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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tolin | B | Justice, Court of Appeal | ca9 | 63 | 1952–1961 | — |
| Westover | F- | Justice, Court of Appeal | ca9 | 63 | 1950–1967 | — |
| Arguelles | Justice, Court of Appeal | Supreme Court | 62 | 1984–1989 | — | |
| D. A. Cashin | Judge | Fresno County | 62 | 1919–1927 | 23% of 62 | |
| Codrington | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 62 | 2011–2017 | — | |
| Judith K. Dulcich | F-- | Judge | Kern County | 62 | 2013–2026 | 25% of 56 |
| Shirley M. Hufstedler | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 62 | 1967–1979 | — | |
| Roger Ito | Judge | Los Angeles County | 62 | 2013–2026 | 29% of 58 | |
| Yvette M. Palazuelos | Judge | Los Angeles County | 62 | 2013–2024 | 37% of 62 | |
| Olivia Rosales | Judge | Los Angeles County | 62 | 2015–2026 | 34% of 59 | |
| Jon R. Takasugi | Judge | Los Angeles County | 62 | 2013–2026 | 29% of 62 | |
| Clair S. Tappaan | Judge | Los Angeles County | 62 | 1929–1934 | 26% of 62 | |
| Cole | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 61 | 1915–1987 | — | |
| Harry M. Elias | C-- | Judge | San Diego County | 61 | 2007–2026 | 34% of 56 |
| Timothy F. Freer | D | Judge | Riverside County | 61 | 2013–2026 | 25% of 52 |
| Healy | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 61 | 1937–1981 | — | |
| Derek W. Hunt | F-- | Judge | Orange County | 61 | 2002–2025 | 57% of 56 |
| Ernest J. LiCalsi | Judge | Madera County | 61 | 2013–2026 | 24% of 58 | |
| Malcolm H. Mackey | Judge | Los Angeles County | 61 | 1996–2025 | 38% of 55 | |
| John M. Monterosso | D++ | Judge | Riverside County | 61 | 2013–2026 | 19% of 47 |
| Daniel S. Murphy | Judge | Los Angeles County | 61 | 2013–2026 | 23% of 60 | |
| Michael J. Raphael | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 61 | 2016–2024 | — | |
| Mel Red Recana | Judge | Los Angeles County | 61 | 2002–2026 | 36% of 58 | |
| Glenn R. Salter | Judge | Orange County | 61 | 2013–2026 | 45% of 55 | |
| Polly H. Shamoon | F+ | Judge | San Diego County | 61 | 2013–2026 | 32% of 59 |
| David Sotelo | Judge | Los Angeles County | 61 | 2013–2026 | 30% of 57 | |
| Blaine K. Bowman | D+ | Judge | San Diego County | 60 | 2013–2026 | 27% of 56 |
| Lisa Mangay Chung | Judge | Los Angeles County | 60 | 2009–2023 | 11% of 53 | |
| Charles S. Crail | Judge | Los Angeles County | 60 | 1920–1934 | 27% of 59 | |
| William Denman | Justice, Court of Appeal | ca9 | 60 | 1937–1957 | — | |
| Dwight C. Ely | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 60 | 1964–1996 | — | |
| Walter E. Herzinger | Judge | City and County of San Francisco and from an order denying a new trial | 60 | 1924–1934 | 21% of 58 | |
| Robert L. Hess | Judge | Los Angeles County | 60 | 2005–2021 | 37% of 59 | |
| Lia Martin | Judge | Los Angeles County | 60 | 2013–2026 | 27% of 59 | |
| Howard A. Peairs | Judge | Kern County | 60 | 1915–1930 | 30% of 57 | |
| James F. Perley | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 60 | 1988–1995 | — | |
| R. L. Thompson | Judge | Sonoma County | 60 | 1922–1932 | 20% of 59 | |
| Emmet H. Wilson | Judge | Los Angeles County | 60 | 1928–1945 | 43% of 58 | |
| C. E. Beaumont | Judge | Fresno County | 59 | 1922–1940 | 25% of 59 | |
| N. H. Conklin | Judge | San Diego County | 59 | 1902–1911 | 43% of 21 | |
| Connor | F- | District judge | casd | 59 | 1941–1949 | — |
| Ronald F. Frazier | B-- | Judge | calsuperct | 59 | 2013–2026 | 37% of 54 |
| James S. Hawkins | B- | Judge | Riverside County | 59 | 2004–2026 | 20% of 55 |
| Arthur Keetch | Judge | Los Angeles County | 59 | 1924–1934 | 19% of 59 | |
| Ricardo R. Ocampo | Judge | Los Angeles County | 59 | 2013–2025 | 23% of 57 | |
| Erwin W. Owen | Judge | Kern County | 59 | 1923–1934 | 44% of 55 | |
| Prewett | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 59 | 1908–1922 | — | |
| L. T. Price | Judge | Los Angeles County | 59 | 1915–1933 | 29% of 56 | |
| A. L. Rhodes | Judge | Santa Clara County | 59 | 1901–1910 | 24% of 33 | |
| James M. Seawell | Judge | City and County of San Francisco and from an order refusing a new trial | 59 | 1899–1922 | 31% of 32 |