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Walter H. Kubelun

Temporary judge · Superior Court of Riverside County · 2014–2026

F--
provisional — 25% — 1 of 4 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; would rank in the top 98% of 312 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.

34cases reviewed on appeal
40%reversed, in whole or part, of 30 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 16 reversed 9 reversed in part 3 writ denied 2 modified 2 remanded 1 dismissed 1

Areas

dependency 15 criminal 15 delinquency 3 family 1

By year: 2025 12 · 2026 9 · 2024 4 · 2022 3 · 2023 2 · 2017 1 · 2016 1 · 2015 1 · 2014 1 ·

Analysis

10reviewed cases analysed
18rulings read
0rulings where the model disagrees with the court
2cases 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. In re A.F. CA4/2 E088198 · 2026-08-19 · dependency · reversed
  2. C.A. v. Superior Court CA4/2 E088297 · 2026-07-07 · dependency · writ denied
  3. In re N.J. E086829 · 2026-06-26 · dependency · reversed in part
  4. In re L.M. CA4/2 E087246 · 2026-05-07 · dependency · affirmed
  5. In re B.K. CA4/2 E087199 · 2026-05-04 · dependency · affirmed
  6. In re G.M. CA4/2 E087282 · 2026-04-08 · dependency · reversed
  7. People v. Villanueva CA4/2 E085068 · 2026-03-30 · criminal · modified
  8. In re D.L. CA4/2 E087396 · 2026-03-23 · dependency · reversed
  9. In re D.M. CA4/2 E087244 · 2026-03-10 · dependency · reversed
  10. In re L.A. CA4/2 E085756 · 2025-12-15 · dependency · affirmed
  11. In re E.D. CA4/2 E086197 · 2025-10-28 · dependency · affirmed
  12. B.H. v. Superior Court CA4/2 E086456 · 2025-10-13 · dependency · writ denied
  13. People v. Herrera CA4/2 E084130 · 2025-10-07 · criminal · remanded
  14. People v. Merritt CA4/2 E082569 · 2025-09-08 · criminal · affirmed
  15. People v. Pacheco CA4/2 E082030 · 2025-09-03 · criminal · modified
  16. In re E.T. CA4/2 E085764 · 2025-08-21 · dependency · affirmed
  17. P.v. Fregoso CA4/1 D086000 · 2025-07-22 · criminal · reversed
  18. People v. Green CA4/3 G063910 · 2025-06-30 · criminal · reversed in part
  19. In re Bailey B. CA4/2 E085477 · 2025-06-03 · dependency · reversed
  20. People v. Champion CA4/1 D085180 · 2025-03-24 · criminal · affirmed
  21. People v. Anderson CA4/2 E081601 · 2025-02-19 · criminal · reversed in part
  22. People v. Javonitalla CA4/1 D082744 · 2024-12-03 · criminal · affirmed
  23. People v. Cano CA4/3 G063913 · 2024-09-23 · criminal · reversed
  24. People v. Tate CA4/1 D081982 · 2024-03-27 · criminal · affirmed
  25. People v. Velasco CA4/2 E082338 · 2024-03-04 · criminal · affirmed