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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John B. Molinari | Justice, Court of Appeal | Supreme Court | 451 | 1960–1977 | — | |
| Macklin Fleming | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 446 | 1964–2024 | — | |
| Todd W. Robinson | B-- | District judge | Southern District of California County | 444 | 2020–2026 | 23% of 47 |
| Goldman | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 442 | 2022–2026 | — | |
| Emmet Seawell | Justice, Court of Appeal | Supreme Court | 440 | 1920–1939 | — | |
| Cope | Justice, Court of Appeal | Supreme Court | 437 | 1859–1863 | — | |
| Louis C. Drapeau | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 437 | 1941–1961 | — | |
| Alison M. Tucher | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 437 | 2018–2026 | — | |
| Carin T. Fujisaki | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 433 | 2019–2026 | — | |
| McKee | A- | Justice, Court of Appeal | Supreme Court | 433 | 1880–1986 | — |
| Lloyd T. Hanson | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 427 | 1941–1990 | — | |
| John F. Pullen | Justice, Court of Appeal | Supreme Court | 426 | 1926–1941 | — | |
| Howard B. Wiener | C+ | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 426 | 1977–1993 | — |
| Rodriguez | A- | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 425 | 1982–2026 | — |
| Ioana Petrou | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 422 | 2019–2026 | — | |
| Curtis D. Wilbur | A- | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 418 | 1906–1945 | — |
| Joshua P. Groban | Justice, Court of Appeal | Supreme Court | 415 | 2019–2026 | — | |
| Fred K. Morrison | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 414 | 1880–2009 | — | |
| Boulware Eurie | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 413 | 2022–2026 | — | |
| Winslow Christian | Justice, Court of Appeal | Supreme Court | 407 | 1967–1983 | — | |
| Robert Puglia | Justice, Court of Appeal | Supreme Court | 406 | 1974–1999 | — | |
| Conley | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 395 | 1952–1969 | — | |
| King | A- | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 390 | 1927–2016 | — |
| Robert Steven Huie | D- | District judge | Southern District of California County | 389 | 2022–2026 | 28% of 18 |
| David G. Sills | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 388 | 1988–2011 | — | |
| Mary J. Greenwood | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 386 | 2018–2026 | — | |
| Peter A. Krause | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 386 | 2019–2026 | — | |
| Hugh A. Evans | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 385 | 1970–2026 | — | |
| Yankwich | C+ | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 379 | 1931–1963 | — |
| Milton H. Myrick | Justice, Court of Appeal | Supreme Court | 375 | 1880–1888 | — | |
| Lynn D. Compton | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 371 | 1970–1990 | — | |
| Gray | A- | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 371 | 1889–1990 | — |
| Allen | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 370 | 1905–1981 | — | |
| Rose E. Bird | Justice, Court of Appeal | Supreme Court | 369 | 1977–1987 | — | |
| Friedman | Justice, Court of Appeal | Supreme Court | 369 | 1963–2017 | — | |
| George Nicholson | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 366 | 1990–2017 | — | |
| Thomas E. Haven | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 361 | 1891–1919 | — | |
| Malcolm M. Lucas | Justice, Court of Appeal | Supreme Court | 360 | 1928–1997 | — | |
| Ignazio J. Ruvolo | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 359 | 1997–2018 | — | |
| J. M. Seawell | Judge | City and County of San Francisco | 357 | 1896–1924 | 23% of 193 | |
| Solomon Heydenfeldt | Justice, Court of Appeal | Supreme Court | 356 | 1852–1857 | — | |
| James E. Simmons | A++ | Judge | San Diego County | 354 | 2023–2026 | — |
| Don R. Work | C | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 351 | 1979–2001 | — |
| Clark | Justice, Court of Appeal | Supreme Court | 348 | 1954–1981 | — | |
| Thomas J. Whelan | C- | District judge | Southern District of California County | 347 | 2001–2026 | 29% of 59 |
| Gould | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 346 | 1935–2018 | — | |
| Timothy A. Reardon | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 346 | 1990–2021 | — | |
| Robert L. Dondero | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 343 | 2008–2018 | — | |
| Vogel | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 342 | 1974–2008 | — | |
| Preston Devine | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 341 | 1954–1978 | — |