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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. Amaya CA4/1 D087802 · 2026-09-29 · criminal · affirmed
  2. People v. Bloomberg CA4/1 D086279 · 2026-09-18 · criminal · affirmed
  3. People v. Abulaban CA4/1 D084983 · 2026-09-17 · criminal · affirmed
  4. People v. Quintanilla CA4/1 D088199 · 2026-09-16 · criminal · affirmed
  5. People v. Neeley CA4/1 D087607 · 2026-09-11 · criminal · affirmed
  6. In re Moore D086215 · 2026-09-08 · criminal · writ granted
  7. People v. Ambriz CA4/1 D084906 · 2026-09-02 · delinquency · affirmed
  8. In re D.H. CA4/1 D087410 · 2026-08-31 · dependency · affirmed
  9. People v. Ramos CA4/1 D087439 · 2026-08-31 · criminal · affirmed
  10. Weathers v. Choe CA4/1 D087132 · 2026-08-28 · civil · affirmed
  11. In re D.S. CA4/1 D087680 · 2026-08-26 · dependency · affirmed
  12. People v. Santana CA4/1 D085381 · 2026-08-25 · criminal · modified
  13. Meza v. CoWorx Staffing Services CA4/1 D085734 · 2026-08-24 · civil · affirmed
  14. Morrison v. Kimball, Tirey & St. John CA4/1 D085585 · 2026-08-24 · civil · affirmed
  15. People v. Intong CA4/1 D087611 · 2026-08-20 · criminal · reversed
  16. People v. Weston CA4/1 D085770 · 2026-08-20 · criminal · affirmed
  17. In re Sergio M. CA4/1 D086210 · 2026-08-20 · criminal · reversed
  18. People v. Dilmaghanian CA4/1 D085089 · 2026-08-18 · criminal · affirmed
  19. Rahemo v. Naworah CA4/1 D085786 · 2026-08-17 · family · affirmed
  20. In re M.G. CA4/1 D087638 · 2026-08-05 · dependency · affirmed
  21. People v. Bustamante CA4/1 D085914 · 2026-08-05 · criminal · affirmed
  22. People v. Walker CA4/1 D085226 · 2026-08-05 · criminal · reversed in part
  23. Rodriguez v. Acuna CA4/1 D086760 · 2026-08-04 · civil · affirmed
  24. Rodriguez v. Acuna CA4/1 D086824 · 2026-08-04 · civil · affirmed
  25. People v. Harper CA4/1 D086897 · 2026-07-31 · criminal · affirmed