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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. Gomez D083403 · 2025-11-03 · criminal · reversed
  2. People v. Morris CA4/1 D085039 · 2025-10-31 · criminal · affirmed
  3. People v. German CA4/1 D082871 · 2025-10-30 · other · affirmed
  4. In re L.C. CA4/1 D085502 · 2025-10-28 · dependency · affirmed
  5. People v. Lawrence CA4/1 D084438 · 2025-10-27 · criminal · affirmed
  6. Sanchez v. Prime Healthcare Management CA4/1 D084805 · 2025-10-23 · civil · affirmed
  7. People v. Dunn CA4/1 D084178 · 2025-10-17 · criminal · affirmed
  8. People v. Jenkins CA4/1 D084881 · 2025-10-13 · criminal · affirmed
  9. Livable San Diego v. City of San Diego CA4/1 D084333 · 2025-10-10 · civil · affirmed
  10. People v. Strong CA4/1 D084724 · 2025-10-10 · criminal · affirmed
  11. Cox v. Sadiq CA4/1 D085012 · 2025-09-23 · civil · affirmed
  12. People v. Hernandez CA4/1 D083513 · 2025-09-23 · criminal · affirmed
  13. People v. Aguilera CA4/1 D085946 · 2025-09-22 · criminal · reversed
  14. Schermerhorn v. City of Palm Springs CA4/1 D086169 · 2025-09-19 · civil · affirmed
  15. People v. Montalvan CA4/1 D084205 · 2025-09-09 · criminal · affirmed
  16. Body Source Technology v. Szeto CA4/1 D085169 · 2025-08-20 · civil · affirmed
  17. Leahy v. Cameron CA4/1 D083623 · 2025-08-19 · civil · affirmed
  18. Barnett v. First American Home Warranty Corp. CA4/1 D084315 · 2025-08-19 · civil · affirmed
  19. People v. Macias CA4/1 D084280 · 2025-08-07 · criminal · affirmed
  20. People v. Goehner CA4/1 D085454 · 2025-08-06 · criminal · affirmed
  21. People v. Harlow D084252 · 2025-08-05 · criminal · reversed
  22. People v. Eichhorst CA4/1 D084424 · 2025-08-04 · criminal · affirmed
  23. People v. Farias CA4/1 D083966 · 2025-08-04 · criminal · affirmed
  24. People v. Grady CA4/1 D083700 · 2025-07-31 · criminal · affirmed
  25. McCoy v. Fleetwood Aluminum Products CA4/1 D084305 · 2025-07-31 · civil · reversed