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Steve Malone

Judge · 2013–2026

A--
80% — 8 of 10 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 16% 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.

51cases reviewed on appeal
30%reversed, in whole or part, of 47 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 31 reversed in part 7 reversed 7 modified 2 dismissed 2 writ granted 1 other 1

Areas

criminal 47 civil 4

By year: 2024 10 · 2021 9 · 2025 6 · 2015 6 · 2022 4 · 2023 3 · 2016 3 · 2014 3 · 2013 3 · 2026 2 · 2020 2 ·

Analysis

14reviewed cases analysed
48rulings read
0rulings where the model disagrees with the court
3cases 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. Jimenez E074849M · 2021-12-16 · criminal · reversed in part
  2. People v. Jimenez E074849 · 2021-12-14 · criminal · reversed in part
  3. People v. Jimenez E074849 · 2021-12-14 · criminal · reversed in part
  4. People v. Brown CA4/2 E076631 · 2021-08-17 · criminal · affirmed
  5. People v. Medina CA4/2 E073163 · 2021-06-02 · criminal · reversed
  6. People v. Rios CA4/2 E075173 · 2021-05-27 · criminal · affirmed
  7. People v. Vance CA4/2 E074239 · 2021-03-19 · criminal · reversed
  8. People v. Rodriguez CA4/2 E075540 · 2021-03-09 · criminal · affirmed
  9. People v. Schumann CA4/2 E074167 · 2021-03-02 · criminal · reversed
  10. People v. Gutierrez CA4/2 E073880 · 2020-12-30 · criminal · modified
  11. People v. Singh CA4/2 E075484 · 2020-12-11 · criminal · affirmed
  12. People v. Quarterman CA4/2 E065015 · 2016-08-08 · criminal · affirmed
  13. People v. Dison CA4/2 E064827 · 2016-02-26 · criminal · affirmed
  14. People v. Perkins CA4/2 E064250 · 2016-02-08 · criminal · affirmed
  15. People v. Easley CA4/2 E061624 · 2015-07-29 · criminal · affirmed
  16. People v. Rios CA4/2 E062017 · 2015-04-02 · criminal · affirmed
  17. People v. Busse CA4/2 E059970 · 2015-02-24 · criminal · affirmed
  18. Fairview Valley Fire v. CA Dept. of Forestry D065971 · 2015-01-30 · civil · affirmed
  19. People v. Moreno CA4/2 E059742 · 2015-01-14 · criminal · affirmed
  20. Fairview Valley Fire, Inc. v. Department of Forestry & Fire Protection D065971 · 2015-01-09 · civil · affirmed
  21. People v. J.S. E058471 · 2014-08-26 · criminal · reversed
  22. People v. A.C. CA4/2 E059006 · 2014-03-20 · criminal · dismissed
  23. Gilbert v. Super. Ct. E059673 · 2014-03-03 · civil · writ granted
  24. P. v. Hensley CA4/2 E057338 · 2013-07-15 · criminal · affirmed
  25. P. v. Hager CA4/2 E056921 · 2013-05-30 · criminal · affirmed