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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. Smith v. LoanMe, Inc. E069752 · 2019-12-20 · civil · affirmed
  3. Friends of Riverside's Hills v. City or Riverside E068350 · 2018-09-07 · civil · affirmed
  4. Ehret v. WinCo Foods, LLC E067575 · 2018-08-13 · civil · affirmed
  5. Curry v. Equilon Enterprises, LLC E065764M · 2018-05-18 · civil · affirmed
  6. Curry v. Equilon Enterprises, LLC E065764 · 2018-04-26 · civil · affirmed
  7. Creed-21 v. City of Wildomar CA4/2 E066367 · 2017-12-19 · civil · affirmed
  8. St. of CA v. Continental Ins. Co. E064518 · 2017-09-29 · civil · affirmed
  9. Brenner v. Universal Health etc. D071094 · 2017-06-07 · civil · affirmed
  10. Bonome v. City of Riverside E064925 · 2017-03-24 · civil · affirmed
  11. Residents Against Specific Plan 380 v. County of Riverside E063292 · 2017-02-14 · civil · affirmed
  12. Hernandez v. Ross Stores, Inc. E064026 · 2016-12-07 · civil · affirmed
  13. Riverside Sheriffs' Assn. v. County of Riverside CA4/2 E062836 · 2016-06-29 · civil · affirmed
  14. Qui v. Yuan CA4/2 E061987 · 2016-03-07 · civil · affirmed
  15. Zenith Ins. Co. v. Bunn-O-Matic CA4/2 E062728 · 2016-01-29 · civil · affirmed
  16. Riverside Sheriff's Assn. v. County of Riverside CA4/3 G049825 · 2015-03-20 · civil · affirmed
  17. Van Loon v. Winchester-Wesselink CA4/2 E058826 · 2014-12-03 · civil · affirmed
  18. Horspool v. Updike CA4/2 E054139 · 2013-06-27 · civil · affirmed
  19. Sears v. Water Employees Services Auth. CA4/2 E055113 · 2013-05-16 · civil · affirmed