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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% — 467.5 of 477 opinions sound, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 58% 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.

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. Jones CA4/1 D085399 · 2026-01-06 · criminal · affirmed
  2. Doe v. Coronado Unified School District CA4/1 D084342 · 2026-01-02 · civil · reversed in part
  3. People v. Aguilar D083172 · 2026-01-02 · criminal · reversed
  4. People v. Johnson CA4/1 D084489 · 2025-12-31 · criminal · reversed
  5. People v. Lake CA4/1 D084548 · 2025-12-31 · criminal · affirmed
  6. People v. Pressley CA4/1 D084686 · 2025-12-31 · criminal · affirmed
  7. Ghosal v. Ajou CA4/1 D084846 · 2025-12-24 · civil · affirmed
  8. He v. University of San Diego CA4/1 D083219 · 2025-12-24 · civil · affirmed
  9. People v. Ferris CA4/1 D084097 · 2025-12-24 · criminal · affirmed
  10. People v. Goodwin CA4/1 D086605 · 2025-12-23 · criminal · affirmed
  11. People v. Ochoa CA4/1 D084250 · 2025-12-23 · criminal · reversed in part
  12. People v. Masila CA4/1 D086611 · 2025-12-22 · criminal · reversed in part
  13. People v. Ramirez CA4/1 D084804 · 2025-12-22 · criminal · reversed in part
  14. People v. Sy CA4/1 D085569 · 2025-12-22 · criminal · affirmed
  15. Sisti v. Callahan CA4/1 D085189 · 2025-12-15 · family · affirmed
  16. Contreras v. Green Thumb Produce Inc. D085440 · 2025-12-15 · civil · reversed
  17. Meeker v. Chen CA4/1 D084993 · 2025-12-12 · civil · affirmed
  18. People v. Webster CA4/1 D084999 · 2025-12-10 · criminal · affirmed
  19. German v. La Floure CA4/1 D086600 · 2025-12-10 · civil · reversed
  20. People v. Lozano CA4/1 D084895 · 2025-12-10 · criminal · affirmed
  21. People v. Galvan CA4/1 D084894 · 2025-12-02 · criminal · affirmed
  22. In re Ryan K. CA4/1 D083728 · 2025-11-26 · delinquency · modified
  23. People v. Groce CA4/1 D084727A · 2025-11-26 · criminal · affirmed
  24. Marriage of Benson CA4/1 D084128 · 2025-11-26 · family · affirmed
  25. People v. Groce CA4/1 D084727 · 2025-11-26 · criminal · affirmed