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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 Violet S. E087240 · 2026-07-30 · dependency · reversed
  2. In re Violet S. CA4/2 E087240 · 2026-05-27 · dependency · reversed
  3. In re A.D. CA4/2 E087527 · 2026-05-01 · dependency · reversed
  4. In re S.J. CA4/2 E081498A · 2025-12-02 · dependency · reversed
  5. In re L.J. CA4/2 E080296A · 2025-11-18 · dependency · reversed
  6. In re L.C. CA4/2 E081670A · 2025-11-05 · dependency · reversed
  7. In re Jayden A. E084114 · 2025-06-13 · dependency · reversed
  8. In re L.M. CA4/2 E084968 · 2025-04-02 · dependency · reversed
  9. In re T.V. CA4/2 E083415B · 2024-11-13 · dependency · reversed
  10. In re C.B. CA4/2 E083755 · 2024-10-17 · dependency · reversed
  11. In re D.L. CA4/2 E083634 · 2024-08-27 · dependency · reversed
  12. In re A.P. CA4/2 E083203 · 2024-07-18 · dependency · reversed
  13. In re X.E. CA4/2 E081896 · 2023-11-22 · dependency · reversed
  14. In re G.E. CA4/2 E081092 · 2023-08-28 · dependency · reversed
  15. In re C.P. E078696 · 2023-05-05 · dependency · reversed
  16. In re C.P. CA4/2 E080072 · 2023-02-27 · dependency · reversed
  17. In re I.B. CA4/2 E079403 · 2022-11-22 · dependency · reversed
  18. In re L.O. CA4/2 E079087 · 2022-11-15 · dependency · reversed
  19. In re O.S. CA4/2 E078258 · 2022-09-19 · dependency · reversed
  20. In re K.G.-C. CA4/2 E077581 · 2022-04-11 · dependency · reversed
  21. In re A.S. CA4/2 E076176 · 2022-01-19 · dependency · reversed
  22. In re C.S. CA4/2 E076571 · 2021-10-14 · dependency · reversed
  23. In re S.R. E076177 · 2021-05-18 · dependency · reversed
  24. In re S.R. CA4/2 E076177 · 2021-04-28 · dependency · reversed
  25. In re C.P. E072671 · 2020-03-27 · dependency · reversed