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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. 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. Arteaga CA4/1 D087441 · 2026-05-01 · criminal · affirmed
  6. People v. Pulgarin CA4/1 D086312 · 2026-04-30 · criminal · affirmed
  7. People v. Underwood CA4/1 D085937 · 2026-04-29 · criminal · affirmed
  8. People v. Vargas CA4/1 D084647 · 2026-04-29 · criminal · affirmed
  9. People v. Hune CA4/1 D084535 · 2026-04-29 · criminal · affirmed
  10. People v. Gist CA4/1 D085079 · 2026-04-28 · criminal · reversed in part
  11. People v. Gallardo CA4/1 D087442 · 2026-04-28 · criminal · affirmed
  12. People v. The North River Ins. Co. D085358 · 2026-04-28 · criminal · affirmed
  13. People v. Letchaw CA4/1 D085028 · 2026-04-24 · criminal · reversed in part
  14. People v. Bringas CA4/1 D086917 · 2026-04-23 · criminal · affirmed
  15. People v. Hijazi CA4/1 D086075 · 2026-04-22 · delinquency · affirmed
  16. Bobo v. Appellate Division of Super. Ct. D087393 · 2026-04-22 · criminal · writ granted
  17. People v. Fidler CA4/1 D087149 · 2026-04-22 · criminal · modified
  18. Cotton v. Geraci CA4/1 D084992M · 2026-04-21 · civil · affirmed
  19. Evans v. Adderley CA4/1 D085355 · 2026-04-21 · civil · affirmed
  20. Davis v. Corvel Corp. CA4/1 D085457 · 2026-04-20 · civil · affirmed
  21. Elasali v. Phillips CA4/1 D084899 · 2026-04-20 · civil · affirmed
  22. People v. Arthur CA4/1 D085283 · 2026-04-20 · criminal · affirmed
  23. People v. Ochoa CA4/1 D085612 · 2026-04-15 · criminal · affirmed
  24. People v. Forehand CA4/1 D084586 · 2026-04-13 · criminal · affirmed
  25. People v. Gelturan CA4/1 D086816 · 2026-04-13 · criminal · reversed