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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 authored (every role)

  1. Gates v. Discovery Communications, Inc. D039399 · 2003-06-18 · civil
  2. Weiner v. Weiner D038788 · 2003-01-10 · family
  3. People v. Pugh D038540 · 2002-12-06 · criminal · affirmed
  4. People v. Cervantes No. D037565 · 2002-12-04 · criminal
  5. Capital Trust, Inc. v. Tri-National Development Corp. D037520 · 2002-11-15 · civil
  6. People v. Valadez D030982 · 2002-10-23 · criminal
  7. LOUIS J. v. Superior Court D040457 · 2002-10-16 · dependency
  8. Searle v. Wyndham International, Inc. D039145 · 2002-10-15 · civil
  9. Caloca v. County of San Diego D038059 · 2002-09-25 · criminal
  10. Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance v. Superior Court D036986 · 2002-05-29 · civil
  11. Scottsdale Insurance v. Essex Insurance D038635 · 2002-04-08 · civil
  12. In re Brown No. D036935 · 2002-03-27 · criminal
  13. Costco Companies, Inc. v. Gallant D035997 · 2002-02-27 · civil
  14. Snapp & Associates Insurance Services, Inc. v. Robertson D036202 · 2002-02-01 · civil
  15. San Diego Unified Port District v. Douglas E. Barnhart, Inc. D035161 · 2002-01-11 · civil
  16. People v. Basuta D034429 · 2002-01-07 · criminal
  17. People v. Cox D032205 · 2002-01-07 · criminal
  18. People v. Adams No. D034838 · 2001-11-21 · criminal
  19. Arenas v. San Diego County Board of Supervisors D036354 · 2001-11-13 · criminal
  20. People v. Brown D035066 · 2001-08-02 · criminal
  21. Hicks v. E. T. Legg & Associates D034398 · 2001-05-25 · probate
  22. People v. Englebrecht D033527 · 2001-05-09 · criminal
  23. People v. Weise D034948 · 2001-04-20 · criminal
  24. Kane v. National Ski Patrol System, Inc. D036826 · 2001-04-02 · civil · reversed
  25. Kline v. Turner No. D035248 · 2001-03-27 · civil