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Patricia D. Benke

Justice, Court of Appeal · California Court of Appeal, Fourth District, Division One · 1986–2021

Associate Justice, California Court of Appeal, 4th District 1987–2021 · Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Diego 1985–1987 · Judge, Municipal Court of California, County of San Diego 1983–1985

D++
98% — 755.5 of 772 opinions sound, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 63% of 80 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.

830opinions authored
1,823panels sat on (not as author)

Analysis

No analyses yet. When they exist, this shows counts of the model's findings across this judge's reviewed cases — with the court's own dispositions beside them, and only from 10 cases.

Cases sat on (every role)

  1. Lane v. Bell D071312 · 2018-01-31 · civil · affirmed
  2. Gaynor v. Bulen D070907 · 2018-01-23 · probate · affirmed
  3. Howeth v. Coffelt D072136 · 2017-12-08 · civil · dismissed
  4. In re H.C. D072368 · 2017-12-04 · dependency · reversed
  5. Marriage of Steiner D071155 · 2017-11-30 · family · affirmed
  6. Klem v. Access Insurance Co. D070623 · 2017-11-20 · civil · reversed
  7. Curtis Engineering Corporation v. Superior Court D072046M · 2017-11-16 · civil · writ granted
  8. Cleveland Nat. Forest Foundation v. San Diego Assn. etc. D063288A · 2017-11-16 · civil · reversed in part
  9. McMillin Management Services v. Financial Pacific Ins. Co. D069814 · 2017-11-14 · civil · reversed in part
  10. Oregon State University v. Superior Court D071752A · 2017-11-08 · civil · writ granted
  11. Oregon State University v. Superior Court D075271A · 2017-11-08 · civil · writ granted
  12. M.F. v. Pacific Pearl Hotel Management LLC D070150 · 2017-10-26 · civil · reversed
  13. Curtis Engineering Corp. v. Superior Court D072046 · 2017-10-23 · civil · writ granted
  14. Doe v. San Diego-Imperial Council D070414 · 2017-10-17 · civil · reversed
  15. Oregon State University v. Superior Court D071752 · 2017-09-27 · civil · writ granted
  16. Levi v. Regents of the University of Calif. D069526 · 2017-09-26 · civil · reversed in part
  17. People v. Leonard D070980 · 2017-09-13 · criminal · affirmed
  18. Orange Co. Water Dist. v. Sabic Innovative Plastics D070553M · 2017-08-25 · civil · reversed in part
  19. People v. Ledesma D070755 · 2017-08-23 · criminal · modified
  20. In re Marriage of Garcia D070493 · 2017-08-04 · family · affirmed
  21. Orange Co. Water Dist. v. Sabic Innovative Plastics D070553 · 2017-08-04 · civil · reversed in part
  22. Orange Co. Water Dist. v. Alcoa D070771M · 2017-06-22 · civil · reversed in part
  23. Orange County Water Dist. v. Alcoa Global Fasteners D070771 · 2017-06-01 · civil · reversed in part
  24. Orange County Water Dist. v. MAG Aerospace Industries D070562 · 2017-06-01 · civil · affirmed
  25. People v. Martinez No. D068746 · 2017-02-08 · criminal