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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. People v. Russell CA4/1 D078167 · 2021-03-22 · criminal · affirmed
  2. Clark v. Super. Ct. D077711 · 2021-03-19 · civil · writ granted
  3. People v. Rosas CA4/1 D078109 · 2021-03-19 · criminal · remanded
  4. Contreras-Velazquez v. Family Health Centers of San Diego, Inc. D075577 · 2021-03-18 · civil · affirmed
  5. M&F Fishing, Inc. v. Philadephia Indemnity Ins. Co. CA4/1 D076796 · 2021-03-18 · civil · affirmed
  6. People v. Trice CA4/1 D078232 · 2021-03-17 · criminal · affirmed
  7. Seth R. v. Lightbourne CA4/1 D077008 · 2021-03-15 · civil · affirmed
  8. People v. McCulloch CA4/1 D077567 · 2021-03-15 · criminal · affirmed
  9. People v. Rhodes CA4/1 D077130 · 2021-03-12 · criminal · affirmed
  10. People v. Velazquez CA4/1 D078060 · 2021-03-12 · criminal · affirmed
  11. Wilson v. The La Jolla Group D077134 · 2021-03-12 · civil · reversed in part
  12. People v. Werntz CA4/1 D077845 · 2021-03-11 · criminal · reversed
  13. People v. Alcantar CA4/1 D077482 · 2021-03-08 · delinquency · affirmed
  14. People v. Gooden CA4/1 D077814 · 2021-03-05 · criminal · reversed
  15. People v. Price CA4/1 D076731 · 2021-03-05 · criminal · affirmed
  16. United States Aviation Underwriters, Inc. v. Apical Industries, Inc. CA4/1 D076860 · 2021-03-05 · civil · affirmed
  17. People v. Oliva CA4/1 D078193 · 2021-03-04 · criminal · affirmed
  18. People v. Tapia CA4/1 D077113 · 2021-03-01 · criminal · modified
  19. People v. Wilson CA4/1 D076841 · 2021-03-01 · criminal · affirmed
  20. People v. Yakou CA4/1 D076140 · 2021-02-26 · criminal · affirmed
  21. People v. Jackson CA4/1 D076819 · 2021-02-26 · criminal · reversed in part
  22. Wells Fargo Bank, National Assn. v. Superior Court CA4/1 D078087 · 2021-02-26 · civil · writ denied
  23. People v. Young CA4/1 D076397 · 2021-02-26 · criminal · affirmed
  24. In re Kavanaugh D076500 · 2021-02-25 · criminal · reversed
  25. People v. Iverson CA4/1 D077556 · 2021-02-25 · criminal · reversed in part