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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 L.M. CA4/2 E087246 · 2026-05-07 · dependency · affirmed
  2. In re B.K. CA4/2 E087199 · 2026-05-04 · dependency · affirmed
  3. In re L.A. CA4/2 E085756 · 2025-12-15 · dependency · affirmed
  4. In re E.D. CA4/2 E086197 · 2025-10-28 · dependency · affirmed
  5. People v. Merritt CA4/2 E082569 · 2025-09-08 · criminal · affirmed
  6. In re E.T. CA4/2 E085764 · 2025-08-21 · dependency · affirmed
  7. People v. Champion CA4/1 D085180 · 2025-03-24 · criminal · affirmed
  8. People v. Javonitalla CA4/1 D082744 · 2024-12-03 · criminal · affirmed
  9. People v. Tate CA4/1 D081982 · 2024-03-27 · criminal · affirmed
  10. People v. Velasco CA4/2 E082338 · 2024-03-04 · criminal · affirmed
  11. People v. Santana CA4/1 D080845 · 2022-12-21 · criminal · affirmed
  12. In re L.F. CA4/2 E078196 · 2022-08-01 · dependency · affirmed
  13. In re M.L. E068050 · 2017-12-08 · delinquency · affirmed
  14. Marriage of Savin CA4/2 E060135 · 2016-02-11 · family · affirmed
  15. In re A.B. CA4/2 E062735 · 2015-07-21 · delinquency · affirmed
  16. In re B.L. CA4/2 E059107 · 2014-01-16 · delinquency · affirmed