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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. Vazquez CA4/1 D085218 · 2025-10-10 · criminal · affirmed
  2. People v. Flores CA4/1 D083204 · 2025-10-07 · criminal · modified
  3. Vance v. City of Riverside CA4/1 D084181 · 2025-10-07 · civil · reversed
  4. McDoniel v. Kavry Management D084660 · 2025-09-30 · civil · reversed in part
  5. People v. Peterson CA4/1 D084684 · 2025-09-29 · criminal · dismissed
  6. People v. Velasquez CA4/1 D083414 · 2025-09-29 · criminal · affirmed
  7. Kaye v. JPMorgan Chase Bank CA4/1 D084131 · 2025-09-24 · civil · affirmed
  8. People v. Beamon CA4/1 D083333 · 2025-09-24 · criminal · affirmed
  9. Jacobs v. Sharp Healthcare CA4/1 D084337 · 2025-09-23 · civil · affirmed
  10. People v. Price CA4/1 D086349 · 2025-09-23 · criminal · affirmed
  11. People v. Garcia CA4/1 D083924 · 2025-09-19 · criminal · affirmed
  12. Marriage of Carter CA4/1 D084417 · 2025-09-16 · family · affirmed
  13. People v. Vasquez CA4/1 D083747 · 2025-09-15 · criminal · affirmed
  14. People v. Santos CA4/1 D084629 · 2025-09-08 · criminal · affirmed
  15. Cox v. Gordon CA4/1 D083386M · 2025-09-04 · civil · affirmed
  16. Wolfswinkel v. Gordon CA4/1 D083853 · 2025-09-03 · civil · affirmed
  17. People v. Austin CA4/1 D082809 · 2025-08-29 · criminal · modified
  18. People v. Leal CA4/1 D083232 · 2025-08-26 · criminal · affirmed
  19. In re Delano M. CA4/1 D084760 · 2025-08-21 · delinquency · affirmed
  20. Marriage of Grande CA4/1 D084120 · 2025-08-21 · family · affirmed
  21. People v. Peredia CA4/1 D085186 · 2025-08-19 · criminal · affirmed
  22. People v. Ricks CA4/1 D085921 · 2025-08-19 · criminal · reversed in part
  23. Avorh v. San Diego Community College Dist. CA4/1 D083486M · 2025-08-13 · civil · affirmed
  24. People v. Gurtner CA4/1 D084937 · 2025-08-11 · criminal · reversed
  25. Cox v. Gordon CA4/1 D083386 · 2025-08-08 · civil · affirmed