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Samah Shouka

Judge · Superior Court of Riverside County · 2020–2026

Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Riverside 2019–

F--
provisional — 12% — 1 of 8 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; would rank in the top 100% of 312 graded judges, but ten rulings are needed for a standing letter — 8 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.

29cases reviewed on appeal
21%reversed, in whole or part, of 24 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 17 writ granted 4 reversed 4 modified 2 reversed in part 1 dismissed 1

Areas

criminal 27 delinquency 2

By year: 2026 15 · 2021 4 · 2025 2 · 2024 2 · 2023 2 · 2022 2 · 2020 2 ·

Analysis

16reviewed cases analysed
64rulings read
0rulings where the model disagrees with the court
4cases 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. Hernandez CA4/2 E088074 · 2026-09-23 · criminal · affirmed
  2. People v. Intong CA4/1 D087611 · 2026-08-20 · criminal · reversed
  3. People v. Hoskins CA4/1 D088201 · 2026-07-23 · criminal · affirmed
  4. People v. Barragan CA4/1 D086163 · 2026-07-15 · criminal · reversed
  5. People v. Gomez CA4/2 E086382 · 2026-07-08 · criminal · affirmed
  6. People v. Meraz CA4/1 D085864 · 2026-07-01 · criminal · reversed in part
  7. People v. Burke CA4/1 D087344 · 2026-07-01 · criminal · affirmed
  8. People v. Zacarias CA4/2 E084610M · 2026-05-19 · criminal · affirmed
  9. People v. Zacarias CA4/3 E084610 · 2026-05-08 · criminal · affirmed
  10. People v. Jackson CA4/2 E085641 · 2026-04-24 · criminal · dismissed
  11. People v. Ortiz CA4/1 D087151 · 2026-03-26 · criminal · affirmed
  12. People v. Franco CA4/1 D086915 · 2026-03-20 · criminal · affirmed
  13. People v. Colbert CA4/2 E083928 · 2026-03-12 · criminal · affirmed
  14. People v. Law CA4/2 E085189 · 2026-03-04 · criminal · reversed
  15. People v. Sanchez CA4/2 E085216 · 2026-01-14 · criminal · affirmed
  16. People v. Miller CA4/3 G064549 · 2025-10-29 · criminal · affirmed
  17. People v. Financial Casualty & Surety CA4/1 D085170 · 2025-06-16 · criminal · affirmed
  18. People v. Hampton CA4/3 E083234 · 2024-12-04 · criminal · affirmed
  19. People v. Bonilla CA4/2 E082922 · 2024-11-27 · criminal · reversed
  20. Riverside County Probation Dept. v. Superior Court CA4/2 E077962A · 2023-03-28 · criminal · writ granted
  21. Riverside County Probation Dept. v. Superior Court CA4/2 E077962N · 2023-01-11 · criminal · writ granted
  22. Riverside County Probation Dept. v. Superior Court CA4/2 E077962M · 2022-12-28 · criminal · writ granted
  23. Riverside County Probation Dept. v. Superior Court CA4/2 E077962 · 2022-12-22 · criminal · writ granted
  24. In re J.G. CA4/2 E076478 · 2021-11-08 · delinquency · modified
  25. People v. Silva CA4/2 E073970 · 2021-05-10 · criminal · affirmed