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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. Contreras v. Green Thumb Produce Inc. D085440 · 2025-12-15 · civil · reversed
  2. Meeker v. Chen CA4/1 D084993 · 2025-12-12 · civil · affirmed
  3. People v. Webster CA4/1 D084999 · 2025-12-10 · criminal · affirmed
  4. People v. Galvan CA4/1 D084894 · 2025-12-02 · criminal · affirmed
  5. In re Ryan K. CA4/1 D083728 · 2025-11-26 · delinquency · modified
  6. Marriage of Benson CA4/1 D084128 · 2025-11-26 · family · affirmed
  7. People v. Gallardo D084845 · 2025-11-26 · criminal · affirmed
  8. People v. Huerta CA4/1 D085991 · 2025-11-24 · criminal · reversed in part
  9. People v. Rose CA4/1 D084863 · 2025-11-21 · criminal · affirmed
  10. People v. Luciano CA4/1 D083868 · 2025-11-19 · criminal · affirmed
  11. People v. Harmon CA4/1 D085869 · 2025-11-18 · criminal · reversed in part
  12. People v. Hasan CA4/1 D085434 · 2025-11-18 · criminal · affirmed
  13. People v. Castaneda CA4/1 D085874M · 2025-11-06 · criminal · vacated
  14. In re Z.L. CA4/1 D086200 · 2025-11-05 · dependency · affirmed
  15. People v. Crawford CA4/1 D084160 · 2025-11-04 · criminal · affirmed
  16. People v. Brown CA4/1 D084457 · 2025-10-29 · criminal · affirmed
  17. Nguyen v. Ramirez CA4/1 D083940 · 2025-10-28 · civil · affirmed
  18. In re Z.P. CA4/1 D086156 · 2025-10-22 · dependency · affirmed
  19. People v. Rodas CA4/1 D083671 · 2025-10-20 · criminal · affirmed
  20. People v. Wansor CA4/1 D085993 · 2025-10-20 · criminal · affirmed
  21. People v. Salazar CA4/1 D084565 · 2025-10-17 · delinquency · affirmed
  22. Barkley v. Fahim CA4/1 D084499 · 2025-10-16 · civil · reversed in part
  23. Marriage of C.C. and T.D. CA4/1 D083820 · 2025-10-16 · family · affirmed
  24. People v. Izumi CA4/1 D085868 · 2025-10-16 · criminal · reversed
  25. People v. Vasquez CA4/1 D083747M · 2025-10-13 · criminal · affirmed