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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. In re K.C. CA4/1 D086077 · 2026-07-20 · delinquency · affirmed
  2. Mourey v. Kobseff CA4/1 D086557 · 2026-07-20 · civil · affirmed
  3. People v. Contreras CA4/1 D084485 · 2026-07-17 · criminal · reversed in part
  4. Sua v. Super. Ct. D087742 · 2026-07-16 · criminal · other
  5. People v. Barragan CA4/1 D086163 · 2026-07-15 · criminal · reversed
  6. People v. Garcia CA4/1 D085603 · 2026-07-13 · criminal · affirmed
  7. People v. Sanchez CA4/1 D087334 · 2026-07-10 · criminal · affirmed
  8. Cal. Institute for Human Science v. Myo-Sei CA4/1 D085292 · 2026-07-08 · civil · affirmed
  9. Forrest v. Forrest CA4/1 D086281 · 2026-07-08 · family · reversed
  10. People v. Contreras CA4/1 D086165 · 2026-07-08 · criminal · affirmed
  11. People v. High CA4/1 D085745 · 2026-07-07 · criminal · affirmed
  12. In re R.G. CA4/1 D087480 · 2026-07-06 · dependency · reversed
  13. People v. Glenn CA4/1 D086558 · 2026-07-06 · criminal · affirmed
  14. People v. Popoca CA4/1 D087444 · 2026-07-02 · criminal · affirmed
  15. People v. Castro D085983 · 2026-07-01 · criminal · reversed
  16. Gertler v. Omni Hotels Management Corp. CA4/1 D087136 · 2026-07-01 · civil · reversed
  17. People v. Escalante CA4/1 D087609 · 2026-07-01 · criminal · affirmed
  18. People v. Burke CA4/1 D087344 · 2026-07-01 · criminal · affirmed
  19. People v. Wyatt CA4/1 D087348 · 2026-07-01 · criminal · reversed
  20. Patricia O. v. Jensen CA4/1 D085651 · 2026-06-30 · civil · reversed
  21. People v. Campbell CA4/1 D087343 · 2026-06-30 · criminal · modified
  22. People v. Johnson CA4/1 D084982 · 2026-06-26 · criminal · modified
  23. The Protect Our Communities Foundation v. City of San Diego D083588 · 2026-06-26 · civil · affirmed
  24. In re Alberto R. CA4/1 D086078 · 2026-06-26 · delinquency · affirmed
  25. Jimenez v. City of San Marcos CA4/1 D085828 · 2026-06-26 · civil · affirmed