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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. Skeen v. Minicilli CA4/1 D086666 · 2026-07-30 · civil · affirmed
  2. Perez v. Cascade Drilling CA4/1 D086161 · 2026-07-28 · civil · affirmed
  3. Goldwater v. Mena CA4/1 D085854 · 2026-07-27 · civil · affirmed
  4. In re K.C. CA4/1 D086077 · 2026-07-20 · delinquency · affirmed
  5. Mourey v. Kobseff CA4/1 D086557 · 2026-07-20 · civil · affirmed
  6. People v. Barragan CA4/1 D086163 · 2026-07-15 · criminal · reversed
  7. Cal. Institute for Human Science v. Myo-Sei CA4/1 D085292 · 2026-07-08 · civil · affirmed
  8. Forrest v. Forrest CA4/1 D086281 · 2026-07-08 · family · reversed
  9. People v. Contreras CA4/1 D086165 · 2026-07-08 · criminal · affirmed
  10. People v. High CA4/1 D085745 · 2026-07-07 · criminal · affirmed
  11. In re R.G. CA4/1 D087480 · 2026-07-06 · dependency · reversed
  12. People v. Glenn CA4/1 D086558 · 2026-07-06 · criminal · affirmed
  13. Patricia O. v. Jensen CA4/1 D085651 · 2026-06-30 · civil · reversed
  14. People v. Campbell CA4/1 D087343 · 2026-06-30 · criminal · modified
  15. People v. Johnson CA4/1 D084982 · 2026-06-26 · criminal · modified
  16. The Protect Our Communities Foundation v. City of San Diego D083588 · 2026-06-26 · civil · affirmed
  17. In re Alberto R. CA4/1 D086078 · 2026-06-26 · delinquency · affirmed
  18. Jimenez v. City of San Marcos CA4/1 D085828 · 2026-06-26 · civil · affirmed
  19. The Protect Our Communities Foundation v. City of San Deigo CA4/1 D083588M · 2026-06-25 · civil · affirmed
  20. The Colony at Cal. Oaks etc. v. Majestic Asset Management CA4/1 D085140M · 2026-06-24 · civil · modified
  21. People v. Corirossi CA4/1 D085836 · 2026-06-24 · criminal · affirmed
  22. The Colony at Cal. Oaks etc. v. Majestic Asset Management CA4/1 D085140 · 2026-06-18 · civil · modified
  23. Kyles v. Vista Pacifica Enterprises CA4/1 D086907 · 2026-06-18 · civil · affirmed
  24. People v. Avina CA4/1 D085383 · 2026-06-18 · criminal · affirmed
  25. De Leon v. The Metro. Water Dist. of So. Cal. CA4/1 D087939 · 2026-06-18 · civil · affirmed