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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. Montelongo CA4/1 D084320 · 2025-08-05 · criminal · affirmed
  2. People v. Sarnie CA4/1 D084646 · 2025-08-05 · criminal · affirmed
  3. People v. Eichhorst CA4/1 D084424 · 2025-08-04 · criminal · affirmed
  4. People v. Farias CA4/1 D083966 · 2025-08-04 · criminal · affirmed
  5. People v. Lawrie CA4/1 D084411 · 2025-08-01 · criminal · affirmed
  6. People v. Grady CA4/1 D083700 · 2025-07-31 · criminal · affirmed
  7. McCoy v. Fleetwood Aluminum Products CA4/1 D084305 · 2025-07-31 · civil · reversed
  8. Mary B. v. Andrew B. CA4/1 D084594 · 2025-07-31 · family · affirmed
  9. People v. Sokolgz CA4/1 D085455 · 2025-07-25 · criminal · affirmed
  10. Avorh v. San Diego Community College Dist. CA4/1 D083486 · 2025-07-24 · civil · affirmed
  11. People v. Ocular CA4/1 D082872 · 2025-07-24 · criminal · affirmed
  12. Montez v. U.S. Bank CA4/1 D084312 · 2025-07-23 · civil · affirmed
  13. People v. Adan CA4/1 D085709 · 2025-07-23 · criminal · reversed in part
  14. Scott v. County of Riverside D083412M · 2025-07-23 · criminal · reversed
  15. People v. Hernandez CA4/1 D083444 · 2025-07-22 · criminal · affirmed
  16. Twins Luck Properties v. City of San Diego CA4/1 D084752 · 2025-07-22 · civil · affirmed
  17. Think Eventos, LLC v. Cal. Dept. of Water Resources CA4/1 D084032 · 2025-07-22 · civil · affirmed
  18. Gogal v. Deng D084158 · 2025-07-22 · civil · reversed
  19. Gogal v. Deng D084405 · 2025-07-22 · civil · affirmed
  20. People v. Escobar CA4/1 D085996 · 2025-07-21 · criminal · affirmed
  21. People v. Belloli CA4/1 D084829 · 2025-07-18 · criminal · reversed
  22. People v. Pennings CA4/1 D082825 · 2025-07-18 · criminal · affirmed
  23. People v. Torres CA4/1 D082844 · 2025-07-18 · criminal · affirmed
  24. People v. Rodriguez CA4/1 D084529 · 2025-07-17 · criminal · affirmed
  25. People v. Shafer CA4/1 D085999 · 2025-07-15 · criminal · affirmed