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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. Williams v. House CA4/1 D084685 · 2025-08-08 · civil · affirmed
  2. People v. Judkins CA4/1 D084856 · 2025-08-07 · criminal · affirmed
  3. People v. Boyd-Malone CA4/1 D084275 · 2025-08-06 · criminal · modified
  4. Kalajian v. Calidi Biotherapeutics CA4/1 D084437 · 2025-08-06 · civil · affirmed
  5. People v. Montelongo CA4/1 D084320 · 2025-08-05 · criminal · affirmed
  6. People v. Sarnie CA4/1 D084646 · 2025-08-05 · criminal · affirmed
  7. People v. Lawrie CA4/1 D084411 · 2025-08-01 · criminal · affirmed
  8. People v. Sokolgz CA4/1 D085455 · 2025-07-25 · criminal · affirmed
  9. Avorh v. San Diego Community College Dist. CA4/1 D083486 · 2025-07-24 · civil · affirmed
  10. People v. Ocular CA4/1 D082872 · 2025-07-24 · criminal · affirmed
  11. Montez v. U.S. Bank CA4/1 D084312 · 2025-07-23 · civil · affirmed
  12. Scott v. County of Riverside D083412M · 2025-07-23 · criminal · reversed
  13. People v. Hernandez CA4/1 D083444 · 2025-07-22 · criminal · affirmed
  14. Twins Luck Properties v. City of San Diego CA4/1 D084752 · 2025-07-22 · civil · affirmed
  15. Think Eventos, LLC v. Cal. Dept. of Water Resources CA4/1 D084032 · 2025-07-22 · civil · affirmed
  16. People v. Escobar CA4/1 D085996 · 2025-07-21 · criminal · affirmed
  17. People v. Pennings CA4/1 D082825 · 2025-07-18 · criminal · affirmed
  18. People v. Torres CA4/1 D082844 · 2025-07-18 · criminal · affirmed
  19. People v. Rodriguez CA4/1 D084529 · 2025-07-17 · criminal · affirmed
  20. People v. Shafer CA4/1 D085999 · 2025-07-15 · criminal · affirmed
  21. People v. Trost CA4/1 D085447 · 2025-07-14 · criminal · affirmed
  22. In re J.T. CA4/1 D085465 · 2025-07-07 · dependency · reversed
  23. People v. Doron CA4/1 D084487 · 2025-07-07 · criminal · modified
  24. People v. Caddell CA4/1 D085600 · 2025-07-02 · criminal · reversed
  25. People v. Leyva CA4/1 D084625 · 2025-06-30 · criminal · affirmed