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Selena Dong Epley

Judge · 2015–2026

Sitting now: Dept. 11, East County Court (Supervising, Criminal) (the court's data of 01:00AM 15 Oct 2026)

Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Diego 2014–

B
73% — 19 of 26 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 29% 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.

15cases reviewed on appeal
14%reversed, in whole or part, of 14 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 11 reversed in part 2 writ granted 1 modified 1

Areas

criminal 12 family 2 civil 1

By year: 2026 5 · 2025 3 · 2024 3 · 2023 1 · 2022 1 · 2016 1 · 2015 1 ·

Analysis

28reviewed cases analysed
72rulings read
0rulings where the model disagrees with the court
8cases 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. Estrada CA4/1 D087122 · 2026-09-22 · criminal · affirmed
  2. People v. Laster CA4/1 D085438 · 2026-09-09 · criminal · affirmed
  3. People v. Chaidez CA4/1 D084213 · 2026-08-24 · criminal · modified
  4. People v. Soto CA4/1 D084745M · 2026-02-25 · criminal · reversed in part
  5. People v. Soto CA4/1 D084745 · 2026-02-19 · criminal · reversed in part
  6. People v. Rodriguez CA4/1 D084529 · 2025-07-17 · criminal · affirmed
  7. People v. Felix CA4/1 D084175 · 2025-06-17 · criminal · affirmed
  8. People v. Bankers Insurance Company CA4/1 D083964 · 2025-02-25 · civil · affirmed
  9. People v. Gonzalez CA4/1 D082785 · 2024-10-18 · criminal · affirmed
  10. People v. Elie CA4/1 D081898 · 2024-03-22 · criminal · affirmed
  11. People v. Cain CA4/1 D081041 · 2024-03-12 · criminal · affirmed
  12. People v. Walton CA4/1 D081344 · 2023-12-20 · criminal · affirmed
  13. People v. Williams CA4/1 D080566 · 2022-11-17 · criminal · affirmed
  14. S.C. v. B.L. CA4/1 D068562 · 2016-04-06 · family · affirmed
  15. S.C. v. Super. Ct. CA4/1 D067906 · 2015-05-27 · family · writ granted