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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. Chaldean Coalition v. County of San Diego Independent Redistricting etc. CA4/1 D082834 · 2025-04-28 · civil · affirmed
  2. People v. Hernandez CA4/1 D083231 · 2025-04-24 · criminal · affirmed
  3. People v. Jimenez CA4/1 D083665 · 2025-04-24 · criminal · reversed in part
  4. People v. Morris CA4/1 D083336 · 2025-04-24 · criminal · affirmed
  5. Romane v. Dept. of Motor Vehicles D083569 · 2025-04-23 · civil · reversed
  6. People v. Glass D084008 · 2025-04-22 · criminal · affirmed
  7. Soofi v. Rabinovitch-Mantel CA4/1 D084127 · 2025-04-22 · civil · affirmed
  8. People v. Walters CA4/1 D083672 · 2025-04-21 · criminal · affirmed
  9. Marriage of Carter CA4/1 D082959 · 2025-04-21 · family · affirmed
  10. In re Edwards on Habeas Corpus CA4/1 D084318 · 2025-04-14 · criminal · other
  11. People v. Shamlou CA4/1 D083585 · 2025-04-11 · criminal · modified
  12. People v. Quiroz CA4/1 D084001 · 2025-04-11 · criminal · affirmed
  13. Miller v. Clayton CA4/1 D082766 · 2025-04-11 · civil · affirmed
  14. People v. Reyes CA4/1 D084210 · 2025-04-10 · criminal · affirmed
  15. San Diego Police Dept. v. Nailon CA4/1 D084067 · 2025-04-10 · civil · affirmed
  16. C.O. v. O.O. CA4/1 D085016 · 2025-04-09 · family · affirmed
  17. Nobility SD v. Rocher CA4/1 D083268 · 2025-04-08 · civil · affirmed
  18. People v. Harper CA4/1 D083316 · 2025-04-07 · criminal · reversed
  19. People v. Abad CA4/1 D083156 · 2025-04-04 · criminal · affirmed
  20. People v. Blaney CA4/1 D083910 · 2025-04-03 · criminal · affirmed
  21. People v. Tiebout CA4/1 D082238 · 2025-04-03 · delinquency · affirmed
  22. People v. Johnson CA4/1 D082669 · 2025-03-28 · criminal · vacated
  23. San Diego Tenant Union v. San Diego Housing Commission CA4/1 D081773 · 2025-03-28 · civil · affirmed
  24. Cleveland Nat. Forest Foundation v. County of San Diego D083555 · 2025-03-27 · civil · reversed
  25. People v. Garcia CA4/1 D084809 · 2025-03-26 · criminal · affirmed