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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 | 3,308 | 539 | 414 | 940 | 16% |
| Joseph M. Quinn | San Francisco County | 2,750 | 898 |
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| Christine Van Aken | San Francisco County | 1,547 | 522 | 239 | 199 | 34% |
| Denise M. Hippach | Santa Barbara County | 708 | 71 | 11 | 367 | 10% |
| Colleen Sterne | Santa Barbara County | 698 | 113 | 16 | 66 | 16% |
| James F. Rigali | Santa Barbara County | 683 | 21 | 1 | 189 | 3% |
| James T. Chou | Marin County | 610 | 148 | 11 | 134 | 24% |
| Jed Beebe | Santa Barbara County | 589 | 30 | 4 | 50 | 5% |
| Patricia Kelly | Santa Barbara County | 527 | 11 | 6 | 81 | 2% |
| Stephanie L. Jamieson | Merced County | 471 | 101 | 35 | 53 | 21% |
| Harold E. Kahn | San Francisco County | 462 | 157 | 57 | 54 | 34% |
| Unknown | San Francisco County | 452 | 111 | 77 | 111 | 25% |
| Richard C. Miadich | Sacramento County | 425 | 154 | 68 | 95 | 36% |
| Timothy Staffel | Santa Barbara County | 423 | 29 | 0 | 69 | 7% |
| Unknown | Los Angeles County | 349 | 167 | 65 | 24 | 48% |
| Cynthia P. Smith | Napa County | 335 | 115 | 25 | 93 | 34% |
| Not specified | Shasta County | 308 | 61 | 20 | 146 | 20% |
| Unknown | El Dorado County | 296 | 66 | 24 | 38 | 22% |
| Unknown | Shasta County | 295 | 80 | 17 | 152 | 27% |
| Bobby P. Luna | San Francisco County | 289 | 55 | 40 | 57 | 19% |
| Ai Mori | San Francisco County | 287 | 55 | 27 | 78 | 19% |
| Patrick McKinney | Alameda County | 265 | 124 | 29 | 70 | 47% |
| Matthew A. Siroka | Marin County | 260 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4% |
| Donna D. Geck | Santa Barbara County | 259 | 79 | 52 | 47 | 31% |
| William Abramson | Plumas County | 259 | 19 | 0 | 26 | 7% |
| Jamilah A. Jefferson | Alameda County | 254 | 99 | 13 | 44 | 39% |
| Ronald E. Quidachay | San Francisco County | 249 | 57 | 24 | 72 | 23% |
| Not specified | Butte County | 247 | 65 | 3 | 82 | 26% |
| Benson | Butte County | 243 | 118 | 22 | 44 | 49% |
| Not Specified | Nevada County | 242 | 34 | 7 | 95 | 14% |
| Thomas Anderle | Santa Barbara County | 235 | 83 | 47 | 27 | 35% |
| Joseph J. Solga | Napa County | 225 | 103 | 18 | 58 | 46% |
| Layne H. Melzer | Orange County | 224 | 87 | 18 | 66 | 39% |
| Julie G. Yap | Sacramento County | 216 | 58 | 52 | 50 | 27% |
| Trisha J. Hirashima | Placer County | 214 | 77 | 49 | 48 | 36% |
| Samuel K. Feng | San Francisco County | 211 | 57 | 25 | 42 | 27% |
| Nahal Iravani-Sani | Santa Clara County | 205 | 91 | 42 | 14 | 44% |
| David J. Hesseltine | Orange County | 202 | 70 | 47 | 50 | 35% |
| Jeffrey B. El-Hajj | Santa Clara County | 198 | 92 | 37 | 16 | 46% |
| Rafael Sivilla-Jones | Santa Clara County | 190 | 101 | 37 | 8 | 53% |
| TIM P. KAM | Solano County | 186 | 66 | 36 | 35 | 35% |
| Kristi Culver Kapetan | Fresno County | 185 | 67 | 50 | 14 | 36% |
| Michelle Tong | San Francisco County | 178 | 25 | 27 | 48 | 14% |
| Eunice Lee | Santa Clara County | 176 | 70 | 26 | 12 | 40% |
| David Foster | Merced County | 175 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 10% |
| John M. True III | San Francisco County | 173 | 53 | 19 | 33 | 31% |
| Dennis W. Hayashi | San Francisco County | 169 | 25 | 8 | 25 | 15% |
| Sheila Recio | Orange County | 169 | 41 | 34 | 3 | 24% |
| MICHAEL W. JONES | Placer County | 169 | 52 | 40 | 30 | 31% |
| Richard Y. Lee | Orange County | 167 | 63 | 42 | 12 | 38% |