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Sean Lafferty

Judge · Superior Court of Riverside County · 2022–2026

Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Riverside 2015–

A++
provisional — 100% — 4 of 4 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; would rank in the top 1% of 312 graded judges, but ten rulings are needed for a standing letter — 4 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.

3cases reviewed on appeal
—2 merits decisions: a rate is shown from 10

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 2 writ granted 1

Areas

family 3

By year: 2026 1 · 2025 1 · 2022 1 ·

Analysis

2 of this judge's reviewed cases have an analysis; counts are shown from 10.

Cases

  1. Marriage of Cowan CA4/1 D085987 · 2026-05-06 · family · affirmed
  2. Marriage of Aguina and Kang CA4/2 E079976 · 2025-10-07 · family · affirmed
  3. Slaieh v. Super. Ct. E077534 · 2022-04-08 · family · writ granted