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Samuel Diaz, Jr.

Judge · Superior Court of Riverside County · 2013–2026

F--
17% — 2 of 12 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 99% 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.

52cases reviewed on appeal
33%reversed, in whole or part, of 48 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 29 reversed in part 12 reversed 4 modified 3 dismissed 2 writ granted 1 writ denied 1

Areas

criminal 49 probate 1 delinquency 1 civil 1

By year: 2023 12 · 2025 7 · 2024 7 · 2022 7 · 2020 7 · 2021 5 · 2026 3 · 2017 2 · 2019 1 · 2013 1 ·

Analysis

27reviewed cases analysed
74rulings read
0rulings where the model disagrees with the court
7cases 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. Brown CA4/2 E084216 · 2026-04-03 · criminal · reversed in part
  2. People v. Martin CA4/1 D086603 · 2026-03-30 · criminal · affirmed
  3. Conservatorship of C.S. CA4/1 D087144 · 2026-01-22 · probate · reversed in part
  4. People v. Crawford CA4/1 D085321 · 2025-12-11 · criminal · affirmed
  5. People v. Wansor CA4/1 D085993 · 2025-10-20 · criminal · affirmed
  6. Angulo v. Super. Ct. E085719 · 2025-09-16 · criminal · writ granted
  7. People v. Ahmad CA4/2 E084540 · 2025-08-14 · criminal · affirmed
  8. People v. Clayton CA4/1 D085021 · 2025-08-05 · criminal · reversed
  9. People v. Samano CA4/2 E082941 · 2025-07-24 · criminal · affirmed
  10. Hernandez v. Nunez CA4/2 E083404 · 2025-05-19 · civil · modified
  11. People v. Barnes CA4/2 E077878A · 2024-12-19 · criminal · reversed in part
  12. People v. Stewart CA4/2 E078408 · 2024-09-05 · criminal · reversed in part
  13. People v. Witous CA4/1 D084022 · 2024-08-28 · criminal · affirmed
  14. People v. Pellegrin CA4/1 D083072 · 2024-03-04 · criminal · affirmed
  15. People v. Robinson G063090 · 2024-02-27 · criminal · affirmed
  16. People v. Huffman CA4/2 E080355 · 2024-01-09 · criminal · affirmed
  17. People v. George CA4/2 E081432 · 2024-01-09 · criminal · affirmed
  18. People v. Salcido CA4/2 E080067 · 2023-12-29 · criminal · affirmed
  19. People v. Guzman CA4/1 D080717 · 2023-12-14 · criminal · affirmed
  20. People v. Rupert CA4/2 E079891 · 2023-10-09 · criminal · affirmed
  21. People v. Meza CA4/2 E077952 · 2023-08-29 · criminal · affirmed
  22. People v. Zemek D080917 · 2023-07-11 · criminal · affirmed
  23. People v. Salcido CA4/2 E079398 · 2023-06-14 · criminal · affirmed
  24. People v. Castro CA4/1 D079230 · 2023-05-16 · criminal · affirmed
  25. People v. Grissom CA4/2 E079450A · 2023-04-17 · criminal · affirmed