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William D. Quan

Judge · Superior Court of Imperial County · 2015–2026

, Superior Court of California, County of Imperial 2019–2021 · Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Imperial 2015–2019

F++
50% — 18 of 36 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 83% 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.

20cases reviewed on appeal
50%reversed, in whole or part, of 20 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

reversed 9 affirmed 9 reversed in part 1 modified 1

Areas

dependency 9 delinquency 8 criminal 2 civil 1

By year: 2025 6 · 2022 3 · 2026 2 · 2018 2 · 2016 2 · 2015 2 · 2024 1 · 2021 1 · 2020 1 ·

Analysis

40reviewed cases analysed
105rulings read
0rulings where the model disagrees with the court
7cases 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.H. CA4/1 D086696 · 2026-03-27 · dependency · affirmed
  2. In re D.S. CA4/1 D085851 · 2025-08-21 · dependency · reversed
  3. In re A.A. CA4/1 D085529 · 2025-05-13 · dependency · reversed
  4. In re S.M. CA4/1 D085279 · 2025-04-29 · dependency · reversed
  5. In re J.G. D072293 · 2018-02-02 · dependency · reversed
  6. Imperial County Department of Social Services v. Ray M. D070157; D070174 · 2016-12-16 · dependency · reversed
  7. In re D.A. CA4/1 D069848 · 2016-07-25 · dependency · affirmed
  8. Imperial County Department of Social Services v. S.S. D068026 · 2015-12-10 · dependency · affirmed
  9. In re A.A. CA4/1 D068026 · 2015-11-19 · dependency · affirmed