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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 | 3,273 | 530 | 409 | 926 | 16% |
| Joseph M. Quinn | San Francisco County | 2,718 | 884 |
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| Christine Van Aken | San Francisco County | 1,508 | 509 | 236 | 190 | 34% |
| Denise M. Hippach | Santa Barbara County | 708 | 72 | 10 | 367 | 10% |
| Colleen Sterne | Santa Barbara County | 698 | 113 | 16 | 66 | 16% |
| Jed Beebe | Santa Barbara County | 590 | 30 | 4 | 14 | 5% |
| James F. Rigali | Santa Barbara County | 583 | 21 | 1 | 185 | 4% |
| James T. Chou | Marin County | 579 | 135 | 10 | 123 | 23% |
| Patricia Kelly | Santa Barbara County | 481 | 11 | 6 | 81 | 2% |
| Harold E. Kahn | San Francisco County | 462 | 157 | 57 | 54 | 34% |
| Unknown | San Francisco County | 449 | 110 | 77 | 109 | 24% |
| Stephanie L. Jamieson | Merced County | 446 | 95 | 34 | 50 | 21% |
| Richard C. Miadich | Sacramento County | 413 | 148 | 65 | 93 | 36% |
| Timothy Staffel | Santa Barbara County | 381 | 29 | 0 | 68 | 8% |
| Unknown | El Dorado County | 367 | 91 | 50 | 71 | 25% |
| Cynthia P. Smith | Napa County | 320 | 110 | 22 | 93 | 34% |
| Not Specified | Shasta County | 308 | 61 | 20 | 145 | 20% |
| Unknown | Shasta County | 295 | 80 | 17 | 152 | 27% |
| Thomas Anderle | Santa Barbara County | 289 | 107 | 59 | 32 | 37% |
| Bobby P. Luna | San Francisco County | 281 | 53 | 39 | 56 | 19% |
| Ai Mori | San Francisco County | 277 | 57 | 27 | 78 | 21% |
| Donna D. Geck | Santa Barbara County | 272 | 84 | 52 | 52 | 31% |
| Matthew A. Siroka | Marin County | 260 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4% |
| William Abramson | Plumas County | 259 | 19 | 1 | 30 | 7% |
| Unknown | Los Angeles County | 259 | 129 | 45 | 18 | 50% |
| Ronald E. Quidachay | San Francisco County | 249 | 57 | 24 | 72 | 23% |
| Patrick McKinney | Alameda County | 242 | 108 | 29 | 65 | 45% |
| Jamilah A. Jefferson | Alameda County | 236 | 88 | 11 | 44 | 37% |
| Benson | Butte County | 231 | 110 | 21 | 37 | 48% |
| Not Specified | Butte County | 214 | 64 | 3 | 81 | 30% |
| Joseph J. Solga | Napa County | 214 | 97 | 16 | 60 | 45% |
| Trisha J. Hirashima | Placer County | 213 | 76 | 49 | 47 | 36% |
| Samuel K. Feng | San Francisco County | 210 | 57 | 24 | 42 | 27% |
| Layne H. Melzer | Orange County | 209 | 82 | 18 | 59 | 39% |
| Julie G. Yap | Sacramento County | 208 | 57 | 51 | 48 | 27% |
| Nahal Iravani-Sani | Santa Clara County | 205 | 91 | 43 | 14 | 44% |
| Unknown | Nevada County | 190 | 23 | 4 | 98 | 12% |
| David J. Hesseltine | Orange County | 189 | 67 | 43 | 48 | 35% |
| Jeffrey B. El-Hajj | Santa Clara County | 188 | 88 | 34 | 16 | 47% |
| Rafael Sivilla-Jones | Santa Clara County | 182 | 99 | 34 | 7 | 54% |
| TIM P. KAM | Solano County | 180 | 64 | 35 | 35 | 36% |
| Kristi Culver Kapetan | Fresno County | 178 | 62 | 49 | 14 | 35% |
| Michelle Tong | San Francisco County | 174 | 25 | 26 | 47 | 14% |
| John M. True III | San Francisco County | 173 | 53 | 19 | 33 | 31% |
| Not Specified | Nevada County | 173 | 16 | 6 | 88 | 9% |
| Eunice Lee | Santa Clara County | 170 | 68 | 23 | 12 | 40% |
| Dennis W. Hayashi | San Francisco County | 169 | 25 | 8 | 25 | 15% |
| Sheila Recio | Orange County | 169 | 38 | 29 | 2 | 22% |
| David Foster | Merced County | 164 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 10% |
| Craig L. Griffin | Orange County | 159 | 68 | 38 | 14 | 43% |