There are not that many judges on the Northern District of California https://www.cand.uscourts.gov/judges https://www.cand.uscourts.gov/judges and cases invo

There are not that many judges on the Northern District of California https://www.cand.uscourts.gov/judges https://www.cand.uscourts.gov/judges and cases involving Silicon Valley companies are very often filed here, so quite a lot of the high-profile industry matters end up getting heard by the same judges!