Judges
Who sits in which San Diego department
Letters are by qwen3.8-27b — it reads the court's own disposition right 70% of the time (how that is measured); pick another model above to compare, on the assumption that the model is right.
10,950 judges · a reversal rate is shown from 10 merits decisions in this corpus
| Name | Grade | Role | Where | Cases | Years | Reversed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank S. Brittain | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 94 | 1919–1920 | — | |
| Fred | Justice, Court of Appeal | Supreme Court | 94 | 1950–1996 | — | |
| Mary H. Murguia | Justice, Court of Appeal | ca9 | 94 | 2011–2018 | — | |
| Patrosso | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 94 | 1952–1959 | — | |
| Barbara M. Scheper | Judge | Los Angeles County | 94 | 2008–2026 | 27% of 89 | |
| Richard S. Whitney | C- | Judge | San Diego County | 94 | 2013–2026 | 27% of 92 |
| Malcolm F. Marsh | A- | District judge | District of Oregon County | 93 | 2017–2026 | — |
| Kimberly Menninger | Judge | Orange County | 93 | 2013–2026 | 26% of 87 | |
| Laura F. Priver | Judge | Los Angeles County | 93 | 2013–2026 | 24% of 87 | |
| Lupe Rodriguez | C++ | District judge | casd | 93 | 2022–2026 | — |
| Joan P. Weber | C-- | Judge | San Diego County | 93 | 1995–2026 | 17% of 87 |
| Gonzalo P. Curiel | A- | Justice, Court of Appeal | ca9 | 92 | 2013–2019 | — |
| Michelle M. Pettit | C++ | District judge | casd | 92 | 2023–2026 | — |
| D. K. Trask | Judge | Los Angeles County | 92 | 1900–1910 | 26% of 39 | |
| Waldo M. York | Judge | Los Angeles County | 92 | 1899–1922 | 30% of 44 | |
| Katherine A. Bacal | B+ | Judge | San Diego County | 91 | 2014–2026 | 32% of 81 |
| Monica Bachner | Judge | Los Angeles County | 91 | 2013–2026 | 16% of 88 | |
| George F. Buck | Judge | San Joaquin County | 91 | 1904–1969 | 27% of 86 | |
| James C. Rives | Judge | Los Angeles County | 91 | 1908–1923 | 33% of 57 | |
| John A. Torribio | Judge | Los Angeles County | 91 | 1992–2024 | 27% of 90 | |
| Ann Q. Ameral | Judge | Stanislaus County | 90 | 2013–2023 | 8% of 52 | |
| Timothy S. Buckley | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 90 | 1991–2005 | — | |
| Jonathan B. Conklin | F-- | Judge | Fresno County | 90 | 2013–2026 | 12% of 82 |
| Henry C. Gesford | Judge | Napa County | 90 | 1904–1924 | 30% of 61 | |
| Arlan L. Harrell | Judge | Fresno County | 90 | 2013–2026 | 26% of 77 | |
| Pamela A. Rymer | Justice, Court of Appeal | ca9 | 90 | 1990–2011 | — | |
| E. S. Torrance | Judge | San Diego County | 90 | 1899–1911 | 42% of 43 | |
| John F. Ellison | Judge | Tehama County | 89 | 1900–1927 | 16% of 63 | |
| John L. Fleming | Judge | Los Angeles County | 89 | 1922–1933 | 29% of 87 | |
| David A. Hoffer | Judge | Orange County | 89 | 2007–2026 | 24% of 82 | |
| Cheryl C. Kersey | F | Judge | San Bernardino County | 89 | 2013–2026 | 24% of 75 |
| Mark C. Kim | Judge | Los Angeles County | 89 | 2006–2026 | 37% of 86 | |
| T. L. Lewis | Judge | San Diego County | 89 | 1910–1922 | 22% of 58 | |
| Earl H. Maas, III | B-- | Judge | San Diego County | 89 | 2013–2026 | 32% of 87 |
| Linda H. McLaughlin | A- | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 89 | 1905–1985 | — |
| Frank F. Oster | Judge | San Bernardino County | 89 | 1899–1929 | 17% of 41 | |
| Gary Strankman | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 89 | 1980–2001 | — | |
| Douglas E. Swager | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 89 | 1996–2008 | — | |
| John M. Tomberlin | C+ | Judge | San Bernardino County | 89 | 2000–2026 | 31% of 87 |
| Battaglia | A- | Justice, Court of Appeal | ca9 | 88 | 1994–2019 | — |
| David D. Leshner | C+ | District judge | casd | 88 | 2022–2026 | — |
| McCABE | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 88 | 1958–2016 | — | |
| Laura R. Walton | Judge | Los Angeles County | 88 | 2013–2026 | 20% of 85 | |
| Richard L. Fruin, Jr. | Judge | calsuperct | 87 | 2003–2026 | 35% of 85 | |
| Henry J. Hall | Judge | Los Angeles County | 87 | 2013–2026 | 29% of 84 | |
| Steven J. Kleifield | Judge | Los Angeles County | 87 | 2013–2026 | 21% of 81 | |
| F. B. Ogden | Judge | Alameda County | 87 | 1897–1919 | 30% of 37 | |
| John D. Oglesby | Judge | Kern County | 87 | 2013–2026 | 19% of 69 | |
| Wickson Woolpert | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 87 | 1981–1988 | — | |
| Mark S. Arnold | Judge | Los Angeles County | 86 | 2002–2026 | 18% of 78 |