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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. Estate of Shartsis CA4/1 D069658 · 2016-09-20 · probate · reversed in part
  2. In re I v. CA4/1 D070180 · 2016-09-20 · dependency · affirmed
  3. People v. Huberty CA4/1 D069103 · 2016-09-19 · criminal · reversed
  4. People v. Mendoza-Montoya CA4/1 D068383 · 2016-09-19 · delinquency · affirmed
  5. People v. Liggons CA4/1 D068117 · 2016-09-13 · criminal · modified
  6. Mendez v. Rancho Valencia Resort Partners D067899 · 2016-09-13 · civil · affirmed
  7. Mastrodimos v. Kalikas CA4/1 D068838 · 2016-08-31 · civil · affirmed
  8. Mendez v. Rancho Valencia Resort Partners CA4/1 D067899 · 2016-08-26 · civil · affirmed
  9. People v. Flores D069899 · 2016-08-23 · criminal · modified
  10. People v. Benford CA4/1 D068360 · 2016-08-17 · criminal · affirmed
  11. People v. Martinez CA4/1 D068954 · 2016-08-17 · delinquency · affirmed
  12. People v. Hudson D068439 · 2016-08-16 · criminal · affirmed
  13. People v. Godina CA4/1 D068299 · 2016-08-11 · criminal · modified
  14. People v. Robbins CA4/1 D069077 · 2016-08-05 · criminal · affirmed
  15. Steiger v. Steiger CA4/1 D068385 · 2016-08-05 · probate · affirmed
  16. Morales v. 22nd Dist. Agricultural Assn. D067247M · 2016-08-05 · civil · reversed in part
  17. Benson v. MEK Escondido CA4/1 D068201 · 2016-08-04 · civil · reversed
  18. Shermoen v. First Allied Securities CA4/1 D067612 · 2016-07-29 · civil · affirmed
  19. People v. Flores CA4/1 D069899 · 2016-07-29 · criminal · modified
  20. People v. Matthews CA4/1 D068033 · 2016-07-29 · criminal · reversed in part
  21. Ghazal v. Wiederkehr CA4/1 D069670 · 2016-07-26 · civil · affirmed
  22. People v. Moore CA4/1 D066952M · 2016-07-26 · criminal · reversed in part
  23. People v. Davis CA4/1 D068558 · 2016-07-26 · criminal · affirmed
  24. In re D.A. CA4/1 D069848 · 2016-07-25 · dependency · affirmed
  25. People v. Hernandez CA4/1 D069900 · 2016-07-22 · criminal · affirmed