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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. Deng v. Gogal Law Office CA4/1 D086588 · 2026-06-05 · civil · affirmed
  2. People v. Edwards CA4/1 D086037 · 2026-06-04 · criminal · affirmed
  3. In re Mark B. CA4/1 D086015 · 2026-06-03 · delinquency · reversed
  4. People v. Bobila CA4/1 D084211 · 2026-06-03 · criminal · modified
  5. Altbaum v. State of Cal. CA4/1 D085207 · 2026-06-03 · civil · affirmed
  6. ALS United Greater San Diego v. The Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assn. CA4/1 D086068 · 2026-06-02 · civil · reversed in part
  7. Baird v. PulteGroup CA4/1 D085988 · 2026-06-02 · civil · reversed in part
  8. People v. Henderson CA4/1 D085245 · 2026-06-02 · criminal · affirmed
  9. Winslett v. Dothan Security CA4/1 D085715 · 2026-05-28 · civil · affirmed
  10. People v. Ramadhan D084475 · 2026-05-27 · criminal · affirmed
  11. Voice of San Diego v. San Diego Unified School Dist. D084327 · 2026-05-27 · civil · affirmed
  12. Guild Mortgage Company v. CrossCounty Mortgage D085036 · 2026-05-27 · civil · reversed
  13. Tomczik v. Lujano CA4/1 D086335 · 2026-05-27 · civil · affirmed
  14. People v. Dunbar CA4/1 D085300 · 2026-05-27 · criminal · affirmed
  15. People v. Majors CA4/1 D086405 · 2026-05-27 · criminal · modified
  16. People v. Arriola CA4/1 D086136 · 2026-05-26 · criminal · affirmed
  17. The Protect Our Communities Foundation v. City of San Deigo CA4/1 D083588 · 2026-05-26 · civil · affirmed
  18. Marriage of J.C.M. & A.G.M. CA4/1 D086442 · 2026-05-22 · family · affirmed
  19. King v. Vires CA4/1 D085932 · 2026-05-21 · civil · affirmed
  20. People v. Ramirez CA4/1 D085635 · 2026-05-20 · criminal · affirmed
  21. Murthi v. Apple CA4/1 D086253 · 2026-05-20 · civil · affirmed
  22. Tharp v. Monsanto Co. CA4/1 D084928 · 2026-05-19 · civil · reversed
  23. People v. Mossman CA4/1 D086661 · 2026-05-18 · criminal · affirmed
  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