| Judge | County | Cases | Granted | Denied | Continued | Grant rate |
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| Judge | County | Cases | Granted | Denied | Continued | Grant rate |
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| Charles F. Haines | San Francisco County | 3,099 | 495 | 390 | 870 | 16% |
| Joseph M. Quinn | San Francisco County | 2,648 | 862 |
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| 471 |
| 33% |
| Christine Van Aken | San Francisco County | 1,365 | 473 | 213 | 167 | 35% |
| Denise M. Hippach | Santa Barbara County | 574 | 39 | 8 | 268 | 7% |
| Colleen Sterne | Santa Barbara County | 494 | 110 | 9 | 59 | 22% |
| James T. Chou | Marin County | 450 | 108 | 8 | 98 | 24% |
| Jed Beebe | Santa Barbara County | 450 | 42 | 0 | 12 | 9% |
| Unknown | San Francisco County | 432 | 106 | 75 | 107 | 25% |
| James F. Rigali | Santa Barbara County | 368 | 10 | 0 | 47 | 3% |
| Stephanie L. Jamieson | Merced County | 338 | 74 | 25 | 37 | 22% |
| Harold E. Kahn | San Francisco County | 338 | 116 | 40 | 38 | 34% |
| Patricia Kelly | Santa Barbara County | 287 | 7 | 7 | 51 | 2% |
| Not Specified | Shasta County | 271 | 49 | 17 | 135 | 18% |
| Ronald E. Quidachay | San Francisco County | 249 | 57 | 24 | 72 | 23% |
| Richard C. Miadich | Sacramento County | 246 | 77 | 37 | 66 | 31% |
| Unknown | El Dorado County | 239 | 55 | 22 | 33 | 23% |
| Cynthia P. Smith | Napa County | 239 | 80 | 15 | 65 | 33% |
| Matthew A. Siroka | Marin County | 236 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4% |
| Ai Mori | San Francisco County | 232 | 43 | 22 | 66 | 19% |
| Bobby P. Luna | San Francisco County | 228 | 44 | 27 | 45 | 19% |
| Unknown | Shasta County | 225 | 46 | 11 | 129 | 20% |
| Timothy Staffel | Santa Barbara County | 211 | 29 | 1 | 74 | 14% |
| William Abramson | Plumas County | 205 | 16 | 0 | 27 | 8% |
| Benson | Butte County | 194 | 92 | 19 | 32 | 47% |
| Julie G. Yap | Sacramento County | 183 | 49 | 46 | 42 | 27% |
| John M. True III | San Francisco County | 173 | 53 | 19 | 33 | 31% |
| Thomas Anderle | Santa Barbara County | 173 | 62 | 30 | 16 | 36% |
| Dennis W. Hayashi | San Francisco County | 169 | 25 | 8 | 25 | 15% |
| Michelle Tong | San Francisco County | 169 | 25 | 26 | 43 | 15% |
| Layne H. Melzer | Orange County | 166 | 66 | 15 | 45 | 40% |
| Joseph J. Solga | Napa County | 164 | 67 | 16 | 45 | 41% |
| Trisha J. Hirashima | Placer County | 163 | 59 | 39 | 31 | 36% |
| Jamilah A. Jefferson | Alameda County | 162 | 53 | 11 | 21 | 33% |
| Nahal Iravani-Sani | Santa Clara County | 161 | 76 | 31 | 11 | 47% |
| Patrick McKinney | Alameda County | 156 | 64 | 17 | 49 | 41% |
| Unknown | Nevada County | 151 | 22 | 2 | 67 | 15% |
| Jeffrey B. El-Hajj | Santa Clara County | 144 | 71 | 27 | 10 | 49% |
| David J. Hesseltine | Orange County | 142 | 47 | 34 | 36 | 33% |
| TIM P. KAM | Solano County | 137 | 47 | 21 | 31 | 34% |
| Eunice Lee | Santa Clara County | 135 | 54 | 19 | 10 | 40% |
| MICHAEL W. JONES | Placer County | 133 | 43 | 30 | 23 | 32% |
| Not specified | Butte County | 131 | 39 | 1 | 53 | 30% |
| Rafael Sivilla-Jones | Santa Clara County | 130 | 78 | 22 | 4 | 60% |
| Mosbarger | Butte County | 129 | 48 | 17 | 30 | 37% |
| Kristi Culver Kapetan | Fresno County | 129 | 42 | 37 | 8 | 33% |
| Craig L. Griffin | Orange County | 125 | 52 | 32 | 10 | 42% |
| Not specified | Nevada County | 123 | 12 | 3 | 57 | 10% |
| Kimberly Knill | Orange County | 121 | 41 | 28 | 12 | 34% |
| Scott A. Steiner | Orange County | 121 | 52 | 21 | 13 | 43% |
| Sandy N. Leal | Orange County | 119 | 42 | 31 | 21 | 35% |