"The Robing Room: CA State Judges

Hon. Charles F. Haines	See Rating Details
Judge Superior Court
San Francisco County	See Comments

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General Rating Criteria

* Temperament		(1=Awful,10=Excellent)
* Scholarship		(1=Awful,10=Excellent)
* Industriousness		(1=Not at all industrious,10=Highly industrious)
* Ability to Handle Complex Litigation		(1=Awful,10=Excellent)
* Punctuality		(1=Chronically Late,10=Always on Time)
* General Ability to Handle Pre-Trial Matters		(1=Not all Able, 10=Extremely Able)
* General Ability as a Trial Judge		(1=Not all Able, 10=Extremely Able)
Flexibility In Scheduling		(1=Completely Inflexible,10=Very Flexible)

Criminal Rating Criteria (if applicable)

* Evenhandedness in Criminal Litigation		(1=Demonstrates Bias,10=Entirely Evenhanded)
General Inclination Regarding Bail		(1=Pro-Defense,10=Pro-Government)
Involvement in Plea Discussions		(1=Not at all Involved, 10=Very Involved)
General Inclination in Criminal Cases Pretrial Stage		(1=Pro-prosecution,10=Pro-defense)
General Inclination in Criminal Cases Trial Stage		(1=Pro-prosecution,10=Pro-defense)
General Inclination in Criminal Cases Sentencing Stage		(1=Pro-prosecution,10=Pro-defense)

Civil Rating Criteria (if applicable)

* Evenhandedness in Civil Litigation		(1=Not at all Evenhanded,10=Entirely Evenhanded)
Involvement in Settlement Discussions		(1=Not at all Involved,10=Very Involved)
General Inclination		(1=Pro-defendant, 10=Pro-plaintiff)

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What others have said about Hon. Charles F. Haines

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Litigant

Comment #: CA55055
Rating:1.0

Comments:
Just HORRIBLE Haines! There is nothing honorable about him! He should be removed from Dept. 501, there’s just too much activity of cases for this guy, his memory is bad and poorly selective, he has to take breaks every 5 minutes, and he doesn’t comport with the laws and for those reasons, he should be de-benched. I’ve sat in the courtroom on numerous occasions to study and listen to his rulings and most of them are absurd and obviously discriminates. Bring back Quidachay to 501, he was stern but at least he was sharp and was always on top the cases.
Horrible Haines needs to retire, or be sent in an easier courtroom, he is just too incapable.

Litigant

Comment #: CA42647
Rating:8.0

Comments:
Very reasonable and genial judge. Fair. Hears out each side.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA41823
Rating:1.0

Comments:
Hates tenants and their lawyers, will not listen to them and will do anything to throw out their cases before trial

Other

Comment #: CA36747
Rating:10.0

Comments:
My faith has been restored with this judges JUDGEMENTS.

Thank you!

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA33584
Rating:8.8

Comments:
Judge Haines will rule for a plaintiff, but only if they have a case. He is how a judge should be and continues the great tradition in 501 passed on from Quidachay before him: Scholarship.

Other

Comment #: CA28440
Rating:1.0

Comments:
He is a terrible lazy judge, he lets his clerk reads the papers and makes decision on the cases...

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA27021
Rating:3.0

Comments:
He completely ignores controlling law and does whatever he wants, which is usually wrong. He has no grasp whatsoever of anything more sophisticated than non-payment of rent. He is an embarrassment to bench and bar.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA26779
Rating:1.0

Comments:
Hie is an abomination and unfit to be presiding in Department 501

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA23828
Rating:2.6

Comments:
Ignores the Law- Follows his own personal sense of what is right and wrong.

Across the board, so many of his decisions are result oriented. He will deny unopposed motions if he is against you and give every chance if he is for you.

He will deny unopposed motions for terminating sanctions even after 2-3 discovery orders are not complied with. He will deny ex parte applications to enter stipulated judgments and require noticed motions.