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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. In re J.D. CA4/2 E086737 · 2026-05-01 · dependency · affirmed
  3. In re K.P. CA4/2 E086505 · 2026-04-30 · dependency · affirmed
  4. In re A.M. CA4/2 E086031 · 2026-02-25 · dependency · affirmed
  5. In re B.G. CA4/2 E086327 · 2026-02-20 · dependency · affirmed
  6. In re J.N. CA4/2 E086244 · 2026-02-06 · dependency · affirmed
  7. In re A.H. CA4/2 E086570 · 2025-12-24 · dependency · affirmed
  8. In re B.R. CA4/2 E085035 · 2025-09-11 · dependency · affirmed
  9. In re L.L. CA4/2 E085158 · 2025-08-20 · dependency · affirmed
  10. In re Sebastian D. CA4/2 E085687 · 2025-07-11 · dependency · affirmed
  11. In re B.G. CA4/2 E084573 · 2025-05-21 · dependency · affirmed
  12. In re J.J. CA4/2 E084840 · 2025-05-16 · dependency · affirmed
  13. In re B.L. E085039 · 2025-05-14 · dependency · affirmed
  14. In re R.M. E083229 · 2025-05-13 · dependency · affirmed
  15. In re S.S. CA4/2 E083909 · 2025-05-02 · dependency · affirmed
  16. In re A.P. CA4/2 E083322 · 2025-04-08 · dependency · affirmed
  17. In re S.B. CA4/2 E084768 · 2025-03-11 · dependency · affirmed
  18. In re A.L. CA4/2 E083658 · 2025-01-14 · dependency · affirmed
  19. In re N.B. CA4/2 E083468 · 2025-01-08 · dependency · affirmed
  20. In re D.A. CA4/2 E083669 · 2024-10-16 · dependency · affirmed
  21. In re P.A. CA4/2 E083781 · 2024-10-09 · dependency · affirmed
  22. In re T.V. CA4/2 E083415A · 2024-10-02 · dependency · affirmed
  23. In re R.H. CA4/2 E083656 · 2024-10-01 · dependency · affirmed
  24. In re M.T. CA4/2 E082705 · 2024-09-16 · dependency · affirmed
  25. In re W.L. CA4/2 E083331 · 2024-07-26 · dependency · affirmed