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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 sat on (every role)

  1. San Diego Unified School Dist. v. Super. Ct. D083441 · 2024-05-28 · civil · writ granted
  2. People v. Lee CA4/1 D081084 · 2024-05-23 · criminal · affirmed
  3. People v. Scribner CA4/1 D081867 · 2024-05-23 · criminal · affirmed
  4. People v. Clason CA4/1 D082365 · 2024-05-22 · criminal · affirmed
  5. In re B.M. CA4/1 D083349 · 2024-05-21 · dependency · affirmed
  6. Dopp v. Now Optics CA4/1 D081665 · 2024-05-20 · civil · affirmed
  7. Lerma v. Cottrell CA4/1 D082595 · 2024-05-20 · civil · affirmed
  8. People v. Gilbert CA4/1 D082131 · 2024-05-20 · criminal · affirmed
  9. People v. Tran CA4/1 D082106 · 2024-05-17 · criminal · affirmed
  10. People v. Ortega CA4/1 D081407 · 2024-05-14 · criminal · affirmed
  11. Deen v. Deen CA4/1 D079971 · 2024-04-04 · civil · dismissed
  12. Torres v. FedEx Office and Print Services CA4/1 D081637 · 2024-04-04 · civil · reversed in part
  13. People v. Dominguez CA4/1 D083073 · 2024-04-03 · criminal · affirmed
  14. People v. Stuhler CA4/1 D082821 · 2024-04-02 · criminal · affirmed
  15. People v. Baltrip CA4/1 D081430 · 2024-03-28 · criminal · affirmed
  16. People v. Hernandez CA4/1 D081604 · 2024-03-27 · criminal · affirmed
  17. People v. Anderson CA4/1 D081078 · 2024-03-27 · criminal · affirmed
  18. Brooklyn Restaurants, Inc. v. Sentinel Ins. Co., Ltd. D081132 · 2024-03-25 · civil · reversed
  19. People v. Wilson CA4/1 D081652 · 2024-03-22 · criminal · affirmed
  20. People v. Elie CA4/1 D081898 · 2024-03-22 · criminal · affirmed
  21. People v. Ramirez CA4/1 D080498 · 2024-03-20 · criminal · affirmed
  22. Brooklyn Restaurants v. Sentinel Ins. Co. CA4/1 D081132 · 2024-03-20 · civil · reversed
  23. People v. Salih CA4/1 D081891 · 2024-03-20 · criminal · modified
  24. In re M.C. CA4/1 D082381 · 2024-03-13 · delinquency · affirmed
  25. Backcountry Against Dumps v. San Diego County Bd. of Supervisors CA4/1 D081530 · 2024-03-13 · civil · reversed