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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. Packard v. Packard D082480 · 2025-02-24 · probate · reversed
  2. People v. White CA4/1 D083236 · 2025-02-20 · criminal · affirmed
  3. Ramsden v. Ramsden CA4/1 D083916 · 2025-02-20 · civil · dismissed
  4. People v. Albatat CA4/1 D083394 · 2025-02-19 · criminal · affirmed
  5. People v. Stengel CA4/1 D083604 · 2025-02-19 · criminal · affirmed
  6. Capozza v. Rubin CA4/1 D083064 · 2025-02-18 · civil · affirmed
  7. People v. Profit CA4/1 D084025 · 2025-02-14 · criminal · reversed
  8. People v. Freed CA4/1 D082987 · 2025-02-07 · criminal · affirmed
  9. In re Penelope C. CA4/1 D084630 · 2025-02-06 · dependency · affirmed
  10. In re L.M. CA4/1 D084598 · 2025-01-31 · dependency · affirmed
  11. Nguyen v. Ramirez CA4/1 D083643 · 2025-01-30 · civil · affirmed
  12. People v. Rivera CA4/1 D084664 · 2025-01-28 · criminal · affirmed
  13. Barriga v. Ducommun Incorporated CA4/1 D083706 · 2025-01-27 · civil · writ denied
  14. People v. Anderson CA4/1 D082956 · 2025-01-23 · criminal · affirmed
  15. People v. Bednarczyk CA4/1 D082944 · 2025-01-23 · criminal · affirmed
  16. Villalva v. Bombardier Mass Transit Corp. D082372 · 2025-01-21 · civil · affirmed
  17. Myers v. Sundby CA4/1 D084372 · 2025-01-21 · civil · dismissed
  18. In re E.E. CA4/1 D084740 · 2025-01-17 · dependency · affirmed
  19. Henkel v. Blasi CA4/1 D082895 · 2025-01-16 · civil · affirmed
  20. People v. Borgen CA4/1 D083606 · 2025-01-15 · criminal · affirmed
  21. Marriage of Goldman D082021 · 2025-01-10 · family · reversed
  22. People v. Craig CA4/1 D082475 · 2025-01-09 · criminal · affirmed
  23. People v. Jones CA4/1 D082412 · 2025-01-08 · criminal · affirmed
  24. Cullen v. Medical Board of California CA4/1 D083228 · 2025-01-03 · civil · dismissed
  25. People v. Vasquez CA4/1 D081820 · 2025-01-03 · criminal · affirmed