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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. Reyes CA4/1 D084210 · 2025-04-10 · criminal · affirmed
  2. Nobility SD v. Rocher CA4/1 D083268 · 2025-04-08 · civil · affirmed
  3. People v. Harper CA4/1 D083316 · 2025-04-07 · criminal · reversed
  4. Cleveland Nat. Forest Foundation v. County of San Diego D083555 · 2025-03-27 · civil · reversed
  5. People v. Madrigal CA4/1 D081707 · 2025-03-26 · criminal · affirmed
  6. People v. Faison CA4/1 D082817 · 2025-03-25 · criminal · affirmed
  7. People v. Champion CA4/1 D085180 · 2025-03-24 · criminal · affirmed
  8. Amundson v. Catello D082158 · 2025-03-20 · civil · reversed
  9. People v. Dominguez CA4/1 D084002 · 2025-03-20 · criminal · affirmed
  10. People v. Malijan CA4/1 D082876 · 2025-03-12 · criminal · modified
  11. Residents Assn. of Greater Lake Mathews v. County of Riverside CA4/1 D084516 · 2025-02-28 · civil · affirmed
  12. People v. White CA4/1 D083236 · 2025-02-20 · criminal · affirmed
  13. Ramsden v. Ramsden CA4/1 D083916 · 2025-02-20 · civil · dismissed
  14. People v. Freed CA4/1 D082987 · 2025-02-07 · criminal · affirmed
  15. In re Penelope C. CA4/1 D084630 · 2025-02-06 · dependency · affirmed
  16. In re L.M. CA4/1 D084598 · 2025-01-31 · dependency · affirmed
  17. People v. Anderson CA4/1 D082956 · 2025-01-23 · criminal · affirmed
  18. People v. Bednarczyk CA4/1 D082944 · 2025-01-23 · criminal · affirmed
  19. Marriage of Goldman D082021 · 2025-01-10 · family · reversed
  20. People v. Craig CA4/1 D082475 · 2025-01-09 · criminal · affirmed
  21. People v. Velarde CA4/1 D082435 · 2024-12-31 · delinquency · affirmed
  22. People v. Esquivel CA4/1 D082555 · 2024-12-30 · criminal · reversed in part
  23. Huff v. Interior Specialists, Inc. D082036 · 2024-12-27 · civil · reversed in part
  24. Marriage of Fiore and Jimenez CA4/1 D082425 · 2024-12-18 · family · affirmed
  25. People v. Caratachea D082799 · 2024-12-13 · criminal · reversed in part