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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 authored (every role)

  1. People v. Sanchez CA4/1 D087334 · 2026-07-10 · criminal · affirmed
  2. People v. Popoca CA4/1 D087444 · 2026-07-02 · criminal · affirmed
  3. People v. Castro D085983 · 2026-07-01 · criminal · reversed
  4. Gertler v. Omni Hotels Management Corp. CA4/1 D087136 · 2026-07-01 · civil · reversed
  5. People v. Escalante CA4/1 D087609 · 2026-07-01 · criminal · affirmed
  6. People v. Burke CA4/1 D087344 · 2026-07-01 · criminal · affirmed
  7. People v. Wyatt CA4/1 D087348 · 2026-07-01 · criminal · reversed
  8. People v. Bradshaw CA4/1 D086806 · 2026-06-26 · criminal · reversed in part
  9. People v. Moran CA4/1 D086867 · 2026-06-18 · criminal · affirmed
  10. In re M.E. CA4/1 D086973 · 2026-06-15 · dependency · dismissed
  11. People v. Armenta CA4/1 D086550 · 2026-06-11 · delinquency · affirmed
  12. People v. Roach CA4/1 D085185 · 2026-06-11 · criminal · affirmed
  13. Citizens of Humanity v. Donboli D085849 · 2026-06-10 · civil · affirmed
  14. People v. Jacquett CA4/1 D086472 · 2026-06-10 · criminal · affirmed
  15. People v. Lewis CA4/1 D087168 · 2026-06-09 · criminal · reversed
  16. People v. Bertuglia CA4/1 D085436 · 2026-06-09 · criminal · affirmed
  17. People v. Cusamana CA4/1 D086456 · 2026-06-08 · other · affirmed
  18. Deng v. Gogal Law Office CA4/1 D086588 · 2026-06-05 · civil · affirmed
  19. In re Mark B. CA4/1 D086015 · 2026-06-03 · delinquency · reversed
  20. People v. Bobila CA4/1 D084211 · 2026-06-03 · criminal · modified
  21. Baird v. PulteGroup CA4/1 D085988 · 2026-06-02 · civil · reversed in part
  22. Winslett v. Dothan Security CA4/1 D085715 · 2026-05-28 · civil · affirmed
  23. People v. Dunbar CA4/1 D085300 · 2026-05-27 · criminal · affirmed
  24. People v. Arriola CA4/1 D086136 · 2026-05-26 · criminal · affirmed
  25. People v. Mossman CA4/1 D086661 · 2026-05-18 · criminal · affirmed