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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. Madrigal CA4/1 D081707 · 2025-03-26 · criminal · affirmed
  2. People v. Faison CA4/1 D082817 · 2025-03-25 · criminal · affirmed
  3. People v. Champion CA4/1 D085180 · 2025-03-24 · criminal · affirmed
  4. People v. Lowe CA4/1 D085026 · 2025-03-24 · criminal · reversed in part
  5. Yazdi v. San Diego County Credit Union CA4/1 D083835 · 2025-03-21 · civil · affirmed
  6. People v. Rogers CA4/1 D083905 · 2025-03-20 · criminal · affirmed
  7. People v. Rubino CA4/1 D083590 · 2025-03-20 · criminal · affirmed
  8. Razuki v. Malan CA4/1 D082560 · 2025-03-20 · civil · reversed in part
  9. Amundson v. Catello D082158 · 2025-03-20 · civil · reversed
  10. People v. Dominguez CA4/1 D084002 · 2025-03-20 · criminal · affirmed
  11. People v. Cosby CA4/1 D083014 · 2025-03-19 · criminal · affirmed
  12. In re N.T. CA4/1 D084828 · 2025-03-14 · dependency · affirmed
  13. People v. Pele CA4/1 D083591 · 2025-03-14 · criminal · reversed in part
  14. Bank of America v. Bailey CA4/1 D084014 · 2025-03-14 · civil · affirmed
  15. Marriage of K.G.N. and K.A.N. CA4/1 D083291 · 2025-03-12 · family · affirmed
  16. People v. Malijan CA4/1 D082876 · 2025-03-12 · criminal · modified
  17. G.M. v. J.T. CA4/1 D082963 · 2025-03-11 · family · reversed
  18. People v. Chandler CA4/1 D082551 · 2025-03-07 · criminal · affirmed
  19. People v. Moreno CA4/1 D083600 · 2025-03-06 · criminal · reversed
  20. S.X. v. T.J. CA4/1 D084012 · 2025-03-04 · family · affirmed
  21. Drost v. Sheridan CA4/1 D084816 · 2025-02-28 · civil · affirmed
  22. Residents Assn. of Greater Lake Mathews v. County of Riverside CA4/1 D084516 · 2025-02-28 · civil · affirmed
  23. People v. Jimenez CA4/1 D082752 · 2025-02-28 · criminal · reversed in part
  24. People v. Bush CA4/1 D083769 · 2025-02-25 · criminal · reversed in part
  25. P. ex rel. Limpin v. Newsom CA4/1 D083733 · 2025-02-25 · civil · affirmed