Judges
Every judge that has appeared in a tentative ruling we've ingested. Click for the full dossier.
| Judge | County | Cases | Granted | Denied | Continued | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JMQ | sf | 253 | 97 | 55 | 33 | 38% |
| William Abramson | plumas | 119 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3% |
| Unknown | sf | 112 | 26 | 26 | 23 | 23% |
| BOBBY P. LUNA | sf | 90 | 20 | 10 | 19 | 22% |
| Unknown | shasta | 79 | 21 | 6 | 37 | 27% |
| AI MORI | sf | 77 | 16 | 9 | 18 | 21% |
| Not Specified | shasta | 61 | 4 | 2 | 37 | 7% |
| Benson | butte | 59 | 35 | 3 | 7 | 59% |
| Michelle Tong | sf | 56 | 12 | 16 | 1 | 21% |
| Unknown | nevada | 55 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 7% |
| Jed Beebe | santabarbara | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Not specified | nevada | 48 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 4% |
| Unknown | eldorado | 45 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9% |
| Timothy Staffel | santabarbara | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Not stated | sf | 42 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 17% |
| James T. Chou | marin | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Unspecified | butte | 41 | 17 | 1 | 16 | 41% |
| CFH | sf | 39 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 10% |
| James F. Rigali | santabarbara | 37 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% |
| Unknown | butte | 35 | 19 | 0 | 16 | 54% |
| Denise M. Hippach | santabarbara | 35 | 8 | 3 | 23 | 23% |
| Not Specified | sonoma | 34 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 12% |
| True | sf | 33 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 33% |
| Not stated | nevada | 32 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0% |
| Stephanie L. Jamieson | merced | 31 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 29% |
| Cynthia P. Smith | napa | 31 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 29% |
| Unspecified | eldorado | 28 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18% |
| Colleen Sterne | santabarbara | 26 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 23% |
| Richard Oberholzer | orange | 25 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 28% |
| Joseph J. Solga | napa | 22 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 32% |
| Hon. Judge Carmen R. Luege | orange | 21 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 29% |
| Patricia Kelly | santabarbara | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Thomas Anderle | santabarbara | 18 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 50% |
| Vincent I. Parrett | santaclara | 18 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 56% |
| Steven Streger | tuolumne | 17 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 65% |
| Jeffrey B. El-Hajj | santaclara | 17 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 53% |
| Eunice Lee | santaclara | 17 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 29% |
| Robert Brodnik | nevada | 16 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0% |
| HON. MARK A. TALAMANTES | marin | 15 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 53% |
| Mosbarger | butte | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 53% |
| Nico A. Dourbetas | orange | 14 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 36% |
| Rafael Sivilla-Jones | santaclara | 14 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 79% |
| Jonathan Fish | orange | 13 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 62% |
| Nahal Iravani-Sani | santaclara | 13 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 54% |
| Daniel T. Nishigaya | santaclara | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 38% |
| Not stated | eldorado | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8% |
| Kimberly Knill | orange | 12 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 50% |
| ANDRE MANSSOURIAN | orange | 12 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 33% |
| Quinn | sf | 12 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0% |
| David J. Hesseltine | orange | 12 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 50% |
| Gassia Apkarian | orange | 12 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 25% |
| CARMEN R. LUEGE | orange | 12 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 17% |
| Joseph Ortiz | sanbernardino | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 50% |
| Hon. Stephen P. Freccero | marin | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 36% |
| Melissa R. McCormick | orange | 11 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 36% |
| Unspecified | sf | 11 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9% |
| Nicole S. Healy | sanmateo | 11 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 27% |
| John M. True | sf | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 40% |
| Theodore Howard | orange | 10 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 30% |
| Craig L. Griffin | orange | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 60% |
| David Foster | merced | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10% |
| Janet M. Frangie | sanbernardino | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 50% |
| LEE L. GABRIEL | orange | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 56% |
| HON. SHEILA S. LICHTBLAU | marin | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 56% |
| MICHAEL L. MAU | sanmateo | 9 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 33% |
| JMT | sf | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11% |
| RICHARD Y. LEE | orange | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 33% |
| Russell Burke | tulare-civil | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Lindsey E. Martínez | orange | 9 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 22% |
| Bret D. Hillman | tulare-civil | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Nancy L. Fineman | sanmateo | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 38% |
| David A. Silberman | sanmateo | 7 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0% |
| Matthew A. Siroka | marin | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14% |
| Hon. Beth S. Jordan | marin | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14% |
| David A. Hoffer | orange | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| Mark A. McCannon | sanmateo | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 57% |
| DTT | fresno | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 14% |
| Samuel K. Feng | sf | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 29% |
| Douglas Skelton | napa | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17% |
| David E. Power | solano | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 67% |
| KCK | fresno | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% |
