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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. Conservatorship of C.S. CA4/1 D087144 · 2026-01-22 · probate · reversed in part
  3. People v. Barnes CA4/2 E077878A · 2024-12-19 · criminal · reversed in part
  4. People v. Stewart CA4/2 E078408 · 2024-09-05 · criminal · reversed in part
  5. People v. James CA4/2 E077486 · 2023-03-21 · criminal · reversed in part
  6. People v. Huffman CA4/2 E075495 · 2022-07-21 · criminal · reversed in part
  7. People v. Marquez CA4/2 E077816 · 2022-06-27 · criminal · reversed in part
  8. People v. Mendoza CA4/2 E076501 · 2022-05-05 · criminal · reversed in part
  9. People v. Morales CA4/2 E072462 · 2021-06-18 · criminal · reversed in part
  10. People v. Kohut CA4/1 D075492 · 2020-10-20 · criminal · reversed in part
  11. People v. McCloud E065359M · 2017-10-05 · criminal · reversed in part
  12. People v. McCloud E065359 · 2017-09-27 · criminal · reversed in part