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Timothy Taylor

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

Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Diego 2005–

B++
78% — 42 of 54 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 21% of 312 graded judges

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.

27cases reviewed on appeal
23%reversed, in whole or part, of 22 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 17 writ granted 4 reversed 3 reversed in part 2 dismissed 1

Areas

civil 27

By year: 2014 7 · 2021 5 · 2025 3 · 2022 3 · 2020 2 · 2013 2 · 2026 1 · 2024 1 · 2023 1 · 2017 1 · 2016 1 ·

Analysis

51reviewed cases analysed
204rulings read
2rulings where the model disagrees with the court
4cases with a verified missed authority
0appellate opinions called questionable

Counts of a model's readings across this judge's reviewed cases, each shown on its case page beside the court's disposition. Not a finding about the judge.

Cases

  1. Stone Ash v. Kettner Investments CA4/1 D084108 · 2026-03-06 · civil · affirmed
  2. Pacific Equity Solutions v. Nicholson CA4/1 D085107 · 2025-11-19 · civil · affirmed
  3. Barrett v. State of Cal. CA4/1 D081639 · 2024-05-16 · civil · affirmed
  4. Allen v. San Diego Convention Center Corp., Inc. D080045 · 2022-12-19 · civil · affirmed
  5. Howerton v. Cal. Dept. of Social Services CA4/1 D078322 · 2022-03-07 · civil · affirmed
  6. Rincon Band of Luiseno Mission Indians etc. v. Flynt D077571 · 2021-10-28 · civil · affirmed
  7. Delgado v. Statewide Fumigation San Diego County CA4/1 D077913 · 2021-08-27 · civil · affirmed
  8. Friends of La Jolla Shores v. T.B. Penick & Sons CA4/1 D078200 · 2021-07-16 · civil · affirmed
  9. Lujan v. Smith CA4/1 D076526 · 2020-09-21 · civil · affirmed
  10. Doe v. State of California D069411 · 2017-01-26 · civil · affirmed
  11. Sokol v. Rosciszewski CA4/1 D067282 · 2016-10-05 · civil · affirmed
  12. Sierra Club v. Co. of San Diego D064243 · 2014-11-25 · civil · affirmed
  13. Hamp v. Harrison Patterson etc. CA4/1 D064453 · 2014-10-30 · civil · affirmed
  14. Sierra Club v. County of San Diego CA4/1 D064243 · 2014-10-29 · civil · affirmed
  15. Tabrizi v. JP Morgan Chase CA4/1 D062847 · 2014-04-29 · civil · affirmed
  16. Hsu v. Cal. State Personnel Bd. CA4/1 D061979 · 2014-02-13 · civil · affirmed
  17. Redln Enterprises v. City of San Diego CA4/1 D060164 · 2013-04-15 · civil · affirmed