| Judge | County | Cases | Granted | Denied | Continued | Grant rate |
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| Judge | County | Cases | Granted | Denied | Continued | Grant rate |
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| Joseph Widman | San Bernardino County | 28 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 29% |
| Oscar A. Pardo | Sonoma County | 29 | 6 |
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| 21% |
| J. Richard Distaso | Stanislaus County | 29 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 10% |
| Richard K. Sueyoshi | Sacramento County | 30 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0% |
| DeNoce | Ventura County | 30 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 53% |
| Rene A. Chouteau | Sonoma County | 31 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 19% |
| Not specified | San Luis Obispo County | 31 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 19% |
| John Tomberlin | Sonoma County | 31 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 13% |
| Richard C. Darwin | San Francisco County | 33 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 55% |
| N/A | Nevada County | 33 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 9% |
| Patrick M. Broderick | Sonoma County | 33 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0% |
| James M. Schurz | Marin County | 33 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3% |
| Lawrence G. Brown | Sacramento County | 34 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 38% |
| Kevin C. Brazile | Los Angeles County | 35 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 49% |
| Russell P. Burke | Tulare County (Civil) | 35 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 40% |
| Maria Elena Ramos-Ratliff | Stanislaus County | 36 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 14% |
| Alan Cassidy | Stanislaus County | 37 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 8% |
| Mary E. Wiss | San Francisco County | 37 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 11% |
| Jennifer M. McCartney | Orange County | 37 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 27% |
| Unspecified | Shasta County | 39 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 13% |
| David Driscoll | San Bernardino County | 40 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 55% |
| Charmaine H. Buehner | Ventura County | 40 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 25% |
| Unspecified | Butte County | 41 | 17 | 1 | 15 | 41% |
| Christopher E. Krueger | Sacramento County | 41 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 5% |
| Sharon M Anderson | Orange County | 41 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 22% |
| Peter MacLaren | Merced County | 42 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 19% |
| Kory Mathewson | San Bernardino County | 44 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 41% |
| N/A | Butte County | 44 | 21 | 0 | 11 | 48% |
| Elizabeth Riles | Alameda County | 44 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 30% |
| Catherine Evans | Orange County | 45 | 15 | 17 | 3 | 33% |
| Not specified | El Dorado County | 48 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 23% |
| Andre De La Cruz | Orange County | 49 | 23 | 24 | 0 | 47% |
| Alexandria Carl | Merced County | 50 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 20% |
| Not stated | Shasta County | 50 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 20% |
| J. Omar Rodriguez | San Benito County | 50 | 16 | 2 | 19 | 32% |
| Not stated | Los Angeles County | 52 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 35% |
| Unknown | Sonoma County | 52 | 12 | 1 | 29 | 23% |
| Chad A. Stegeman | Alameda County | 55 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 20% |
| Richard Oberholzer | Orange County | 56 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 34% |
| Karin Schwartz | Alameda County | 56 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 32% |
| David C. Mathias | Tulare County (Civil) | 57 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 40% |
| Peter Borkon | Alameda County | 60 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 17% |
| Victoria Kolakowski | Alameda County | 60 | 9 | 10 | 23 | 15% |
| David Hood | Stanislaus County | 60 | 27 | 14 | 7 | 45% |
| Unknown | Butte County | 62 | 24 | 2 | 24 | 39% |
| Nathan D. Ide | Tulare County (Civil) | 63 | 33 | 10 | 5 | 52% |
| Beth McGowen | Santa Clara County | 64 | 47 | 7 | 0 | 73% |
| Nico A. Dourbetas | Orange County | 65 | 31 | 12 | 6 | 48% |
| Not specified | Sonoma County | 65 | 8 | 0 | 27 | 12% |
| Not stated | Nevada County | 65 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 2% |