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Thomas Kelly

Judge · Superior Court of Riverside County · 2013–2026

Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Butte 2003–2010 · Presiding Justice, Superior Court of California, County of Butte 2003–2003 · Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Butte 2002–2003 · Presiding Justice, Superior Court of California, County of Butte 2001–2002 · Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Alpine 1998–2000 · Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Santa Cruz 1998–2006 · Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Butte 1998–2001 · , Superior Court of California, County of Alpine 1991–1998 · , Superior Court of California, County of Santa Cruz 1986–1998 · , Superior Court of California, County of Alpine 1976–1991

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provisional — 0% — 0 of 4 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; would rank in the top 100% of 306 graded judges, but ten rulings are needed for a standing letter — 4 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.

18cases reviewed on appeal
22%reversed, in whole or part, of 18 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 13 reversed 3 reversed in part 1 modified 1

Areas

criminal 17 civil 1

By year: 2013 5 · 2026 2 · 2025 2 · 2021 2 · 2015 2 · 2024 1 · 2022 1 · 2020 1 · 2016 1 · 2014 1 ·

Analysis

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

Cases

  1. People v. Gonzalez CA4/1 D086039 · 2026-07-08 · criminal · affirmed
  2. People v. Chavira CA4/2 E087613 · 2026-05-12 · criminal · affirmed
  3. People v. Johnson CA4/3 G064125 · 2025-11-19 · criminal · reversed
  4. People v. Alvarez CA4/3 G063734 · 2025-08-27 · criminal · reversed
  5. People v. Sawyer CA4/3 G062544 · 2024-06-10 · criminal · reversed
  6. People v. Posadas CA4/2 E075879 · 2022-03-11 · criminal · affirmed
  7. People v. Flores E072843M · 2021-05-18 · criminal · affirmed
  8. People v. Flores E072843 · 2021-04-22 · criminal · affirmed
  9. People v. Morales E070658 · 2020-01-15 · criminal · affirmed
  10. People v. Varela CA4/2 E064931 · 2016-07-19 · criminal · affirmed
  11. People v. Long CA4/1 D066968 · 2015-06-30 · criminal · reversed in part
  12. People v. Dobson CA4/2 E060270 · 2015-02-03 · criminal · affirmed
  13. People v. Zubia CA4/2 E058382 · 2014-05-30 · criminal · affirmed
  14. P. v. Montoya CA4/2 E054699 · 2013-07-03 · criminal · affirmed
  15. P. v. Hutt CA4/2 E054442 · 2013-06-26 · criminal · affirmed
  16. P. v. Jaques CA4/2 E053356 · 2013-06-24 · criminal · affirmed
  17. P. v. Ward CA4/2 E054822 · 2013-04-10 · civil · affirmed
  18. P. v. Esquibel CA4/2 E053606 · 2013-03-06 · criminal · modified