| Judge | County | Cases | Granted | Denied | Continued | Grant rate |
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| Judge | County | Cases | Granted | Denied | Continued | Grant rate |
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| TIM P. KAM | Solano County | 51 | 14 | 4 | 17 | 27% |
| Lindsey E. Martínez | Orange County | 50 | 25 | 9 |
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| Craig L. Griffin | Orange County | 50 | 22 | 13 | 1 | 44% |
| Sandy N. Leal | Orange County | 50 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 32% |
| Gassia Apkarian | Orange County | 50 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 36% |
| Mosbarger | Butte County | 50 | 20 | 8 | 11 | 40% |
| Vincent I. Parrett | Santa Clara County | 49 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 59% |
| Rafael Sivilla-Jones | Santa Clara County | 47 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 53% |
| Joseph Ortiz | San Bernardino County | 47 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 45% |
| David A. Hoffer | Orange County | 46 | 17 | 3 | 15 | 37% |
| Richard Y. Lee | Orange County | 46 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 35% |
| Nicole S. Healy | San Mateo County | 44 | 22 | 12 | 1 | 50% |
| Theodore Howard | Orange County | 44 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 25% |
| Jonathan Skiles | Fresno County | 43 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 42% |
| David Foster | Merced County | 43 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 14% |
| lmg | Fresno County | 42 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 55% |
| S. Raj Chatterjee | Alameda County | 42 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 14% |
| Unknown | Los Angeles County | 42 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 55% |
| Patrick McKinney | Alameda County | 41 | 17 | 3 | 17 | 41% |
| Unspecified | Butte County | 41 | 17 | 1 | 15 | 41% |
| Donald F. Gaffney | Orange County | 40 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 25% |
| Not specified | El Dorado County | 40 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 30% |
| Sonny S. Sandhu | Stanislaus County | 39 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 49% |
| William D. Claster | Orange County | 39 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 28% |
| Jonathan Fish | Orange County | 39 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 36% |
| Andre Manssourian | Orange County | 39 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 26% |
| Nico A. Dourbetas | Orange County | 39 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 38% |
| Mark A. Talamantes | Marin County | 38 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 61% |
| Richard C. Miadich | Sacramento County | 38 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 37% |
| Charles H Ervin | Sierra County | 38 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 32% |
| Thomas S. McConville | Orange County | 38 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 45% |
| Sheila S. Lichtblau | Marin County | 37 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 35% |
| Mary E. Wiss | San Francisco County | 37 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 11% |
| Jennifer McCartney | Orange County | 36 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 17% |
| Wood | Shasta County | 35 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 9% |
| Melissa R. McCormick | Orange County | 35 | 20 | 5 | 7 | 57% |
| MICHAEL L. MAU | San Mateo County | 35 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 43% |
| H. Shaina Colover | Orange County | 34 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 56% |
| Not Specified | Sonoma County | 34 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 12% |
| Theodore C. Zayner | Santa Clara County | 34 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 74% |
| Jennifer O. Trimble | Merced County | 33 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6% |
| Richard C. Darwin | San Francisco County | 33 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 55% |
| Unknown | Sacramento County | 32 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 38% |
| R. Shawn Nelson | Orange County | 32 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 31% |
| Bret D. Hillman | Tulare County (Civil) | 31 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 39% |
| Rene A. Chouteau | Sonoma County | 31 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 19% |
| Not stated | Shasta County | 30 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 27% |
| Scott A. Steiner | Orange County | 30 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 27% |
| Daniel T. Nishigaya | Santa Clara County | 30 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 50% |
| John R. Mayne | Stanislaus County | 28 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 25% |