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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. In re E.R. CA4/1 D078154 · 2021-04-13 · dependency · affirmed
  2. A&B Market Plus, Inc. v. Arabo CA4/1 D073850M · 2021-04-08 · civil · affirmed
  3. Contreras-Velazquez v. Family Health Centers of San Diego, Inc. D075577M · 2021-04-07 · civil · affirmed
  4. People v. Knight CA4/1 D077877 · 2021-04-02 · criminal · affirmed
  5. People v. Zendejas CA4/1 D077759 · 2021-03-29 · criminal · affirmed
  6. Van Dyke & Assn. v. Oliver CA4/1 D077091 · 2021-03-29 · civil · affirmed
  7. People v. Garcia CA4/1 D078052 · 2021-03-26 · criminal · affirmed
  8. A&B Market Plus, Inc. v. Arabo CA4/1 D073850 · 2021-03-25 · civil · affirmed
  9. People v. Contreras CA4/1 D076180 · 2021-03-25 · criminal · affirmed
  10. People v. Schmidt CA4/1 D076806 · 2021-03-25 · criminal · affirmed
  11. Clark v. Super. Ct. D077711 · 2021-03-19 · civil · writ granted
  12. Contreras-Velazquez v. Family Health Centers of San Diego, Inc. D075577 · 2021-03-18 · civil · affirmed
  13. People v. Rhodes CA4/1 D077130 · 2021-03-12 · criminal · affirmed
  14. People v. Velazquez CA4/1 D078060 · 2021-03-12 · criminal · affirmed
  15. Wilson v. The La Jolla Group D077134 · 2021-03-12 · civil · reversed in part
  16. People v. Werntz CA4/1 D077845 · 2021-03-11 · criminal · reversed
  17. People v. Alcantar CA4/1 D077482 · 2021-03-08 · delinquency · affirmed
  18. People v. Price CA4/1 D076731 · 2021-03-05 · criminal · affirmed
  19. United States Aviation Underwriters, Inc. v. Apical Industries, Inc. CA4/1 D076860 · 2021-03-05 · civil · affirmed
  20. People v. Tapia CA4/1 D077113 · 2021-03-01 · criminal · modified
  21. People v. Wilson CA4/1 D076841 · 2021-03-01 · criminal · affirmed
  22. People v. Yakou CA4/1 D076140 · 2021-02-26 · criminal · affirmed
  23. Wells Fargo Bank, National Assn. v. Superior Court CA4/1 D078087 · 2021-02-26 · civil · writ denied
  24. In re Kavanaugh D076500 · 2021-02-25 · criminal · reversed
  25. People v. Iverson CA4/1 D077556 · 2021-02-25 · criminal · reversed in part