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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. Pekarek v. City of San Diego D018228 · 1994-12-06 · civil
  2. Bob Baker Enterprises, Inc. v. Chrysler Corp. D018205 · 1994-11-30 · civil · affirmed
  3. San Diego Hospital Assn. v. Superior Court D021080 · 1994-11-15 · civil
  4. Williams v. Superior Court D020709 · 1994-10-27 · civil
  5. Renita S. v. Superior Court of San Diego Cty. D021161 · 1994-10-21 · criminal
  6. Conway v. Farmers Home Mutual Insurance D016627 · 1994-07-18 · civil
  7. LAURIE S. v. Superior Court D020704 · 1994-06-27 · dependency · other
  8. Hanson v. Gram No. D016979 · 1994-06-07 · family
  9. In Re Marriage of Gram D016979 · 1994-06-07 · family · reversed
  10. Marsch v. Williams D017954 · 1994-03-15 · civil
  11. Marsch v. Williams D018378 · 1994-03-15 · civil · other
  12. Helmer v. Miller D017661 · 1993-10-14 · criminal · affirmed
  13. Sierra Club v. California Coastal Commission D017570 · 1993-10-14 · civil
  14. McMillin Scripps North Partnership v. Royal Ins. Co. of America D014527 · 1993-09-30 · civil
  15. People v. Andres M. D016868 · 1993-09-17 · criminal
  16. James W. v. SUPERIOR COURT OF SAN DIEGO CTY. D017377 · 1993-07-16 · criminal
  17. Selden v. Dinner D014819 · 1993-07-14 · civil · reversed
  18. Snow v. Department of Motor Vehicles D017168 · 1993-06-22 · criminal
  19. Stonewall Surplus Lines Insurance v. Johnson Controls, Inc. D013420 · 1993-03-24 · civil
  20. Dykstra v. Foremost Insurance D016082 · 1993-03-19 · civil
  21. People v. Hopson D015315 · 1993-02-08 · criminal
  22. Martinez v. City of Poway D014016 · 1993-01-12 · civil · other
  23. Coca Cola Bottling Co. v. Columbia Casualty Insurance Docket Nos. D013457, D014092 · 1992-12-17 · civil
  24. Sachs v. Exxon Co., U.S.A. D013930 · 1992-09-30 · civil
  25. San Diego County Department of Social Services v. Philip B. No. D015258 · 1992-07-21 · dependency