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MOST RECENT COMMENTS - STATE JUDGES
Hon. Michele Bell

I think she is incredibly smart, efficient and fair. In 12 years of practicing its rare im impressed. I really appreciate and respect the handle she has on her cases. The ither F...

04/02/2026 03:45 PMComment #135544
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Hon. Michael D. Washington

Excellent. Civil, respectful, cordial, knowledgeable, and fair.

04/02/2026 03:31 PMComment #135543
Hon. Ami Sheth Sagel

She is the worse judge, separate loving mom and 4 years old son. Put him with manslaughter abusive father for over 18 months away from a foster mom. Ami sagel is been picked on th...

04/02/2026 05:35 AMComment #135542
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Hon. Theodore R. Howard

Judge Howard is a gem. Spent his career as a civil litigator and truly “gets it.” Although he was an insurance defense attorney I got a totally fair shake on my plaintiff case. He’...

04/02/2026 03:22 AMComment #135541
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MOST RECENT COMMENTS - FEDERAL JUDGES
Hon. Kenneth M. Karas

I managed to get him off the case, so I have no sour grapes here. First, I strongly suspect his opinions - which took forever - were written with AI (whenever I checked his cites,...

04/01/2026 04:57 AMComment #36052
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Hon. Jinsook Ohta

She admitted evidence in a case, then invoked F.R. Evid. 403 before closing arguments to forbid the lawyer from talking about the evidence. When he inadvertently displayed an exhib...

03/28/2026 04:54 PMComment #36051
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Hon. James E. Grimes, Jr.

Doesn't understand basic principles for resolving discovery disputes, granting or denying motions to compel, and will make arbitrary rulings on which motions to grant or compel, fi...

03/27/2026 12:56 PMComment #36050
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Hon. Neil M. Gorsuch
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CALIFORNIA'S JUDICIAL BENCH IS A Criminal Enterprise manipulated within itself against the US Citizenry and Mark C. Kim is the proof... The Shadow Bench: How the "Brotherhood" of...

03/26/2026 05:19 PMComment #36049
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Hon. Thelton E. HendersonDistrict Judge, N.D.Cal.
5.0
Hon. Thomas P. SmithDistrict Judge, D.Conn.
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Hon. James L. CottDistrict Judge, S.D.N.Y.
4.9
Hon. Tonianne J. BongiovanniDistrict Judge, D.N.J.
4.9
Hon. Keith P. EllisonDistrict Judge, S.D.Tex.
4.9
Hon. Benjamin J. BeatonDistrict Judge, W.D.Ky.
4.9
Hon. John R. PadovaDistrict Judge, E.D.Pa.
4.9
Hon. Dan A. PolsterDistrict Judge, N.D.Ohio
4.9
Hon. Mary Pat ThyngeDistrict Judge, C.C.A
4.8
Hon. Cormac J. CarneyDistrict Judge, C.D.Cal.
4.8
BOTTOM 10 FEDERAL JUDGES
Hon. Deborah L. BarnesDistrict Judge, E.D.Cal.
1.0
Hon. John A. MendezDistrict Judge, E.D.Cal.
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Hon. Staci Michelle YandleDistrict Judge, S.D.Ill.
1.2
Hon. James van MeerveldDistrict Judge, E.D.La.
1.4
Hon. William D. KellerDistrict Judge, C.D.Cal.
1.5
Hon. Ann Marie DonnellyDistrict Judge, E.D.N.Y.
1.5
Hon. Barry AsheDistrict Judge, E.D.La.
1.5
Hon. Jinsook OhtaDistrict Judge, S.D.Cal.
1.6
Hon. Raymond P. MooreDistrict Judge, D.Colo.
1.6
Hon. Anne C. ConwayDistrict Judge, M.D.Fla.
1.6

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