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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. Pollard CA4/1 D085280 · 2026-02-27 · criminal · affirmed
  2. People v. Shryack CA4/1 D084802 · 2026-02-25 · criminal · affirmed
  3. People v. Garces CA4/1 D085853 · 2026-02-17 · criminal · affirmed
  4. People v. Richardson CA4/1 D085334 · 2026-02-17 · criminal · affirmed
  5. People v. Conway CA4/1 D085409 · 2026-02-10 · criminal · affirmed
  6. People v. Zapata D084024 · 2026-02-10 · criminal · reversed
  7. Finley v. Gantz CA4/1 D084145 · 2026-02-06 · civil · affirmed
  8. People v. Ramos CA4/1 D085981 · 2026-01-30 · criminal · affirmed
  9. In re Q.R. CA4/1 D086937 · 2026-01-30 · dependency · reversed in part
  10. People v. Perkins CA4/1 D084206 · 2026-01-29 · criminal · reversed in part
  11. People v. White CA4/1 D086311 · 2026-01-28 · criminal · affirmed
  12. People v. Guthrie CA4/1 D085217 · 2026-01-27 · criminal · affirmed
  13. Conservatorship of C.S. CA4/1 D087144 · 2026-01-22 · probate · reversed in part
  14. People v. Gutierrez CA4/1 D086345 · 2026-01-21 · criminal · affirmed
  15. People v. Woods CA4/1 D085646 · 2026-01-09 · criminal · affirmed
  16. People v. Jones CA4/1 D085399 · 2026-01-06 · criminal · affirmed
  17. Doe v. Coronado Unified School District CA4/1 D084342 · 2026-01-02 · civil · reversed in part
  18. People v. Johnson CA4/1 D084489 · 2025-12-31 · criminal · reversed
  19. People v. Lake CA4/1 D084548 · 2025-12-31 · criminal · affirmed
  20. People v. Pressley CA4/1 D084686 · 2025-12-31 · criminal · affirmed
  21. Ghosal v. Ajou CA4/1 D084846 · 2025-12-24 · civil · affirmed
  22. People v. Goodwin CA4/1 D086605 · 2025-12-23 · criminal · affirmed
  23. People v. Masila CA4/1 D086611 · 2025-12-22 · criminal · reversed in part
  24. People v. Ramirez CA4/1 D084804 · 2025-12-22 · criminal · reversed in part
  25. Sisti v. Callahan CA4/1 D085189 · 2025-12-15 · family · affirmed