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Hon. Garen J. HorstJudgeSuperior CourtPlacer

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Comment #	Occupation	Rating	Comments	Date & Time	Actions
134453	Criminal Defense Lawyer	View Details	Bright, patient, kind and heaps of integrity - just like he was as a prosecutor. Best Judge in the county.	11/11/2025 12:18 AM	Contact reviewer
132183	Court Staff	No Rating	He has been the primary Mental Health Court judge for several years. He is fair and welcoming to participants. He demonstrates an interest in their recovery process.	04/09/2025 01:20 PM	Contact reviewer
127868	Other	No Rating	Judge Horst is kind and understanding when dealing with mentally ill people who have been placed in the judicial system. As a mother of such one, I'm extremely grateful my son is in his court, as he's fair and knowledgeable about ...Read More	07/17/2024 03:40 PM	Contact reviewer
119605	Other	No Rating	As the judge currently releasing the violent sex offender, pedophile…we fear for the safety of our community & can not believe judge Garen Horst is releasing him into placer county!!!! We are not ok with this!! Maybe judge can jus...Read More	07/22/2023 08:01 AM	Contact reviewer
119541	Other	No Rating	Worst judge in Placer Co. He just released without bail another convicted sexal assault felon on the streets as "vagrant". Time for civilian action to fix this.	07/18/2023 04:08 PM	Contact reviewer
116909	Other	No Rating	I was on a several days long jury where judge Horst was presiding. I felt like he was a very fair judge, very positive, explained things well and he was very patient. Placer county is lucky to have him!	03/22/2023 01:35 PM	Contact reviewer
73638	Other	No Rating	He’s a racist he will make a judgment on He’s opinion not on evidence he will separate families he will tear families apart he’s not a judge he is a dictator He needs to be the move from this chair because he’s hurting a lot o...Read More	08/03/2019 02:06 PM	Contact reviewer
51082	Litigant	No Rating	Judge Horst stated that the court does not have contempt power over a third party refusing to answer a subpoena issued by the court.	08/14/2017 01:07 PM	Contact reviewer
50252	Civil Litigation - Private	View Details	Garen Horst is hands down one of the sleaziest individuals I have ever met. It astounds me that he is allowed to practice and be a Judge no less. The man is a total piece of garbage. The guy should have been disbarred years a...Read More	06/21/2017 10:02 PM	Contact reviewer
42501	Litigant	No Rating	Judge Horst was terrible in family cases. He does not know some of the major statutory codes. When I had a lawyer, he was reasonable but when my lawyer substituted out, he was all over the places and belligerent. He would allow yo...Read More	05/04/2016 08:47 PM	Contact reviewer
42155	Other	No Rating	I was a juror who was dismissed by the defense attorney. I was very impressed by the way the judge handled jury selection and explaining the case. The way he treated each juror's emotional response to the case and the situation wa...Read More	04/20/2016 05:23 PM	Contact reviewer
31891	Other	No Rating	This judge presided over my divorce and child custody case. I was married and did not work for 23 years being a stay at home mother. I divorced my ex husband because he began to make very dangerous decisions for my children and ...Read More	12/26/2014 05:49 PM	Contact reviewer
27461	Other	No Rating	I dont know much about Garen Horst the Judge. I do know something of his actions as a prosecutor. People v. Barmettler, 2001 I was a criminal defendant in a tragic, and fatal case of mistaken identity. My friend was shot and kille...Read More	06/13/2014 10:49 PM	Contact reviewer
23522	Other	No Rating	Having served on the City Council for the City of Colfax, and been in the legal field for 13 years, I have been disappointed in a judicial officer who rules on hearsay with no factual evidence, such as a copy of a citation from a ...Read More	10/01/2013 05:41 PM	Contact reviewer