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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

NameGradeRoleWhereCasesYearsReversed
Byrl R. Salsman Justice, Court of Appeal Court of Appeal 210 1961–1969 —
J. W. Mahon Judge Kern County 209 1899–1930 30% of 141
Jeffrey T. Miller C+ Judge San Diego County 209 1990–2026 27% of 62
Daniel C. Deasy Judge City and County of San Francisco 208 1916–1938 34% of 194
William Stein Justice, Court of Appeal Supreme Court 206 1887–2016 —
Kathryn Todd C- Justice, Court of Appeal Court of Appeal 204 1980–2012 —
Betty A. Richli Justice, Court of Appeal Court of Appeal 203 1995–2014 —
Carlos T. Bea Justice, Court of Appeal ca9 202 2004–2018 —
William v. Gallo C- District judge casd 201 2010–2023 —
Mark K. Hanasono Justice, Court of Appeal Court of Appeal 201 2025–2026 —
Desmond Justice, Court of Appeal Court of Appeal 197 1933–1947 —
Raymond C. Fisher Justice, Court of Appeal ca9 197 2000–2017 —
Mary K. Butz Justice, Court of Appeal Court of Appeal 196 2004–2020 —
James C. Chalfant Judge Los Angeles County 193 2002–2026 24% of 176
N. P. Conrey Judge Los Angeles County 191 1902–1917 26% of 69
Johnnie B. Rawlinson Justice, Court of Appeal ca9 189 2001–2018 —
Thomas W. Caldecott Justice, Court of Appeal Supreme Court 188 1969–1984 —
Halim Dhanidina Justice, Court of Appeal Court of Appeal 188 2018–2021 —
Britt Justice, Court of Appeal Supreme Court 186 1889–1900 —
Alfred T. Goodwin Justice, Court of Appeal ca9 185 1966–2017 —
Cruz Reynoso Justice, Court of Appeal Supreme Court 184 1977–1987 —
Mary M. Schroeder Justice, Court of Appeal ca9 184 1981–2017 —
Charles S. Burnell Judge Los Angeles County 183 1921–1950 26% of 176
Ferdinand F. Fernandez Justice, Court of Appeal ca9 183 1991–2018 —
Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain Justice, Court of Appeal ca9 183 1989–2017 —
William A. Sloane Justice, Court of Appeal Court of Appeal 183 1919–1930 —
Michael S. Berg Magistrate judge Southern District of California County 182 2019–2026 —
E. P. Shortall Judge City and County of San Francisco 180 1910–1935 30% of 168
Vaino Spencer Justice, Court of Appeal Court of Appeal 180 1980–2006 —
J. J. Trabucco Judge City and County of San Francisco 180 1905–1938 16% of 150
Edward A. Panelli Justice, Court of Appeal Supreme Court 179 1981–1994 —
James A. Ardaiz Justice, Court of Appeal Supreme Court 178 1984–2010 —
Steven D. Bromberg Justice, Court of Appeal Court of Appeal 178 2023–2026 —
Daniel E. Butcher C+ District judge casd 178 2020–2026 —
Frederick W. Houser Judge Los Angeles County 176 1908–1925 29% of 130
K. S. Mahon Judge Alameda County 175 1904–1934 25% of 155
William C. Canby, Jr. Justice, Court of Appeal ca9 173 1982–2017 —
Chou Justice, Court of Appeal Court of Appeal 172 2021–2026 —
Thomas F. Graham Judge City and County of San Francisco modifying an interlocutory decree of divorce 172 1902–1935 42% of 118
Franklin D. McDaniel Justice, Court of Appeal Court of Appeal 171 1925–1997 —
Bernard G. Skomal D-- District judge casd 171 2019–2024 —
Hon Justice, Court of Appeal Supreme Court 170 2015–2019 —
Alex Kozinski Justice, Court of Appeal ca9 170 1986–2017 —
C. N. Andrews Judge San Diego County 169 1915–1937 32% of 149
Joseph A. Rattigan Justice, Court of Appeal Court of Appeal 169 1967–1984 —
Wiseman Justice, Court of Appeal Supreme Court 168 1996–2013 —
Charles F. Hamlin Justice, Court of Appeal Court of Appeal 166 1958–1989 —
Curtis D. Wilbur Judge Los Angeles County 166 1904–1920 12% of 90
&#8212 Justice, Court of Appeal Court of Appeal 165 1905–1924 —
Archbald Justice, Court of Appeal Court of Appeal 165 1930–1941 —