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Sharon J. Waters

Judge · Superior Court of Riverside County · 2002–2024

Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Riverside 2006–2019 · Presiding Justice, Superior Court of California, County of Riverside 2005–2006 · Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Riverside 1998–2005

A--
provisional — 80% — 4 of 5 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; would rank in the top 16% of 312 graded judges, but ten rulings are needed for a standing letter — 5 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.

33cases reviewed on appeal
29%reversed, in whole or part, of 28 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 19 reversed 6 dismissed 4 reversed in part 2 writ denied 1 modified 1

Areas

civil 33

By year: 2017 7 · 2018 5 · 2016 5 · 2020 4 · 2014 3 · 2022 2 · 2013 2 · 2024 1 · 2023 1 · 2019 1 · 2015 1 · 2002 1 ·

Analysis

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

Cases

  1. Loudon v. DHSE CA4/2 E081497M · 2024-08-26 · civil · affirmed
  2. City of San Clemente v. Dept. of Transportation E077153 · 2023-06-29 · civil · reversed in part
  3. Loudon v. DHSE CA2/7 B322559M · 2022-11-17 · civil · dismissed
  4. Loudon v. DHSE CA2/7 B322559 · 2022-11-16 · civil · dismissed
  5. Paulek v. City of Moreno Valley CA4/2 E071184 · 2020-11-24 · civil · dismissed
  6. Barriga v. 99 Cents Only Stores LLC E069288 · 2020-06-26 · civil · reversed
  7. Barriga v. 99 Cents Only Stores LLC E069288 · 2020-06-26 · civil · reversed
  8. Grande v. Eisenhower Medical Center E068730 · 2020-02-06 · civil · writ denied
  9. Smith v. LoanMe, Inc. E069752 · 2019-12-20 · civil · affirmed
  10. Friends of Riverside's Hills v. City or Riverside E068350 · 2018-09-07 · civil · affirmed
  11. Center for Community Action etc. v. City of Moreno Valley D073451 · 2018-08-23 · civil · reversed
  12. Ehret v. WinCo Foods, LLC E067575 · 2018-08-13 · civil · affirmed
  13. Curry v. Equilon Enterprises, LLC E065764M · 2018-05-18 · civil · affirmed
  14. Curry v. Equilon Enterprises, LLC E065764 · 2018-04-26 · civil · affirmed
  15. Creed-21 v. City of Wildomar CA4/2 E066367 · 2017-12-19 · civil · affirmed
  16. St. of CA v. Continental Ins. Co. E064518 · 2017-09-29 · civil · affirmed
  17. PGA West Residential Assn. v. Hulven International E064270M · 2017-08-23 · civil · reversed
  18. PGA West Residential Assn. v. Hulven International E064270 · 2017-08-09 · civil · reversed
  19. Brenner v. Universal Health etc. D071094 · 2017-06-07 · civil · affirmed
  20. Bonome v. City of Riverside E064925 · 2017-03-24 · civil · affirmed
  21. Residents Against Specific Plan 380 v. County of Riverside E063292 · 2017-02-14 · civil · affirmed
  22. Hernandez v. Ross Stores, Inc. E064026 · 2016-12-07 · civil · affirmed
  23. Riverside Sheriffs' Assn. v. County of Riverside CA4/2 E062836 · 2016-06-29 · civil · affirmed
  24. Qui v. Yuan CA4/2 E061987 · 2016-03-07 · civil · affirmed
  25. Zenith Ins. Co. v. Bunn-O-Matic CA4/2 E062728 · 2016-01-29 · civil · affirmed