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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. People v. McDonald CA4/1 D085225 · 2026-03-23 · delinquency · affirmed
  2. City of Riverside v. RLI Insurance Co. D085905 · 2026-03-20 · civil · reversed
  3. People v. Arcos CA4/1 D084938 · 2026-03-20 · criminal · affirmed
  4. People v. Brown CA4/1 D085360 · 2026-03-20 · criminal · affirmed
  5. Berger v. Antonyan Miranda CA4/1 D084941 · 2026-03-17 · civil · affirmed
  6. Justus Wallace Peppertree Park etc. v. Peppertree Village-VII CA4/1 D084353 · 2026-03-17 · civil · modified
  7. Weiss v. Google CA4/1 D085881 · 2026-03-16 · civil · affirmed
  8. People v. Riggs D085449 · 2026-03-16 · criminal · affirmed
  9. In re O.B. CA4/1 D087066 · 2026-03-16 · dependency · affirmed
  10. People v. Schmittel CA4/1 D085009 · 2026-03-16 · criminal · affirmed
  11. Estate of Dunstan CA4/1 D084525 · 2026-03-13 · probate · reversed
  12. People v. Keene CA4/1 D087145 · 2026-03-13 · criminal · affirmed
  13. People v. Garcia CA4/1 D085446 · 2026-03-06 · criminal · affirmed
  14. Stone Ash v. Kettner Investments CA4/1 D084108 · 2026-03-06 · civil · affirmed
  15. Foster v. Liberty Military Housing Holdings CA4/1 D085268 · 2026-03-04 · civil · reversed
  16. Sisti v. Callahan CA4/1 D085879 · 2026-03-03 · family · affirmed
  17. People v. Nelson CA4/1 D085826 · 2026-03-02 · criminal · affirmed
  18. People v. Pollard CA4/1 D085280 · 2026-02-27 · criminal · affirmed
  19. People v. Shryack CA4/1 D084802 · 2026-02-25 · criminal · affirmed
  20. People v. Ramirez CA4/1 D084653 · 2026-02-25 · criminal · reversed
  21. Ashirwad, LLC v. Bradbury D086343 · 2026-02-23 · civil · affirmed
  22. Qassimyar v. Ortega CA4/1 D084317 · 2026-02-19 · civil · affirmed
  23. People v. Garces CA4/1 D085853 · 2026-02-17 · criminal · affirmed
  24. People v. Richardson CA4/1 D085334 · 2026-02-17 · criminal · affirmed
  25. Hill v. City of El Centro CA4/1 D084500 · 2026-02-11 · civil · reversed in part