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Thomas S. Garza

Judge · Superior Court of San Bernardino County · 2013–2026

Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino 2007–

F
provisional — 44% — 4 of 9 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; would rank in the top 89% of 312 graded judges, but ten rulings are needed for a standing letter — 9 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.

23cases reviewed on appeal
26%reversed, in whole or part, of 23 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 17 reversed 4 reversed in part 2

Areas

civil 19 delinquency 3 criminal 1

By year: 2022 5 · 2014 3 · 2013 3 · 2026 2 · 2024 2 · 2021 2 · 2016 2 · 2015 2 · 2025 1 · 2020 1 ·

Analysis

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

Cases

  1. Salmer v. Southern Cal. Permanente Medical Group CA4/1 D086908 · 2026-09-28 · civil · reversed
  2. Schwenker v. Silberfein CA4/2 E084392 · 2026-05-13 · civil · affirmed
  3. Venegar v. Dignity Health CA4/1 D085385 · 2025-05-22 · civil · reversed in part
  4. Symons Emergency Specialties v. City of Riverside CA4/2 Case Details E078113 · 2024-02-07 · civil · affirmed
  5. Symons Emergency Specialties v. City of Riverside CA4/2 E078113 · 2024-01-09 · civil · affirmed
  6. Barth v. City of Chino CA4/2 E077529 · 2022-11-03 · civil · affirmed
  7. Hoang v. Arrowhead Woods Architectural Committee CA4/1 D079410 · 2022-08-18 · civil · affirmed
  8. Lee v. Barrigan CA4/2 E076929 · 2022-08-05 · civil · affirmed
  9. King v. Mabaquio CA4/2 E077221 · 2022-07-20 · civil · reversed in part
  10. Dominguez v. Costco Wholesale Corp. CA4/2 E076064 · 2022-05-12 · civil · reversed
  11. LG Aviation v. Kimbrell CA4/2 E075256 · 2021-10-13 · civil · affirmed
  12. Arrieta v. Snowline Joint Unified School Dist. CA4/2 E072271 · 2021-02-08 · civil · affirmed
  13. Tanriverdi v. County of San Bernardino CA4/2 E073470 · 2020-10-02 · civil · affirmed
  14. Chatman v. Arrowhead Credit Union CA4/2 E063264 · 2016-03-09 · civil · reversed
  15. Bhinder v. KF Ontario LLC CA4/2 E062092 · 2016-01-27 · civil · affirmed
  16. Hsu v. Prime Healthcare Services III CA4/2 E060953 · 2015-09-14 · civil · affirmed
  17. First Mortgage v. Cal. Casualty Ins. CA4/2 E059442 · 2015-04-23 · civil · affirmed
  18. Pacific Trust Bank v. England CA4/2 E059304 · 2014-12-11 · civil · affirmed
  19. People v. London E057249 · 2014-07-30 · criminal · affirmed
  20. GMAC Mortgage v. Sandoval CA4/2 E059111 · 2014-04-09 · civil · reversed
  21. In re S.P. CA4/2 E055976 · 2013-09-13 · delinquency · affirmed
  22. In re D.G. CA4/2 E055888 · 2013-04-29 · delinquency · affirmed
  23. In re K.H. CA4/2 E056234 · 2013-03-06 · delinquency · affirmed