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William S. Dato

Justice, Court of Appeal · California Court of Appeal, Fourth District, Division One · 2017–2026

Associate Justice, California Court of Appeal, 4th District 2017– · Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Diego 2003–2017

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98% — 462.5 of 472 opinions sound, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 54% of 27 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.

535opinions authored
1,609panels 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. Amaya CA4/1 D087802 · 2026-09-29 · criminal · affirmed
  2. Marriage of Angelica G. and Joshua G. CA4/1 D085644 · 2026-09-23 · family · affirmed
  3. People v. Copeland CA4/1 D085239 · 2026-09-23 · criminal · affirmed
  4. People v. Bloomberg CA4/1 D086279 · 2026-09-18 · criminal · affirmed
  5. People v. Abulaban CA4/1 D084983 · 2026-09-17 · criminal · affirmed
  6. People v. Quintanilla CA4/1 D088199 · 2026-09-16 · criminal · affirmed
  7. People v. Neeley CA4/1 D087607 · 2026-09-11 · criminal · affirmed
  8. Regents of the U. of Cal. v. Murphy CA4/1 D084092 · 2026-09-10 · civil · reversed in part
  9. People v. Laster CA4/1 D085438 · 2026-09-09 · criminal · affirmed
  10. In re Moore D086215 · 2026-09-08 · criminal · writ granted
  11. People v. Ambriz CA4/1 D084906 · 2026-09-02 · delinquency · affirmed
  12. Business Alliance Ins. Co. v. Celis CA4/1 D086880 · 2026-09-01 · civil · reversed
  13. Lugo v. Hartford Fire Insurance Co. CA4/1 D087797 · 2026-09-01 · civil · affirmed
  14. Marriage of Cervantes and Rodriguez CA4/1 D087798 · 2026-09-01 · family · affirmed
  15. People v. Adams CA4/1 D084606 · 2026-09-01 · criminal · affirmed
  16. In re D.H. CA4/1 D087410 · 2026-08-31 · dependency · affirmed
  17. People v. Ramos CA4/1 D087439 · 2026-08-31 · criminal · affirmed
  18. People v. Palmer CA4/1 D085702 · 2026-08-28 · criminal · affirmed
  19. Weathers v. Choe CA4/1 D087132 · 2026-08-28 · civil · affirmed
  20. Hickenbottom v. Medical Solutions D086542 · 2026-08-26 · civil · dismissed
  21. In re D.S. CA4/1 D087680 · 2026-08-26 · dependency · affirmed
  22. Amini v. Dept. of Motor Vehicles CA4/1 D085964 · 2026-08-25 · civil · reversed in part
  23. In re N.S. CA4/1 D087765 · 2026-08-25 · dependency · affirmed
  24. People v. Santana CA4/1 D085381 · 2026-08-25 · criminal · modified
  25. Meza v. CoWorx Staffing Services CA4/1 D085734 · 2026-08-24 · civil · affirmed