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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. Cazares v. City of Beaumont CA4/1 D086594 · 2026-06-17 · civil · affirmed
  2. Wong v. City of Victorville CA4/1 D087800 · 2026-06-17 · civil · reversed
  3. People v. Aguilar CA4/1 D085787 · 2026-06-16 · delinquency · affirmed
  4. Jacobson v. Gandy CA4/1 D086005 · 2026-06-15 · civil · reversed
  5. People v. Ramirez CA4/1 D085635M · 2026-06-15 · criminal · affirmed
  6. People v. Inman CA4/1 D085348 · 2026-06-10 · criminal · reversed in part
  7. People v. Gonzalez CA4/1 D085535 · 2026-06-09 · criminal · affirmed
  8. People v. Hernandez CA4/1 D087440 · 2026-06-08 · criminal · affirmed
  9. People v. Edwards CA4/1 D086037 · 2026-06-04 · criminal · affirmed
  10. Altbaum v. State of Cal. CA4/1 D085207 · 2026-06-03 · civil · affirmed
  11. ALS United Greater San Diego v. The Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assn. CA4/1 D086068 · 2026-06-02 · civil · reversed in part
  12. People v. Henderson CA4/1 D085245 · 2026-06-02 · criminal · affirmed
  13. People v. Ramadhan D084475 · 2026-05-27 · criminal · affirmed
  14. Voice of San Diego v. San Diego Unified School Dist. D084327 · 2026-05-27 · civil · affirmed
  15. Guild Mortgage Company v. CrossCounty Mortgage D085036 · 2026-05-27 · civil · reversed
  16. Tomczik v. Lujano CA4/1 D086335 · 2026-05-27 · civil · affirmed
  17. People v. Majors CA4/1 D086405 · 2026-05-27 · criminal · modified
  18. The Protect Our Communities Foundation v. City of San Deigo CA4/1 D083588 · 2026-05-26 · civil · affirmed
  19. Marriage of J.C.M. & A.G.M. CA4/1 D086442 · 2026-05-22 · family · affirmed
  20. King v. Vires CA4/1 D085932 · 2026-05-21 · civil · affirmed
  21. People v. Ramirez CA4/1 D085635 · 2026-05-20 · criminal · affirmed
  22. Murthi v. Apple CA4/1 D086253 · 2026-05-20 · civil · affirmed
  23. Tharp v. Monsanto Co. CA4/1 D084928 · 2026-05-19 · civil · reversed
  24. Stemcheer Biotechnology v. Gu CA4/1 D085857 · 2026-05-18 · civil · affirmed
  25. People v. Jackson CA4/1 D085771 · 2026-05-11 · criminal · affirmed