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William D. Lehman

Judge · Superior Court of Imperial County · 2009–2026

Presiding Justice, Superior Court of California, County of Imperial 2012–2013 · Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Imperial 2006–2012

D+
59% — 13 of 22 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 65% 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.

26cases reviewed on appeal
12%reversed, in whole or part, of 25 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 21 reversed 2 reversed in part 1 other 1 modified 1

Areas

delinquency 18 dependency 5 criminal 2 family 1

By year: 2014 5 · 2013 5 · 2021 4 · 2020 3 · 2015 3 · 2026 2 · 2022 2 · 2019 1 · 2009 1 ·

Analysis

50reviewed cases analysed
114rulings read
0rulings where the model disagrees with the court
8cases 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.M. CA4/1 D079109 · 2021-12-13 · dependency · affirmed
  2. In re D.C. CA4/1 D078879 · 2021-08-17 · dependency · reversed
  3. In re J.A. CA4/1 D078238 · 2021-05-05 · dependency · affirmed
  4. In re A.A. CA4/1 D078177 · 2021-03-23 · dependency · affirmed
  5. In re M.S. D075278 · 2019-10-30 · dependency · reversed