| Layne H. Melzer | orange | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| Not Specified | eldorado | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 83% |
| Theodore C. Zayner | santaclara | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 67% |
| WILLIAM D. CLASTER | orange | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| Cindee Mayfield | sf | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 40% |
| SHEILA RECIO | orange | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 40% |
| Sandy N. Leal | orange | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 40% |
| Curtis E.A. Karnow | sonoma | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 60% |
| DONNA PETRE | sf | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 20% |
| Patrick M. Broderick | sonoma | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0% |
| Jennifer O. Trimble | merced | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Kory Mathewson | sanbernardino | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 40% |
| Honorable Nahal Iravani-Sani | santaclara | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 60% |
| Beth McGowen | santaclara | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 80% |
| Tice-Raskin | nevada | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0% |
| Thomas J. Lo | orange | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50% |
| Kevin C. Brazile | la-family | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25% |
| TIM P. KAM | solano | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 50% |
| Not stated | la-family | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| Scott A. Steiner | orange | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 25% |
| JS | fresno | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 25% |
| Nathan D. Ide | tulare-civil | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 75% |
| Amber Rosen | santaclara | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 25% |
| Tamara L. Mosbarger | butte | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50% |
| Unknown | la-family | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 75% |
| Catherine Evans | orange | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75% |
| Hon. James M. Schurz | marin | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33% |
| lmg | fresno | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 33% |
| M. True | sf | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33% |
| Jennifer McCartney | orange | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0% |
| MUJDAH RAHIM | sf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% |
| Israel Claustro | orange | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0% |
| Nathan Vu | orange | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% |
| Judge True | sf | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0% |
| Deborah C. Servino | orange | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 67% |
| Daniel A. Flores | sf | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| STEPHEN GIZZI | solano | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 67% |
| Charles F. Haines | sf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| Unknown | riverside | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Mayfield | sf | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0% |
| SKF | sf | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| Sonny S. Sandhu | stanislaus | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| S. Thomsen | nevada | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0% |
| Hon. Daniel M. Crowley | la-family | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0% |
| Van Aken | sf | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% |
| Charles F. Adams | santaclara | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| William E. Weinberger | la-family | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| VMH | sf | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50% |
| Charles H Ervin | sierra | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Feng | sf | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Donald F. Gaffney | orange | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| H. Shaina Colover | orange | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% |
| Winston Keh | sanbernardino | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| Hon. Jon R. Takasugi | la-family | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| JAMES PAUL | sf | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| Timothy Fall | nevada | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Alan Cassidy | stanislaus | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| JM | sf | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Bradley Erdosi | orange | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| John R. Mayne | stanislaus | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| Braden Woods | sf | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Benjamin L. Hanna | shasta | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% |
| Balfour | eldorado | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| Andre De La Cruz | orange | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| Jon R. Takasugi | la-family | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| Amber Poston | orange | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| VJ True | sf | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| Pauline Maxwell | santabarbara | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| R. Shawn Nelson | orange | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Richard C. Darwin | sf | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Donna D. Geck | santabarbara | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| Maria Elena Ramos-Ratliff | stanislaus | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| David Driscoll | sanbernardino | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% |
| Kent Kellegrew | nevada | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Gingery | butte | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Not stated | riverside | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| GREGG WILLIAMS | sf | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| Stacy P. Speiller | stanislaus | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| CRAIG HORDLOW | sf | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% |
| Judge Quinn | sf | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% |
| Stephenie Shirkey | eldorado | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% |
| Haines | sf | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Susan Rados | solano | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Charles F. Haines; Michelle Tong | sf | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% |