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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. Wansor CA4/1 D085993 · 2025-10-20 · criminal · affirmed
  2. People v. Dunn CA4/1 D084178 · 2025-10-17 · criminal · affirmed
  3. People v. Salazar CA4/1 D084565 · 2025-10-17 · delinquency · affirmed
  4. Barkley v. Fahim CA4/1 D084499 · 2025-10-16 · civil · reversed in part
  5. Marriage of C.C. and T.D. CA4/1 D083820 · 2025-10-16 · family · affirmed
  6. People v. Izumi CA4/1 D085868 · 2025-10-16 · criminal · reversed
  7. People v. Vasquez CA4/1 D083747M · 2025-10-13 · criminal · affirmed
  8. People v. Jenkins CA4/1 D084881 · 2025-10-13 · criminal · affirmed
  9. Livable San Diego v. City of San Diego CA4/1 D084333 · 2025-10-10 · civil · affirmed
  10. People v. Strong CA4/1 D084724 · 2025-10-10 · criminal · affirmed
  11. People v. Vazquez CA4/1 D085218 · 2025-10-10 · criminal · affirmed
  12. People v. Flores CA4/1 D083204 · 2025-10-07 · criminal · modified
  13. Vance v. City of Riverside CA4/1 D084181 · 2025-10-07 · civil · reversed
  14. McDoniel v. Kavry Management D084660 · 2025-09-30 · civil · reversed in part
  15. People v. Peterson CA4/1 D084684 · 2025-09-29 · criminal · dismissed
  16. People v. Velasquez CA4/1 D083414 · 2025-09-29 · criminal · affirmed
  17. Kaye v. JPMorgan Chase Bank CA4/1 D084131 · 2025-09-24 · civil · affirmed
  18. People v. Beamon CA4/1 D083333 · 2025-09-24 · criminal · affirmed
  19. Cox v. Sadiq CA4/1 D085012 · 2025-09-23 · civil · affirmed
  20. Jacobs v. Sharp Healthcare CA4/1 D084337 · 2025-09-23 · civil · affirmed
  21. People v. Hernandez CA4/1 D083513 · 2025-09-23 · criminal · affirmed
  22. People v. Price CA4/1 D086349 · 2025-09-23 · criminal · affirmed
  23. People v. Aguilera CA4/1 D085946 · 2025-09-22 · criminal · reversed
  24. People v. Garcia CA4/1 D083924 · 2025-09-19 · criminal · affirmed
  25. Schermerhorn v. City of Palm Springs CA4/1 D086169 · 2025-09-19 · civil · affirmed