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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. In re A.O. CA4/1 D082396 · 2023-12-14 · dependency · affirmed
  2. People v. Citizen CA4/1 D082213 · 2023-12-13 · criminal · affirmed
  3. In re S.A. CA4/1 D082538 · 2023-12-12 · dependency · affirmed
  4. Helguera v. Mid-Century Insurance Co. CA4/1 D082231 · 2023-12-11 · civil · affirmed
  5. People v. Carter D082219 · 2023-12-08 · criminal · reversed
  6. In re Daryan H. CA4/1 D081297 · 2023-11-22 · delinquency · reversed
  7. Moreira v. New Rez CA4/1 D081023 · 2023-11-20 · civil · affirmed
  8. People v. Otten CA4/1 D081644 · 2023-11-20 · criminal · affirmed
  9. Barba v. Bonta CA4/1 D081194 · 2023-11-17 · civil · reversed
  10. People v. Scott CA4/1 D081932 · 2023-11-09 · criminal · affirmed
  11. Lagrisola v. North American Financial Corp. D080758 · 2023-11-03 · civil · affirmed
  12. People v. Sandoval-Lopez CA4/1 D081089 · 2023-11-03 · civil · affirmed
  13. People v. Terrell CA4/1 D081597 · 2023-11-03 · criminal · dismissed
  14. People v. Phonsongkham CA4/1 D080131M · 2023-10-31 · criminal · affirmed
  15. Baltazar v. Ace Parking Management CA4/1 D081483 · 2023-10-26 · civil · reversed
  16. Jacob v. ESA Management CA4/1 D081024 · 2023-10-26 · civil · affirmed
  17. People v. Huerta CA4/1 D081054 · 2023-10-25 · criminal · reversed
  18. Mapp v. Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians CA4/1 D081152 · 2023-10-24 · family · affirmed
  19. People v. Sewell CA4/1 D080594 · 2023-10-24 · criminal · affirmed
  20. Mac v. Lopez CA4/1 D081094 · 2023-10-16 · civil · affirmed
  21. S.B. v. J.B. CA4/1 D081486 · 2023-10-13 · family · affirmed
  22. Ellorin v. O'Rear CA4/1 D081135 · 2023-10-11 · civil · reversed in part
  23. People v. Peterson CA4/1 D079864 · 2023-10-09 · criminal · affirmed
  24. People v. Phonsongkham CA4/1 D080131 · 2023-10-06 · criminal · affirmed
  25. People v. Sefein CA4/1 D080967 · 2023-10-03 · criminal · affirmed