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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. Salazar CA4/1 D085992 · 2026-02-10 · criminal · affirmed
  2. People v. Conway CA4/1 D085409 · 2026-02-10 · criminal · affirmed
  3. People v. Zapata D084024 · 2026-02-10 · criminal · reversed
  4. In re Felipe V. CA4/1 D083982 · 2026-02-09 · criminal · modified
  5. People v. Hall CA4/1 D085150 · 2026-02-09 · criminal · affirmed
  6. People v. Jenkins CA4/1 D084227 · 2026-02-09 · criminal · affirmed
  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. Cates CA4/1 D084201 · 2026-01-30 · criminal · affirmed
  11. People v. Partee CA4/1 D084714 · 2026-01-30 · criminal · affirmed
  12. People v. Aguilar D083172M · 2026-01-29 · criminal · reversed
  13. Ashirwad v. Bradbury CA4/1 D086343 · 2026-01-29 · civil · affirmed
  14. People v. Perkins CA4/1 D084206 · 2026-01-29 · criminal · reversed in part
  15. People v. Marquez CA4/1 D086920 · 2026-01-28 · criminal · affirmed
  16. People v. White CA4/1 D086311 · 2026-01-28 · criminal · affirmed
  17. People v. Guthrie CA4/1 D085217 · 2026-01-27 · criminal · affirmed
  18. People v. Spillane CA4/1 D085609 · 2026-01-27 · criminal · affirmed
  19. People v. Resvaloso CA4/1 D086042 · 2026-01-26 · criminal · affirmed
  20. Conservatorship of C.S. CA4/1 D087144 · 2026-01-22 · probate · reversed in part
  21. People v. Gutierrez CA4/1 D086345 · 2026-01-21 · criminal · affirmed
  22. People v. Ochoa CA4/1 D084250M · 2026-01-20 · criminal · reversed in part
  23. He v. University of San Diego CA4/1 D083219M · 2026-01-16 · civil · affirmed
  24. People v. Woods CA4/1 D085646 · 2026-01-09 · criminal · affirmed
  25. People v. Ast CA4/1 D085737 · 2026-01-08 · criminal · affirmed