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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 authored (every role)

  1. In re D.W. CA4/1 D078918 · 2022-01-12 · dependency · affirmed
  2. People v. Deneef CA4/1 D077979 · 2022-01-05 · criminal · modified
  3. Munoz v. PL Hotel Group, LLC D078215 · 2022-01-03 · civil · reversed
  4. People v. Sigala CA4/1 D078401 · 2021-12-30 · criminal · modified
  5. People v. Super. Ct. (Valenzuela) D079089 · 2021-12-30 · criminal · writ granted
  6. First American Title etc. v. Cal. Dept. of Tax & Fee Admin. D077970M · 2021-12-09 · civil · reversed
  7. Gunther v. Alaska Airlines, Inc. D076762 · 2021-12-01 · civil · reversed in part
  8. People v. Rodriguez CA4/1 D079046 · 2021-12-01 · criminal · affirmed
  9. People v. Alatorre D077894N · 2021-11-22 · delinquency · reversed
  10. Haida Group v. Regency Centers CA4/1 D078662 · 2021-11-17 · civil · reversed
  11. People v. Figueroa D077894M · 2021-11-16 · delinquency · reversed
  12. First American Title Insurance Co. v. Cal. Dept. of Tax and Fee Admin. D077970 · 2021-11-12 · civil · reversed
  13. People v. Velasquez CA4/1 D079053 · 2021-11-05 · criminal · reversed in part
  14. In re I.S. CA4/1 D078887 · 2021-11-03 · dependency · affirmed
  15. People v. Thomas CA4/1 D078289 · 2021-11-02 · criminal · reversed
  16. People v. Alatorre D077894 · 2021-10-22 · delinquency · reversed
  17. In re A.W. CA4/1 D078959 · 2021-10-08 · dependency · affirmed
  18. Marriage of Clayton CA4/1 D077033 · 2021-10-06 · family · modified
  19. In re Miguel C. D078013 · 2021-09-30 · delinquency · reversed
  20. People v. Pearce CA4/1 D076942 · 2021-09-28 · criminal · affirmed
  21. Finlan v. Chase D078410 · 2021-09-15 · civil · reversed in part
  22. In re G.S. CA4/1 D078759 · 2021-09-13 · dependency · affirmed
  23. In re L.B. CA4/1 D078738 · 2021-08-19 · dependency · affirmed
  24. Stifano v. Slaga CA4/1 D077608 · 2021-08-17 · civil · reversed in part
  25. People v. Guzman CA4/1 D077892 · 2021-08-12 · criminal · affirmed