Samah Shouka
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
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
- People v. Hernandez CA4/2
- People v. Hoskins CA4/1
- People v. Gomez CA4/2
- People v. Burke CA4/1
- People v. Zacarias CA4/2
- People v. Zacarias CA4/3
- People v. Ortiz CA4/1
- People v. Franco CA4/1
- People v. Colbert CA4/2
- People v. Sanchez CA4/2
- People v. Miller CA4/3
- People v. Financial Casualty & Surety CA4/1
- People v. Hampton CA4/3
- People v. Silva CA4/2
- People v. Esqueda CA4/2
- People v. Edrington CA4/2
- People v. Brown CA4/2