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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. Cates CA4/1 D084201 · 2026-01-30 · criminal · affirmed
  2. People v. Partee CA4/1 D084714 · 2026-01-30 · criminal · affirmed
  3. People v. Aguilar D083172M · 2026-01-29 · criminal · reversed
  4. Ashirwad v. Bradbury CA4/1 D086343 · 2026-01-29 · civil · affirmed
  5. People v. Marquez CA4/1 D086920 · 2026-01-28 · criminal · affirmed
  6. People v. Spillane CA4/1 D085609 · 2026-01-27 · criminal · affirmed
  7. People v. Resvaloso CA4/1 D086042 · 2026-01-26 · criminal · affirmed
  8. People v. Ochoa CA4/1 D084250M · 2026-01-20 · criminal · reversed in part
  9. He v. University of San Diego CA4/1 D083219M · 2026-01-16 · civil · affirmed
  10. People v. Ast CA4/1 D085737 · 2026-01-08 · criminal · affirmed
  11. People v. Aguilar D083172 · 2026-01-02 · criminal · reversed
  12. He v. University of San Diego CA4/1 D083219 · 2025-12-24 · civil · affirmed
  13. People v. Ferris CA4/1 D084097 · 2025-12-24 · criminal · affirmed
  14. People v. Ochoa CA4/1 D084250 · 2025-12-23 · criminal · reversed in part
  15. People v. Sy CA4/1 D085569 · 2025-12-22 · criminal · affirmed
  16. German v. La Floure CA4/1 D086600 · 2025-12-10 · civil · reversed
  17. People v. Lozano CA4/1 D084895 · 2025-12-10 · criminal · affirmed
  18. People v. Groce CA4/1 D084727A · 2025-11-26 · criminal · affirmed
  19. People v. Groce CA4/1 D084727 · 2025-11-26 · criminal · affirmed
  20. Marriage of Castellanos CA4/1 D084787 · 2025-11-24 · family · affirmed
  21. Marriage of Hoxie CA4/1 D083731 · 2025-11-24 · family · affirmed
  22. Commodity Trucking Acquisition v. Gilleon Law Firm CA4/1 D084289 · 2025-11-24 · civil · affirmed
  23. People v. Solorza CA4/1 D085096 · 2025-11-12 · criminal · affirmed
  24. Frazier v. Greenberg CA4/1 D084791 · 2025-11-05 · civil · affirmed
  25. People v. Anderson CA4/1 D083976 · 2025-11-04 · criminal · affirmed