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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

  1. Fisher v. Cal. School Employees Assoc. CA4/1 D066884 · 2015-09-18 · civil · affirmed
  2. People v. Heath CA4/1 D067544 · 2015-09-18 · criminal · modified
  3. People v. Charfauros CA4/1 D064666 · 2015-09-18 · criminal · modified
  4. People v. Inman CA4/1 D066916 · 2015-09-11 · criminal · reversed in part
  5. In re C.R. CA4/1 D067525 · 2015-09-11 · dependency · affirmed
  6. Vildosola v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. CA4/1 D066094 · 2015-09-10 · civil · affirmed
  7. People v. Sarwar CA4/1 D066551 · 2015-09-09 · criminal · affirmed
  8. Jennifer C. v. Super. Ct. CA4/1 D068224 · 2015-09-09 · dependency · writ denied
  9. People v. Flores CA4/1 D067067 · 2015-09-04 · criminal · affirmed
  10. People v. Podgurski CA4/1 D064114M · 2015-09-03 · criminal · reversed in part
  11. People v. Miller CA4/1 D066489 · 2015-08-31 · criminal · affirmed
  12. People v. Woods CA4/1 D066835 · 2015-08-27 · criminal · affirmed
  13. Marriage of Plunkett CA4/1 D066371 · 2015-08-26 · family · affirmed
  14. Dillon v. Super. Ct. CA4/1 D067321 · 2015-08-26 · civil · writ granted
  15. Marriage of Fivash and Pepper CA4/1 D065598 · 2015-08-25 · family · affirmed
  16. Marriage of Vahidi and Abrishami CA4/1 D065176 · 2015-08-25 · family · affirmed
  17. People v. Gutierrez CA4/1 D066071 · 2015-08-21 · criminal · affirmed
  18. People v. Lopez CA4/1 D067542 · 2015-08-20 · criminal · affirmed
  19. In re Ashley F. CA4/1 D067301 · 2015-08-14 · dependency · affirmed
  20. People v. Podgurski CA4/1 D064114 · 2015-08-14 · criminal · reversed in part
  21. First American Title Ins. Co. v. Spanish Inn D067137 · 2015-08-14 · civil · affirmed
  22. People v. Zylstra CA4/1 D067474 · 2015-08-13 · criminal · affirmed
  23. People v. Martin CA4/1 D066921 · 2015-08-13 · criminal · affirmed
  24. People v. Badasso CA4/1 D066122 · 2015-08-10 · criminal · affirmed
  25. People v. Knight D067410 · 2015-07-31 · criminal · reversed