
  10. People v. Lanphear CA4/3 G064304 · 2025-08-19 · criminal · affirmed
  11. People v. Sokolgz CA4/1 D085455 · 2025-07-25 · criminal · affirmed
  12. People v. Jones CA4/2 E074846A · 2025-07-09 · criminal · reversed in part
  13. People v. Carrington CA4/1 D085721 · 2025-05-08 · criminal · affirmed
  14. People v. Minchaca CA4/3 G062776 · 2025-05-01 · criminal · reversed in part
  15. People v. Hall CA4/1 D085391 · 2025-04-25 · criminal · affirmed
  16. People v. Mackey CA4/2 E082830 · 2025-04-01 · criminal · affirmed
  17. People v. Gomez CA4/2 E082622 · 2025-03-13 · criminal · reversed in part
  18. People v. Suatele CA4/2 E083993 · 2025-02-26 · criminal · affirmed
  19. People v. Slaughter CA4/3 G062841 · 2025-02-13 · criminal · affirmed
  20. People v. Burroughs CA4/2 E083535 · 2024-11-18 · criminal · affirmed
  21. People v. Fields CA4/2 E083242 · 2024-10-22 · criminal · dismissed
  22. People v. Johnson CA4/3 G063882 · 2024-10-17 · criminal · reversed in part
  23. People v. Fritz CA4/2 E083147 · 2024-10-10 · criminal · dismissed
  24. Lee v. Superior Court CA4/2 E083577 · 2024-10-07 · criminal · writ granted
  25. People v. Waggoner CA4/2 E083315 · 2024-09-24 · criminal · affirmed