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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. Finley v. Gantz CA4/1 D082623 · 2025-05-30 · civil · affirmed
  2. People v. Shively D082912 · 2025-05-27 · criminal · other
  3. Estate of Lindsey CA4/1 D083008 · 2025-05-27 · probate · reversed
  4. People v. Jenkins CA4/1 D084174 · 2025-05-23 · criminal · affirmed
  5. Conservatorship of the Person and Estate of Mercado CA4/1 D084147 · 2025-05-23 · probate · affirmed
  6. Autolino v. Thomas CA4/1 D083390 · 2025-05-22 · civil · affirmed
  7. People v. Frenette CA4/1 D085720 · 2025-05-22 · criminal · reversed in part
  8. B.O. v. V.C. CA4/1 D082964 · 2025-05-22 · family · affirmed
  9. Michael D. v. Joseph S. CA4/1 D081928 · 2025-05-22 · civil · affirmed
  10. People v. Perez CA4/1 D083710 · 2025-05-22 · criminal · affirmed
  11. Venegar v. Dignity Health CA4/1 D085385 · 2025-05-22 · civil · reversed in part
  12. Norris v. 1st Lending Solutions CA4/1 D085017 · 2025-05-20 · civil · affirmed
  13. In re A.M. CA4/1 D083816 · 2025-05-19 · delinquency · affirmed
  14. People v. Oliveira CA4/1 D083662 · 2025-05-16 · criminal · reversed
  15. SensorMetrix v. Dzine Unlimited CA4/1 D084143 · 2025-05-16 · civil · affirmed
  16. People v. Williams CA4/1 D084228 · 2025-05-15 · criminal · affirmed
  17. Tabarez v. Robinson CA4/1 D083858 · 2025-05-12 · family · affirmed
  18. People v. Conroy CA4/1 D083885 · 2025-05-09 · criminal · affirmed
  19. People v. Ballard CA4/1 D083985 · 2025-05-09 · criminal · affirmed
  20. Bodge v. Stan's Big Savings CA4/1 D084086 · 2025-05-08 · civil · affirmed
  21. Cirignano v. Miranda CA4/1 D084455 · 2025-05-07 · civil · reversed
  22. Marriage of Filipp CA4/1 D081558 · 2025-05-02 · family · affirmed
  23. In re S.M. CA4/1 D085279 · 2025-04-29 · dependency · reversed
  24. People v. Rodriguez CA4/1 D082367 · 2025-04-29 · criminal · affirmed
  25. Cleveland Nat. Forest Foundation v. County of San Diego D083555M · 2025-04-28 · civil · reversed