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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. Cuevas CA4/1 D062707 · 2013-11-26 · criminal · modified
  2. Davis v. San Diego County Employees Retirement Assn. CA4/1 D063316 · 2013-11-25 · civil · affirmed
  3. Golden Hill Neighborhood Assn. v. City of San Diego CA4/1 D062203 · 2013-11-25 · civil · reversed
  4. People v. O'Rourke CA4/1 D062132 · 2013-11-25 · criminal · affirmed
  5. People v. Covey CA4/1 D062941 · 2013-11-22 · criminal · affirmed
  6. Save Our Heritage Org. v. City of San Diego CA4/1 D062026 · 2013-11-21 · civil · dismissed
  7. Nguyen v. City of San Diego CA4/1 D062613 · 2013-11-20 · civil · affirmed
  8. Sanfilippo v. Wells Fargo Advisors CA4/1 D062888 · 2013-11-19 · civil · affirmed
  9. P. v. .Smith CA4/1 D063927 · 2013-11-18 · criminal · affirmed
  10. People v. Thomas CA4/1 D063711 · 2013-11-14 · criminal · affirmed
  11. Spot Water Management v. Plageman CA4/1 D059270 · 2013-11-13 · civil · affirmed
  12. In re Allen P. CA4/1 D063989 · 2013-11-12 · family · affirmed
  13. In re M.S. CA 4/1 D064161 · 2013-11-07 · dependency · affirmed
  14. People v. Apostolas CA4/1 D063476 · 2013-11-05 · criminal · affirmed
  15. People v. Madrid CA4/1 D063851 · 2013-10-31 · criminal · affirmed
  16. People v. Romo CA4/1 D061794 · 2013-10-31 · delinquency · affirmed
  17. In re Tatiana H. CA4/1 D064059 · 2013-10-31 · dependency · affirmed
  18. People v. Raines CA4/1 D062264 · 2013-10-30 · criminal · affirmed
  19. Marriage of Skinner CA4/1 D062018 · 2013-10-29 · family · affirmed
  20. T.M. v. Superior Court CA4/1 D064356 · 2013-10-29 · dependency · writ denied
  21. Oggi's Pizza & Brewing Co. v. Durrant CA4/1 D061848 · 2013-10-28 · civil · reversed in part
  22. People v. Guadarrama CA4/1 D063273 · 2013-10-28 · criminal · affirmed
  23. People v. Gutierrez CA4/1 D063498 · 2013-10-28 · criminal · reversed in part
  24. Wise v. DLA Piper D062150 · 2013-10-28 · civil · reversed
  25. In re Sebastian S. CA4/1 D064158 · 2013-10-25 · dependency · affirmed