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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. Stevens CA4/1 D065034 · 2014-08-27 · criminal · affirmed
  2. People v. Korol CA4/1 D065069A · 2014-08-25 · criminal · affirmed
  3. Sinclair v. Praxair CA4/1 D063578 · 2014-08-20 · civil · affirmed
  4. People v. Mendoza CA4/1 D064557 · 2014-08-20 · criminal · affirmed
  5. People v. Ellis CA4/1 D064605 · 2014-08-08 · other · dismissed
  6. People v. Naranjo CA4/1 D064726 · 2014-08-07 · criminal · affirmed
  7. In re Luis J. CA4/1 D065450 · 2014-08-07 · dependency · reversed in part
  8. People v. Korol CA4/1 D065069 · 2014-08-05 · criminal · affirmed
  9. In re Mason P. CA4/1 D065767 · 2014-08-04 · dependency · affirmed
  10. People v. Thornton CA4/1 D065230 · 2014-08-01 · criminal · affirmed
  11. People v. Gotell CA4/1 D064206 · 2014-07-31 · criminal · affirmed
  12. In re R.H. CA4/1 D065686 · 2014-07-30 · dependency · affirmed
  13. In re B.R. CA4/1 D065457 · 2014-07-29 · dependency · affirmed
  14. People v. Thornton CA4/1 D065701 · 2014-07-29 · criminal · affirmed
  15. Simmons v. Balch CA4/1 D064424 · 2014-07-28 · family · affirmed
  16. People v. Gladney CA4/1 D064194 · 2014-07-25 · criminal · affirmed
  17. People v. Ramos CA4/1 D064383 · 2014-07-25 · criminal · modified
  18. City-Wide Electronic Systems v. Ursus Real Estate CA4/1 D065612 · 2014-07-23 · civil · affirmed
  19. In re Esteban N. CA4/1 D065571 · 2014-07-18 · dependency · affirmed
  20. People v. Galvan CA4/1 D065488 · 2014-07-16 · criminal · affirmed
  21. People v. Madruga CA4/1 D064054 · 2014-07-15 · criminal · affirmed
  22. City of Brawley v. Superior Court CA4/1 D066145 · 2014-07-15 · dependency · writ granted
  23. In re G.M. CA4/1 D065186 · 2014-07-14 · dependency · affirmed
  24. People v. Mendoza CA4/1 D064586 · 2014-07-11 · criminal · affirmed
  25. In re A.H. CA4/1 D065333 · 2014-07-11 · dependency · affirmed