| Judge | County | Cases | Granted | Denied | Continued | Grant rate |
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| Judge | County | Cases | Granted | Denied | Continued | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles F. Haines | San Francisco County | 2,828 | 454 | 356 | 763 | 16% |
| Joseph M. Quinn | San Francisco County | 2,548 | 826 |
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| Christine Van Aken | San Francisco County | 1,243 | 430 | 200 | 142 | 35% |
| Denise M. Hippach | Santa Barbara County | 438 | 32 | 7 | 236 | 7% |
| Unknown | San Francisco County | 396 | 96 | 70 | 96 | 24% |
| Patricia Kelly | Santa Barbara County | 323 | 10 | 10 | 120 | 3% |
| Colleen Sterne | Santa Barbara County | 307 | 78 | 7 | 46 | 25% |
| James T. Chou | Marin County | 295 | 64 | 4 | 42 | 22% |
| James F. Rigali | Santa Barbara County | 283 | 14 | 2 | 61 | 5% |
| Ronald E. Quidachay | San Francisco County | 249 | 57 | 24 | 72 | 23% |
| Unknown | Shasta County | 226 | 46 | 11 | 130 | 20% |
| Unknown | El Dorado County | 220 | 51 | 26 | 36 | 23% |
| Stephanie L. Jamieson | Merced County | 215 | 50 | 16 | 22 | 23% |
| Timothy Staffel | Santa Barbara County | 212 | 21 | 2 | 25 | 10% |
| Bobby P. Luna | San Francisco County | 193 | 33 | 24 | 34 | 17% |
| William Abramson | Plumas County | 178 | 13 | 0 | 22 | 7% |
| Not specified | Shasta County | 173 | 33 | 13 | 95 | 19% |
| John M. True III | San Francisco County | 173 | 53 | 19 | 33 | 31% |
| Dennis W. Hayashi | San Francisco County | 169 | 25 | 8 | 25 | 15% |
| Ai Mori | San Francisco County | 161 | 27 | 17 | 38 | 17% |
| Michelle Tong | San Francisco County | 157 | 24 | 23 | 42 | 15% |
| Matthew A. Siroka | Marin County | 156 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 6% |
| Benson | Butte County | 151 | 71 | 14 | 22 | 47% |
| Jed Beebe | Santa Barbara County | 150 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 8% |
| Trisha J. Hirashima | Placer County | 127 | 42 | 33 | 24 | 33% |
| Harold E. Kahn | San Francisco County | 123 | 31 | 12 | 28 | 25% |
| Cynthia P. Smith | Napa County | 123 | 45 | 4 | 29 | 37% |
| Unknown | Nevada County | 122 | 4 | 0 | 56 | 3% |
| Jamilah A. Jefferson | Alameda County | 117 | 40 | 7 | 13 | 34% |
| Layne H. Melzer | Orange County | 115 | 39 | 8 | 38 | 34% |
| Michael W. Jones | Placer County | 113 | 39 | 26 | 18 | 35% |
| Joseph J. Solga | Napa County | 112 | 50 | 11 | 25 | 45% |
| Richard C. Miadich | Sacramento County | 112 | 31 | 25 | 23 | 28% |
| David J. Hesseltine | Orange County | 110 | 36 | 34 | 25 | 33% |
| Mosbarger | Butte County | 110 | 41 | 11 | 25 | 37% |
| Julie G. Yap | Sacramento County | 109 | 33 | 25 | 21 | 30% |
| Nahal Iravani-Sani | Santa Clara County | 107 | 54 | 22 | 7 | 50% |
| Samuel K. Feng | San Francisco County | 106 | 26 | 13 | 21 | 25% |
| Jeffrey B. El-Hajj | Santa Clara County | 98 | 50 | 18 | 8 | 51% |
| Craig L. Griffin | Orange County | 97 | 40 | 25 | 3 | 41% |
| Kristi Culver Kapetan | Fresno County | 96 | 31 | 22 | 8 | 32% |
| Jonathan Fish | Orange County | 92 | 27 | 13 | 18 | 29% |
| Rafael Sivilla-Jones | Santa Clara County | 92 | 51 | 16 | 3 | 55% |
| Eunice Lee | Santa Clara County | 91 | 35 | 13 | 7 | 38% |
| Scott A. Steiner | Orange County | 90 | 40 | 14 | 10 | 44% |
| Not specified | Butte County | 87 | 29 | 1 | 26 | 33% |
| Sandy N. Leal | Orange County | 87 | 26 | 26 | 14 | 30% |
| Not specified | Nevada County | 86 | 15 | 1 | 51 | 17% |
| David A. Hoffer | Orange County | 84 | 31 | 5 | 32 | 37% |
| Nathan Vu | Orange County | 83 | 30 | 13 | 6 | 36% |