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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. People v. Niebla CA4/1 D075037A · 2020-12-16 · criminal · remanded
  2. Lastavich v. Nob Hill Homeowners Assn. CA4/1 D075466 · 2020-12-02 · civil · affirmed
  3. People v. Vargas CA4/1 D077605 · 2020-11-25 · criminal · affirmed
  4. People v. Mallory CA4/1 D077334 · 2020-11-25 · delinquency · affirmed
  5. People v. Romero CA4/1 D077813 · 2020-11-24 · criminal · affirmed
  6. In re Chance P. CA4/1 D075713 · 2020-11-19 · delinquency · affirmed
  7. People v. Sanchez CA4/1 D075963 · 2020-11-13 · criminal · affirmed
  8. In re H v. CA4/1 D077671 · 2020-11-12 · dependency · affirmed
  9. People v. Kruse D077038 · 2020-10-30 · criminal · affirmed
  10. Butler v. Fanara CA4/1 D075222 · 2020-10-29 · family · affirmed
  11. People v. Celaya CA4/1 D077466 · 2020-10-29 · delinquency · affirmed
  12. People v. Beckemeyer CA4/1 D077262 · 2020-10-28 · criminal · affirmed
  13. People v. Valladares CA4/1 D075834 · 2020-10-27 · criminal · reversed in part
  14. Mejia v. Vu CA4/1 D076582 · 2020-10-26 · civil · reversed
  15. People v. Donaldson CA4/1 D076957 · 2020-10-21 · delinquency · affirmed
  16. People v. Alva CA4/1 D075155 · 2020-10-20 · criminal · affirmed
  17. Armstrong v. Burnstan CA4/1 D074386 · 2020-10-19 · civil · affirmed
  18. Cox v. Wilson CA4/1 D076492 · 2020-10-16 · civil · affirmed
  19. People v. Kelly CA4/1 D077357 · 2020-10-16 · criminal · affirmed
  20. Provost v. YourMechanic, Inc. D076569 · 2020-10-15 · civil · affirmed
  21. People v. Montoya CA4/1 D076004 · 2020-10-13 · criminal · modified
  22. Mandujano v. Johnston CA4/1 D076422 · 2020-10-08 · civil · affirmed
  23. People v. Herrera CA4/1 D075202M · 2020-10-05 · criminal · reversed in part
  24. County of San Diego Dept. of Child etc. v. A.H. CA4/1 D075759 · 2020-09-28 · family · reversed
  25. People v. Jackson CA4/1 D076497 · 2020-09-28 · criminal · affirmed