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Smith

Justice, Court of Appeal · California Court of Appeal, Fourth District, Division One · 1900–2025

F--
provisional — 80% — 4.0 of 5 opinions sound, per qwen3.8-27b; would rank in the top 100% of 80 graded judges, but ten opinions 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.

6cases reviewed on appeal
732opinions authored
1,565panels sat on (not as author)
—5 merits decisions: a rate is shown from 10

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 4 reversed 1 other 1

Areas

criminal 3 civil 3

By year: 2014 1 · 2013 1 · 1998 1 · 1914 1 · 1910 1 · 1900 1 ·

Analysis

No analyses yet. When they exist, this shows counts of the model's findings across this judge's reviewed cases — with the court's own dispositions beside them, and only from 10 cases.

Cases sat on (every role)

  1. The Best Service Co. v. Emily Bayley 15-55142 · 2017-02-27 · other
  2. Kathleen Gates v. McT Group, Inc. 15-55728 · 2017-02-23 · civil · affirmed
  3. Fred MacDonald v. United States 15-56429 · 2017-02-16 · civil · affirmed
  4. Medina v. GEICO Indemnity Co. F072548 · 2017-02-08 · civil · affirmed
  5. United States v. Rufino Peralta-Sanchez 14-50393 14-50394 · 2017-02-07 · other
  6. People v. Lamb F069279 · 2017-02-02 · criminal · affirmed
  7. Merced Irrigation District v. Superior Court of Merced County F072704 · 2017-01-24 · civil
  8. Backcountry Against Dumps v. Sally Jewell 13-57129 · 2017-01-05 · other
  9. Quechan Tribe of the Fort Yuma Indian Reservation v. U.S. Department of the Interior 13-55704 · 2016-12-21 · other
  10. J. Jennings, Jr. v. Ramos Properties, L.P. 14-56649 · 2016-12-02 · other
  11. People v. Buford F069936 · 2016-10-27 · criminal
  12. Carl Schwartz v. Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 14-55633 · 2016-10-26 · other
  13. Kevin Bryant v. Seleaina Thomas 14-55351 · 2016-10-06 · other
  14. Pierson v. Helmerich & Payne Internat. Drilling Co. CA5 F070379 · 2016-10-06 · other
  15. United States v. Damaso Arellanes-Zarate 16-50055 · 2016-10-04 · criminal · affirmed
  16. United States v. Michael Salas 15-50359 · 2016-10-04 · civil · affirmed
  17. United States v. Casey Conley 15-50347 · 2016-10-03 · criminal · affirmed
  18. United States v. Erika MacIas-jimenez 14-50369 · 2016-10-03 · criminal · affirmed
  19. United States v. Hector Corrales Edeza 15-50028 · 2016-10-03 · other
  20. United States v. Jesus Jeronimo-Carrillo 15-50030 · 2016-10-03 · criminal · vacated
  21. United States v. Jorge Ausencio Gil-Velasquez 15-50071 · 2016-10-03 · other
  22. United States v. Leandro Regalado 15-50139 · 2016-10-03 · other
  23. United States v. Sissy Solano-Yanez 15-50056 · 2016-10-03 · criminal · vacated
  24. United States v. Steven Montano 15-50098 · 2016-10-03 · criminal · affirmed
  25. Maurice King v. Bank of America 14-55647 · 2016-09-21 · other