| Judge | County | Cases | Granted | Denied | Continued | Grant rate |
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| 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 | 3,403 | 558 | 422 | 968 | 16% |
| Joseph M. Quinn | San Francisco County | 2,796 | 919 |
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| Christine Van Aken | San Francisco County | 1,658 | 577 | 252 | 210 | 35% |
| Colleen Sterne | Santa Barbara County | 755 | 116 | 17 | 68 | 15% |
| James F. Rigali | Santa Barbara County | 733 | 52 | 2 | 168 | 7% |
| Denise M. Hippach | Santa Barbara County | 708 | 71 | 11 | 367 | 10% |
| James T. Chou | Marin County | 649 | 166 | 13 | 139 | 26% |
| Jed Beebe | Santa Barbara County | 635 | 24 | 4 | 76 | 4% |
| Patricia Kelly | Santa Barbara County | 577 | 7 | 6 | 76 | 1% |
| Stephanie L. Jamieson | Merced County | 527 | 116 | 36 | 62 | 22% |
| Unknown | Los Angeles County | 517 | 231 | 103 | 37 | 45% |
| Richard C. Miadich | Sacramento County | 481 | 174 | 81 | 103 | 36% |
| Timothy Staffel | Santa Barbara County | 468 | 53 | 0 | 96 | 11% |
| Harold E. Kahn | San Francisco County | 463 | 157 | 57 | 55 | 34% |
| Unknown | San Francisco County | 462 | 114 | 78 | 112 | 25% |
| Cynthia P. Smith | Napa County | 342 | 121 | 25 | 93 | 35% |
| Unknown | El Dorado County | 336 | 57 | 25 | 53 | 17% |
| Thomas Anderle | Santa Barbara County | 319 | 128 | 59 | 39 | 40% |
| Ai Mori | San Francisco County | 311 | 66 | 32 | 85 | 21% |
| Not specified | Shasta County | 308 | 61 | 20 | 151 | 20% |
| Bobby P. Luna | San Francisco County | 306 | 63 | 41 | 65 | 21% |
| Patrick McKinney | Alameda County | 298 | 142 | 31 | 80 | 48% |
| Unknown | Shasta County | 295 | 80 | 17 | 152 | 27% |
| Donna D. Geck | Santa Barbara County | 293 | 94 | 64 | 49 | 32% |
| Jamilah A. Jefferson | Alameda County | 283 | 112 | 13 | 53 | 40% |
| Benson | Butte County | 271 | 130 | 25 | 54 | 48% |
| Matthew A. Siroka | Marin County | 268 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4% |
| William Abramson | Plumas County | 259 | 19 | 0 | 35 | 7% |
| Ronald E. Quidachay | San Francisco County | 249 | 57 | 24 | 72 | 23% |
| Joseph J. Solga | Napa County | 247 | 115 | 22 | 60 | 47% |
| Trisha J. Hirashima | Placer County | 247 | 90 | 52 | 57 | 36% |
| Not Specified | Butte County | 239 | 70 | 2 | 95 | 29% |
| Layne H. Melzer | Orange County | 235 | 95 | 19 | 68 | 40% |
| Julie G. Yap | Sacramento County | 234 | 66 | 57 | 53 | 28% |
| Jeffrey B. El-Hajj | Santa Clara County | 220 | 100 | 44 | 18 | 45% |
| Nahal Iravani-Sani | Santa Clara County | 219 | 100 | 43 | 15 | 46% |
| Samuel K. Feng | San Francisco County | 217 | 59 | 25 | 46 | 27% |
| David J. Hesseltine | Orange County | 216 | 74 | 52 | 55 | 34% |
| Unknown | Nevada County | 215 | 19 | 3 | 108 | 9% |
| Rafael Sivilla-Jones | Santa Clara County | 207 | 108 | 44 | 9 | 52% |
| David Foster | Merced County | 206 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 10% |
| Tim P. Kam | Solano County | 202 | 73 | 39 | 36 | 36% |
| Eunice Lee | Santa Clara County | 201 | 82 | 33 | 14 | 41% |
| Kristi Culver Kapetan | Fresno County | 200 | 75 | 55 | 14 | 38% |
| Sheila Recio | Orange County | 191 | 43 | 37 | 3 | 23% |
| Richard Y. Lee | Orange County | 186 | 72 | 44 | 12 | 39% |
| Michelle Tong | San Francisco County | 185 | 27 | 28 | 51 | 15% |
| lmg | Fresno County | 180 | 75 | 45 | 18 | 42% |
| Michael W. Jones | Placer County | 179 | 57 | 44 | 31 | 32% |
| Joseph Ortiz | San Bernardino County | 176 | 80 | 35 | 27 | 45% |