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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. Voice of San Diego v. San Diego Unified School Dist. CA4/1 D084327 · 2026-05-11 · civil · affirmed
  2. State Compensation Ins. Fund v. ReadyLink Healthcare CA4/1 D083359 · 2026-05-08 · civil · affirmed
  3. People v. White CA4/1 D084674 · 2026-05-05 · criminal · affirmed
  4. People v. Landry CA4/1 D087169 · 2026-05-04 · criminal · affirmed
  5. People v. Pulgarin CA4/1 D086312 · 2026-04-30 · criminal · affirmed
  6. People v. Underwood CA4/1 D085937 · 2026-04-29 · criminal · affirmed
  7. People v. Vargas CA4/1 D084647 · 2026-04-29 · criminal · affirmed
  8. People v. Hune CA4/1 D084535 · 2026-04-29 · criminal · affirmed
  9. People v. Gist CA4/1 D085079 · 2026-04-28 · criminal · reversed in part
  10. People v. Gallardo CA4/1 D087442 · 2026-04-28 · criminal · affirmed
  11. People v. The North River Ins. Co. D085358 · 2026-04-28 · criminal · affirmed
  12. People v. Letchaw CA4/1 D085028 · 2026-04-24 · criminal · reversed in part
  13. People v. Bringas CA4/1 D086917 · 2026-04-23 · criminal · affirmed
  14. People v. Hijazi CA4/1 D086075 · 2026-04-22 · delinquency · affirmed
  15. Bobo v. Appellate Division of Super. Ct. D087393 · 2026-04-22 · criminal · writ granted
  16. People v. Fidler CA4/1 D087149 · 2026-04-22 · criminal · modified
  17. Evans v. Adderley CA4/1 D085355 · 2026-04-21 · civil · affirmed
  18. Davis v. Corvel Corp. CA4/1 D085457 · 2026-04-20 · civil · affirmed
  19. Elasali v. Phillips CA4/1 D084899 · 2026-04-20 · civil · affirmed
  20. People v. Arthur CA4/1 D085283 · 2026-04-20 · criminal · affirmed
  21. People v. Ochoa CA4/1 D085612 · 2026-04-15 · criminal · affirmed
  22. People v. Forehand CA4/1 D084586 · 2026-04-13 · criminal · affirmed
  23. People v. Gelturan CA4/1 D086816 · 2026-04-13 · criminal · reversed
  24. People v. Horne CA4/1 D085619 · 2026-04-13 · criminal · affirmed
  25. People v. Delacruz CA4/1 D085372 · 2026-04-10 · criminal · modified