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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. People v. Villanueva CA4/2 E085068 · 2026-03-30 · criminal · modified
  2. People v. Pacheco CA4/2 E082030 · 2025-09-03 · criminal · modified