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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. Morrison v. Kimball, Tirey & St. John CA4/1 D085585 · 2026-08-24 · civil · affirmed
  2. In re W.J. CA4/1 D087869 · 2026-08-21 · dependency · reversed in part
  3. People v. Intong CA4/1 D087611 · 2026-08-20 · criminal · reversed
  4. People v. Weston CA4/1 D085770 · 2026-08-20 · criminal · affirmed
  5. In re Sergio M. CA4/1 D086210 · 2026-08-20 · criminal · reversed
  6. People v. Dilmaghanian CA4/1 D085089 · 2026-08-18 · criminal · affirmed
  7. Rahemo v. Naworah CA4/1 D085786 · 2026-08-17 · family · affirmed
  8. People v. Madrid CA4/1 D084822 · 2026-08-13 · criminal · reversed in part
  9. In re M.G. CA4/1 D087638 · 2026-08-05 · dependency · affirmed
  10. People v. Bustamante CA4/1 D085914 · 2026-08-05 · criminal · affirmed
  11. People v. Walker CA4/1 D085226 · 2026-08-05 · criminal · reversed in part
  12. People v. Basler CA4/1 D085094 · 2026-08-04 · criminal · affirmed
  13. Richardson v. Crowell CA4/1 D084009 · 2026-08-04 · civil · affirmed
  14. Rodriguez v. Acuna CA4/1 D086760 · 2026-08-04 · civil · affirmed
  15. Rodriguez v. Acuna CA4/1 D086824 · 2026-08-04 · civil · affirmed
  16. People v. Colin CA4/1 D085618 · 2026-08-04 · criminal · affirmed
  17. People v. Grajeda CA4/1 D088200 · 2026-08-03 · criminal · affirmed
  18. People v. Johnson CA4/1 D085437 · 2026-08-03 · criminal · affirmed
  19. Cluck v. GEO Secure Services D087341 · 2026-08-03 · civil · affirmed
  20. Morales v. Super. Ct. D087448 · 2026-08-03 · civil · writ granted
  21. People v. Harper CA4/1 D086897 · 2026-07-31 · criminal · affirmed
  22. Skeen v. Minicilli CA4/1 D086666 · 2026-07-30 · civil · affirmed
  23. Perez v. Cascade Drilling CA4/1 D086161 · 2026-07-28 · civil · affirmed
  24. Goldwater v. Mena CA4/1 D085854 · 2026-07-27 · civil · affirmed
  25. People v. Garcia CA4/1 D087041 · 2026-07-24 · criminal · affirmed