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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 S.S. CA4/2 E083909 · 2025-05-02 · dependency · affirmed
  2. In re A.P. CA4/2 E083322 · 2025-04-08 · dependency · affirmed
  3. In re L.M. CA4/2 E084968 · 2025-04-02 · dependency · reversed
  4. In re M.M. CA4/2 E083666 · 2025-03-28 · dependency · reversed in part
  5. In re S.B. CA4/2 E084768 · 2025-03-11 · dependency · affirmed
  6. In re Athena C. CA4/2 E084168 · 2025-02-27 · dependency · reversed in part
  7. In re A.L. CA4/2 E083658 · 2025-01-14 · dependency · affirmed
  8. In re N.B. CA4/2 E083468 · 2025-01-08 · dependency · affirmed
  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.A. CA4/2 E083669 · 2024-10-16 · dependency · affirmed
  12. In re P.A. CA4/2 E083781 · 2024-10-09 · dependency · affirmed
  13. In re T.V. CA4/2 E083415A · 2024-10-02 · dependency · affirmed
  14. In re R.H. CA4/2 E083656 · 2024-10-01 · dependency · affirmed
  15. In re M.T. CA4/2 E082705 · 2024-09-16 · dependency · affirmed
  16. In re D.L. CA4/2 E083634 · 2024-08-27 · dependency · reversed
  17. In re W.L. CA4/2 E083331 · 2024-07-26 · dependency · affirmed
  18. In re G.I. CA4/2 E082867 · 2024-07-25 · dependency · affirmed
  19. In re A.P. CA4/2 E083203 · 2024-07-18 · dependency · reversed
  20. In re S.B. CA4/2 E082019 · 2024-06-13 · dependency · reversed in part
  21. In re A.C. CA4/2 E082520 · 2024-06-06 · dependency · affirmed
  22. In re K.C. CA4/2 E082325 · 2024-05-29 · dependency · affirmed
  23. In re R.Y. CA4/2 E082013 · 2024-05-13 · dependency · affirmed
  24. In re J.M. CA4/2 E081012 · 2024-03-28 · dependency · reversed in part
  25. In re I.H. CA4/2 E080486 · 2024-01-09 · dependency · reversed in part