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Susan J. Matcham

Judge · Superior Court of Monterey County · 2021–2025

Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Monterey 2010–2020

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no grade yet: 0 of 10 rulings scored, per qwen3.8-27b

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.

11cases reviewed on appeal
36%reversed, in whole or part, of 11 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 7 reversed 4

Areas

civil 8 probate 1 dependency 1 criminal 1

By year: 2021 4 · 2025 3 · 2024 2 · 2022 2 ·

Analysis

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

Cases

  1. Leggett v. County of Merced CA5 F088283 · 2025-08-22 · dependency · affirmed
  2. Water Audit California v. Merced Irrigation District F088084 · 2025-06-11 · civil · reversed
  3. Water Audit California v. Merced Irrigation District CA5 F088084 · 2025-05-13 · civil · reversed
  4. Estate of Beach CA2/5 B319019 · 2024-09-16 · probate · reversed
  5. Hershey v. Geragos & Geragos CA2/2 B330853 · 2024-08-21 · civil · affirmed
  6. Mitchell v. Moses CA4/3 G060393 · 2022-04-12 · civil · reversed
  7. Entertainment Lane v. City of Salinas CA4/3 G060375 · 2022-01-19 · criminal · affirmed
  8. Foley Investments v. Alisal Water Corp. D079045 · 2021-12-09 · civil · affirmed
  9. Wilkin v. Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula G060420 · 2021-11-18 · civil · affirmed
  10. Wilkin v. Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula CA4/3 G060420 · 2021-10-26 · civil · affirmed
  11. Barrett v. Hershey CA4/3 G060211 · 2021-07-29 · civil · affirmed