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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. People v. Sanchez D085325 · 2026-04-09 · criminal · reversed in part
  2. People v. German CA4/1 D087612 · 2026-04-08 · criminal · affirmed
  3. People v. Bradley D083989 · 2026-04-08 · criminal · modified
  4. People v. Romero CA4/1 D085182 · 2026-04-07 · criminal · vacated
  5. People v. Snider CA4/1 D085568 · 2026-04-03 · criminal · affirmed
  6. People v. Boyd CA4/1 D084975 · 2026-04-03 · criminal · affirmed
  7. People v. Padilla CA4/1 D087345 · 2026-04-03 · criminal · vacated
  8. People v. Orellana CA4/1 D085252 · 2026-04-02 · criminal · affirmed
  9. People v. Williams CA4/1 D087613 · 2026-03-26 · criminal · affirmed
  10. People v. Bakier CA4/1 D085398 · 2026-03-25 · criminal · affirmed
  11. People v. Bracey CA4/1 D085007 · 2026-03-25 · criminal · affirmed
  12. People v. Sanchez CA4/1 D085325 · 2026-03-23 · criminal · reversed in part
  13. City of Riverside v. RLI Insurance Co. D085905 · 2026-03-20 · civil · reversed
  14. People v. Arcos CA4/1 D084938 · 2026-03-20 · criminal · affirmed
  15. People v. Brown CA4/1 D085360 · 2026-03-20 · criminal · affirmed
  16. Berger v. Antonyan Miranda CA4/1 D084941 · 2026-03-17 · civil · affirmed
  17. Justus Wallace Peppertree Park etc. v. Peppertree Village-VII CA4/1 D084353 · 2026-03-17 · civil · modified
  18. Weiss v. Google CA4/1 D085881 · 2026-03-16 · civil · affirmed
  19. People v. Riggs D085449 · 2026-03-16 · criminal · affirmed
  20. People v. Schmittel CA4/1 D085009 · 2026-03-16 · criminal · affirmed
  21. Estate of Dunstan CA4/1 D084525 · 2026-03-13 · probate · reversed
  22. People v. Keene CA4/1 D087145 · 2026-03-13 · criminal · affirmed
  23. Stone Ash v. Kettner Investments CA4/1 D084108 · 2026-03-06 · civil · affirmed
  24. Foster v. Liberty Military Housing Holdings CA4/1 D085268 · 2026-03-04 · civil · reversed
  25. Sisti v. Callahan CA4/1 D085879 · 2026-03-03 · family · affirmed