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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 sat on (every role)

  1. People v. Valdez CA4/1 D083790 · 2025-06-26 · criminal · affirmed
  2. Dare v. U.S. Bank National Association CA4/1 D083758 · 2025-06-25 · civil · affirmed
  3. Scott v. County of Riverside D083412 · 2025-06-24 · civil · reversed
  4. JBS Carriers v. Mendoza CA4/1 D083415 · 2025-06-23 · civil · affirmed
  5. Vena v. Vena CA4/1 D083479 · 2025-06-17 · family · reversed in part
  6. Schlotthauer v. County of San Bernardino CA4/1 D084507 · 2025-06-16 · civil · affirmed
  7. People v. Financial Casualty & Surety CA4/1 D085170 · 2025-06-16 · criminal · affirmed
  8. People v. Meredith CA4/1 D084278 · 2025-06-16 · criminal · affirmed
  9. People v. Young CA4/1 D085710 · 2025-06-16 · criminal · affirmed
  10. People v. Jose CA4/1 D083222 · 2025-06-05 · criminal · affirmed
  11. People v. Hammar CA4/1 D085027 · 2025-06-04 · criminal · affirmed
  12. Finley v. Gantz CA4/1 D082623 · 2025-05-30 · civil · affirmed
  13. People v. Shively D082912 · 2025-05-27 · criminal · other
  14. People v. Jenkins CA4/1 D084174 · 2025-05-23 · criminal · affirmed
  15. Conservatorship of the Person and Estate of Mercado CA4/1 D084147 · 2025-05-23 · probate · affirmed
  16. Autolino v. Thomas CA4/1 D083390 · 2025-05-22 · civil · affirmed
  17. People v. Frenette CA4/1 D085720 · 2025-05-22 · criminal · reversed in part
  18. People v. Perez CA4/1 D083710 · 2025-05-22 · criminal · affirmed
  19. In re A.M. CA4/1 D083816 · 2025-05-19 · delinquency · affirmed
  20. People v. Oliveira CA4/1 D083662 · 2025-05-16 · criminal · reversed
  21. SensorMetrix v. Dzine Unlimited CA4/1 D084143 · 2025-05-16 · civil · affirmed
  22. People v. Williams CA4/1 D084228 · 2025-05-15 · criminal · affirmed
  23. Tabarez v. Robinson CA4/1 D083858 · 2025-05-12 · family · affirmed
  24. People v. Conroy CA4/1 D083885 · 2025-05-09 · criminal · affirmed
  25. People v. Ballard CA4/1 D083985 · 2025-05-09 · criminal · affirmed