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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. People v. Lopez CA4/1 D069645 · 2016-03-23 · criminal · affirmed
  2. People v. Tucker CA4/1 D068460 · 2016-03-23 · criminal · affirmed
  3. People v. Muhammad CA4/1 D066995 · 2016-03-18 · criminal · modified
  4. Costello v. Buckley D068536 · 2016-03-16 · civil · affirmed
  5. In re Christopher A. CA4/1 D068397M · 2016-03-15 · dependency · affirmed
  6. Ontiveros v. Constable D066412 · 2016-03-14 · civil · reversed in part
  7. Staniforth v. The Judges' Retirement System CA4/1 D068174 · 2016-03-14 · civil · affirmed
  8. In re Jonathan A. CA4/1 D068550 · 2016-03-14 · dependency · affirmed
  9. Marriage of Shannahan D067258 · 2016-03-14 · family · affirmed
  10. People v. Root D068235M · 2016-03-10 · criminal · reversed
  11. People v. McCall CA4/1 D068251 · 2016-03-09 · criminal · reversed
  12. Wells Fargo Bank v. Prime Partners Medical Group CA4/1 D069061 · 2016-03-08 · civil · affirmed
  13. People v. Lopez CA4/1 D067393 · 2016-03-07 · criminal · affirmed
  14. People v. Smith CA4/1 D067231 · 2016-03-04 · criminal · affirmed
  15. People v. Ortiz CA4/1 D068252 · 2016-03-02 · criminal · reversed in part
  16. People v. Root D068235 · 2016-03-01 · criminal · reversed
  17. P. v. Rivas CA4/1 D069238 · 2016-03-01 · criminal · affirmed
  18. People v. Boselli CA4/1 D067751 · 2016-02-24 · criminal · affirmed
  19. People v. Smith CA4/1 D068253 · 2016-02-24 · criminal · affirmed
  20. Sweetwater Union School Dist. v. Gilbane Building Co. D067383 · 2016-02-24 · civil · affirmed
  21. People v. Nguyen CA4/1 D068275 · 2016-02-22 · criminal · affirmed
  22. Ontiveros v. Constable CA4/1 D066412 · 2016-02-18 · civil · reversed in part
  23. People v. Stevens CA4/1 D068139 · 2016-02-18 · criminal · reversed
  24. Nelson v. Abebe CA4/1 D068087 · 2016-02-18 · civil · affirmed
  25. People v. King CA4/1 D068424 · 2016-02-17 · criminal · affirmed