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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. Marriage of Carter CA4/1 D084417 · 2025-09-16 · family · affirmed
  2. People v. Vasquez CA4/1 D083747 · 2025-09-15 · criminal · affirmed
  3. People v. Montalvan CA4/1 D084205 · 2025-09-09 · criminal · affirmed
  4. People v. Santos CA4/1 D084629 · 2025-09-08 · criminal · affirmed
  5. Cox v. Gordon CA4/1 D083386M · 2025-09-04 · civil · affirmed
  6. Wolfswinkel v. Gordon CA4/1 D083853 · 2025-09-03 · civil · affirmed
  7. People v. Austin CA4/1 D082809 · 2025-08-29 · criminal · modified
  8. People v. Leal CA4/1 D083232 · 2025-08-26 · criminal · affirmed
  9. In re Delano M. CA4/1 D084760 · 2025-08-21 · delinquency · affirmed
  10. Marriage of Grande CA4/1 D084120 · 2025-08-21 · family · affirmed
  11. Body Source Technology v. Szeto CA4/1 D085169 · 2025-08-20 · civil · affirmed
  12. Leahy v. Cameron CA4/1 D083623 · 2025-08-19 · civil · affirmed
  13. People v. Peredia CA4/1 D085186 · 2025-08-19 · criminal · affirmed
  14. Barnett v. First American Home Warranty Corp. CA4/1 D084315 · 2025-08-19 · civil · affirmed
  15. People v. Ricks CA4/1 D085921 · 2025-08-19 · criminal · reversed in part
  16. Avorh v. San Diego Community College Dist. CA4/1 D083486M · 2025-08-13 · civil · affirmed
  17. People v. Gurtner CA4/1 D084937 · 2025-08-11 · criminal · reversed
  18. Cox v. Gordon CA4/1 D083386 · 2025-08-08 · civil · affirmed
  19. Williams v. House CA4/1 D084685 · 2025-08-08 · civil · affirmed
  20. People v. Judkins CA4/1 D084856 · 2025-08-07 · criminal · affirmed
  21. People v. Macias CA4/1 D084280 · 2025-08-07 · criminal · affirmed
  22. People v. Boyd-Malone CA4/1 D084275 · 2025-08-06 · criminal · modified
  23. Kalajian v. Calidi Biotherapeutics CA4/1 D084437 · 2025-08-06 · civil · affirmed
  24. People v. Goehner CA4/1 D085454 · 2025-08-06 · criminal · affirmed
  25. People v. Harlow D084252 · 2025-08-05 · criminal · reversed