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Rudi M. Brewster

Justice, Court of Appeal · 1993–2026

A-
provisional — 100% — 1.0 of 1 opinions sound, per qwen3.8-27b; would rank in the top 12% of 80 graded judges, but ten opinions are needed for a standing letter — 1 so far

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.

58cases reviewed on appeal
1opinions authored
5panels sat on (not as author)
28%reversed, in whole or part, of 43 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 31 vacated 5 reversed 4 reversed in part 3 dismissed 2

Areas

civil 37 criminal 20 other 1

By year: 1997 19 · 1998 10 · 1993 7 · 2005 3 · 1996 3 · 2007 2 · 2006 2 · 2003 2 · 2001 2 · 2000 2 · 1999 2 · 2009 1 · 2008 1 · 2004 1 · 2002 1 ·

Analysis

No analyses yet. When they exist, this shows counts of the model's findings across this judge's reviewed cases — with the court's own dispositions beside them, and only from 10 cases.

Cases

  1. 3:25-cv-03837 · 2026-03-18 · civil
  2. Samson v. NAMA HOLDINGS, LLC 09-55835, 09-56394 · 2010-12-15 · civil
  3. Art Attacks Ink, LLC v. Mga Entertainment 07-56110 · 2009-09-16 · civil
  4. LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. v. Gateway, Inc. 2:02-po-02060 · 2008-12-15 · civil
  5. Asset Marketing v. Gagnon 07-55217 · 2008-09-08 · civil · affirmed
  6. Qualcomm Inc. v. Broadcom Corp. 3:05-cr-01958 · 2007-08-06 · criminal
  7. Lucent Technologies Inc. v. Gateway, Inc. Civil 02CV2060-B(CAB), 03CV0699-B (CAB) and 03CV1108-B (CAB) · 2007-08-06 · civil
  8. Ministry of Defense v. Elahi 03-55015 · 2007-07-16 · civil
  9. Ministry of Defense and Support for the Islamic Republic of Iran v. Elahi 03-55015 · 2007-05-30 · civil
  10. Klein v. San Diego County 04-55819 · 2006-09-18 · civil
  11. Josephs v. Pacific Bell 03-56412 · 2006-04-10 · criminal · affirmed
  12. Josephs v. Pacific Bell 03-56412 · 2005-12-27 · criminal · affirmed
  13. No. 03-55939 1126 · 2005-05-09 · other · vacated
  14. Turecek v. County of San Diego 03-55830 · 2005-02-24 · civil · dismissed
  15. 99-56498 · 2004-10-07 · civil · affirmed
  16. United States v. Fatima Peyton 02-50482 · 2003-12-31 · criminal · reversed in part
  17. Vess v. Ciba-Geigy Corp. USA 01-55834 · 2003-01-31 · civil
  18. 00-56253 · 2002-08-20 · civil
  19. 99-50730 · 2001-09-12 · criminal
  20. City Of San Diego v. Christine Todd Whitman 00-56561 · 2001-03-13 · civil · vacated
  21. Desert Citizens Against Pollution v. Henri R. Bisson 97-55429 · 2000-11-06 · civil · reversed
  22. Powers v. Eichen 98-56997 · 2000-10-20 · civil
  23. San Diego Chapter Of The Surfrider Foundation v. John B. Dalton 98-55362 · 1999-11-16 · civil
  24. Warn v. Maridome 97-55610 · 1999-05-03 · civil · affirmed
  25. 96-56362 · 1998-05-28 · civil · affirmed