gno.law

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

C--
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. Razuki v. Malan CA4/1 D082560 · 2025-03-20 · civil · reversed in part
  2. People v. Cosby CA4/1 D083014 · 2025-03-19 · criminal · affirmed
  3. In re N.T. CA4/1 D084828 · 2025-03-14 · dependency · affirmed
  4. People v. Pele CA4/1 D083591 · 2025-03-14 · criminal · reversed in part
  5. Bank of America v. Bailey CA4/1 D084014 · 2025-03-14 · civil · affirmed
  6. Marriage of K.G.N. and K.A.N. CA4/1 D083291 · 2025-03-12 · family · affirmed
  7. G.M. v. J.T. CA4/1 D082963 · 2025-03-11 · family · reversed
  8. People v. Chandler CA4/1 D082551 · 2025-03-07 · criminal · affirmed
  9. People v. Moreno CA4/1 D083600 · 2025-03-06 · criminal · reversed
  10. S.X. v. T.J. CA4/1 D084012 · 2025-03-04 · family · affirmed
  11. Drost v. Sheridan CA4/1 D084816 · 2025-02-28 · civil · affirmed
  12. People v. Jimenez CA4/1 D082752 · 2025-02-28 · criminal · reversed in part
  13. People v. Bush CA4/1 D083769 · 2025-02-25 · criminal · reversed in part
  14. P. ex rel. Limpin v. Newsom CA4/1 D083733 · 2025-02-25 · civil · affirmed
  15. Packard v. Packard D082480 · 2025-02-24 · probate · reversed
  16. People v. Albatat CA4/1 D083394 · 2025-02-19 · criminal · affirmed
  17. People v. Stengel CA4/1 D083604 · 2025-02-19 · criminal · affirmed
  18. Capozza v. Rubin CA4/1 D083064 · 2025-02-18 · civil · affirmed
  19. People v. Profit CA4/1 D084025 · 2025-02-14 · criminal · reversed
  20. Nguyen v. Ramirez CA4/1 D083643 · 2025-01-30 · civil · affirmed
  21. People v. Rivera CA4/1 D084664 · 2025-01-28 · criminal · affirmed
  22. Barriga v. Ducommun Incorporated CA4/1 D083706 · 2025-01-27 · civil · writ denied
  23. Villalva v. Bombardier Mass Transit Corp. D082372 · 2025-01-21 · civil · affirmed
  24. Myers v. Sundby CA4/1 D084372 · 2025-01-21 · civil · dismissed
  25. In re E.E. CA4/1 D084740 · 2025-01-17 · dependency · affirmed