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Steven A. Mapes

Judge · Superior Court of San Bernardino County · 2013–2026

Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino 2007–

A++
provisional — 100% — 1 of 1 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; would rank in the top 1% of 312 graded judges, but ten rulings are needed for a standing letter — 1 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.

157cases reviewed on appeal
33%reversed, in whole or part, of 149 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 98 reversed 28 reversed in part 21 writ denied 5 dismissed 3 modified 2

Areas

dependency 137 criminal 17 delinquency 3

By year: 2021 26 · 2023 24 · 2025 21 · 2022 21 · 2024 17 · 2026 12 · 2016 10 · 2020 6 · 2014 5 · 2015 4 · 2019 3 · 2018 3 · 2017 3 · 2013 2 ·

Analysis

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

Cases

  1. In re C.T. CA4/2 E088042 · 2026-09-17 · dependency · affirmed
  2. N.S. v. Superior Court CA4/2 E088450 · 2026-07-30 · dependency · writ denied
  3. In re Violet S. E087240 · 2026-07-30 · dependency · reversed
  4. In re Violet S. CA4/2 E087240 · 2026-05-27 · dependency · reversed
  5. In re A.D. CA4/2 E087527 · 2026-05-01 · dependency · reversed
  6. In re J.D. CA4/2 E086737 · 2026-05-01 · dependency · affirmed
  7. In re K.P. CA4/2 E086505 · 2026-04-30 · dependency · affirmed
  8. In re J.C. CA4/2 E086746 · 2026-03-30 · dependency · dismissed
  9. In re K.G. CA4/2 E086339 · 2026-03-12 · dependency · reversed in part
  10. In re A.M. CA4/2 E086031 · 2026-02-25 · dependency · affirmed
  11. In re B.G. CA4/2 E086327 · 2026-02-20 · dependency · affirmed
  12. In re J.N. CA4/2 E086244 · 2026-02-06 · dependency · affirmed
  13. In re A.B. CA4/2 E086756 · 2025-12-31 · dependency · reversed in part
  14. In re A.H. CA4/2 E086570 · 2025-12-24 · dependency · affirmed
  15. In re S.J. CA4/2 E081498A · 2025-12-02 · dependency · reversed
  16. In re L.J. CA4/2 E080296A · 2025-11-18 · dependency · reversed
  17. In re L.C. CA4/2 E081670A · 2025-11-05 · dependency · reversed
  18. In re B.R. CA4/2 E085035 · 2025-09-11 · dependency · affirmed
  19. In re L.L. CA4/2 E085158 · 2025-08-20 · dependency · affirmed
  20. In re Sebastian D. CA4/2 E085687 · 2025-07-11 · dependency · affirmed
  21. In re Jayden A. E084114 · 2025-06-13 · dependency · reversed
  22. In re B.G. CA4/2 E084573 · 2025-05-21 · dependency · affirmed
  23. In re J.J. CA4/2 E084840 · 2025-05-16 · dependency · affirmed
  24. In re B.L. E085039 · 2025-05-14 · dependency · affirmed
  25. In re R.M. E083229 · 2025-05-13 · dependency · affirmed