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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. Trost CA4/1 D085447 · 2025-07-14 · criminal · affirmed
  2. People v. Hernandez CA4/1 D085995 · 2025-07-09 · criminal · affirmed
  3. In re J.T. CA4/1 D085465 · 2025-07-07 · dependency · reversed
  4. People v. Doron CA4/1 D084487 · 2025-07-07 · criminal · modified
  5. People v. Caddell CA4/1 D085600 · 2025-07-02 · criminal · reversed
  6. Alexander v. Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla CA4/1 D082380 · 2025-07-01 · civil · affirmed
  7. People v. Leyva CA4/1 D084625 · 2025-06-30 · criminal · affirmed
  8. People v. Valdez CA4/1 D083790 · 2025-06-26 · criminal · affirmed
  9. Dare v. U.S. Bank National Association CA4/1 D083758 · 2025-06-25 · civil · affirmed
  10. Traci W. v. Michael S. CA4/1 D083565 · 2025-06-24 · family · writ denied
  11. Scott v. County of Riverside D083412 · 2025-06-24 · civil · reversed
  12. In re Ezekiel D. CA4/1 D084924 · 2025-06-24 · delinquency · remanded
  13. JBS Carriers v. Mendoza CA4/1 D083415 · 2025-06-23 · civil · affirmed
  14. Magnetti v. The Highest Craft CA4/1 D084033 · 2025-06-23 · civil · affirmed
  15. People v. Mix CA4/1 D083066 · 2025-06-23 · criminal · affirmed
  16. Heebner v. Siegel CA4/1 D084146 · 2025-06-18 · civil · affirmed
  17. Vena v. Vena CA4/1 D083479 · 2025-06-17 · family · reversed in part
  18. Schlotthauer v. County of San Bernardino CA4/1 D084507 · 2025-06-16 · civil · affirmed
  19. People v. Financial Casualty & Surety CA4/1 D085170 · 2025-06-16 · criminal · affirmed
  20. People v. Meredith CA4/1 D084278 · 2025-06-16 · criminal · affirmed
  21. People v. Young CA4/1 D085710 · 2025-06-16 · criminal · affirmed
  22. People v. Walker CA4/1 D083602 · 2025-06-09 · delinquency · affirmed
  23. People v. Jose CA4/1 D083222 · 2025-06-05 · criminal · affirmed
  24. People v. Hammar CA4/1 D085027 · 2025-06-04 · criminal · affirmed
  25. Amundson v. Catello D082158A · 2025-06-03 · civil · reversed