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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. Marriage of Schmitz CA4/1 D064500 · 2014-05-12 · family · affirmed
  2. People v. Pacheco CA4/1 D063907 · 2014-05-12 · criminal · reversed in part
  3. People v. Vargas CA4/1 D064148 · 2014-05-12 · criminal · affirmed
  4. In re J.M. CA4/1 D065121 · 2014-05-09 · dependency · affirmed
  5. People v. Smith CA4/1 D064142 · 2014-05-09 · criminal · affirmed
  6. People v. Bartsch CA4/1 D064368 · 2014-05-08 · criminal · affirmed
  7. People v. Sanchez CA4/1 D063406 · 2014-05-06 · criminal · affirmed
  8. Bedrosian Vista v. Mossy European Imports CA4/1 D063845 · 2014-05-05 · civil · affirmed
  9. Marriage of Bush CA4/1 D062711 · 2014-04-29 · family · reversed in part
  10. People v. Sumi CA4/1 D063418 · 2014-04-29 · criminal · affirmed
  11. Schimsky v. Higgins CA D063860 · 2014-04-29 · civil · affirmed
  12. Webb v. Hadzicki CA4/1 D064245 · 2014-04-25 · civil · affirmed
  13. P.O.P. Enterprises v. Lively CA4/1 D063550M · 2014-04-24 · civil · affirmed
  14. People v. Quezada CA4/1 D062939 · 2014-04-24 · delinquency · affirmed
  15. Vanderpol v. Starr CA4/1 D062350 · 2014-04-24 · civil · affirmed
  16. People v. Swain CA4/1 D063960 · 2014-04-23 · criminal · dismissed
  17. In re Raquel S. CA4/1 D064808 · 2014-04-22 · dependency · affirmed
  18. Jenkins v. Skinner CA4/1 D063866 · 2014-04-16 · civil · affirmed
  19. People v. Hines CA4/1 D063609 · 2014-04-16 · criminal · reversed in part
  20. Little v. Nau CA4/1 D063792 · 2014-04-15 · civil · affirmed
  21. People v. Davis CA4/1 D062881 · 2014-04-15 · criminal · affirmed
  22. People v. Downer CA4/1 D063255 · 2014-04-10 · criminal · reversed in part
  23. McDaniel v. Rangel CA4/1 D064509 · 2014-04-09 · civil · affirmed
  24. P. v.Bechtel CA4/1 D064725 · 2014-04-08 · criminal · affirmed
  25. P.O.P. Enterprises v. Lively CA4/1 D063550 · 2014-04-08 · civil · affirmed