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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. Duran CA4/1 D077135 · 2021-07-28 · criminal · affirmed
  2. In re C.C. CA4/1 D078604 · 2021-07-27 · dependency · affirmed
  3. In re B.D. D078014 · 2021-07-27 · dependency · reversed
  4. Marriage of L.R. and K.A. D077533 · 2021-07-27 · family · reversed
  5. People v. Dunsmore CA4/1 D077762 · 2021-07-23 · criminal · modified
  6. People v. Dunsmore CA4/1 D078348 · 2021-07-23 · criminal · affirmed
  7. Spence v. State Personnel Board CA4/1 D076853 · 2021-07-22 · civil · affirmed
  8. People v. Bolden CA4/1 D078279 · 2021-07-20 · criminal · reversed
  9. Lungin v. Ulta Salon Cosmetics & Fragrance CA4/1 D077642 · 2021-07-13 · civil · affirmed
  10. People v. Ortiz CA4/1 D076579 · 2021-06-30 · criminal · reversed in part
  11. Estate of Schooler CA4/1 D076490 · 2021-06-28 · probate · dismissed
  12. People v. Torricellas CA4/1 D077815 · 2021-06-25 · criminal · affirmed
  13. People v. Huynh D076559 · 2021-06-22 · criminal · reversed
  14. People v. Jimenez CA4/1 D077974 · 2021-06-21 · criminal · reversed in part
  15. People v. Jackson D077095S · 2021-06-09 · criminal · affirmed
  16. People v. Turner CA4/1 D076290 · 2021-06-09 · criminal · reversed in part
  17. People v. Torkelson CA4/1 D078237 · 2021-06-09 · criminal · affirmed
  18. San Diegans for Open Govt. v. Fonseca D077652M · 2021-06-08 · civil · affirmed
  19. Usher v. White D077133 · 2021-05-28 · civil · affirmed
  20. San Diegans for Open Government v. Fonseca D077652 · 2021-05-19 · civil · affirmed
  21. R Consulting & Sales v. Kim CA4/1 D076749 · 2021-05-13 · civil · reversed in part
  22. Bauman v. Wells Fargo Bank CA4/1 D076781 · 2021-05-07 · civil · affirmed
  23. Bauman v. Wells Fargo Bank CA4/1 D076767 · 2021-05-07 · civil · affirmed
  24. In re A.C. CA4/1 D078335 · 2021-05-07 · dependency · affirmed
  25. County of San Diego Dept. of Child Support etc. v. G.S. CA4/1 D076378 · 2021-05-06 · family · affirmed