68 judges · CA
The San Francisco, CA Immigration Court has an overall asylum approval rate of 5.5% across 52,844 decided cases. The court has 68 immigration judges. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
| Judge | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marks, Dana Leigh | 88.4% | 145 | 19 | 164 |
| Murry, Anthony S. | 8.3% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yamaguchi, Michael J. | 11.4% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Simpson, Brian H. | 41.1% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stockton, Bette Kane | 47.6% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hayward, Miriam | 47.6% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hornbach, Bernard J. | 60.1% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Leadbetter, Philip P. | 42.8% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ramirez, Laura L. | 52.8% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Costanzo, Lawrence Di | 47.8% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Webber, Polly A. | 50.6% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| King, Carol A. | 49.8% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Deiss, Ila C. | 80.1% | 2,364 | 586 | 2,950 |
| Phan-Quang, Tue | 46.2% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Savage, Patrick S. | 51.7% | 986 | 923 | 1,909 |
| Phillips, Beverley M. | 51.2% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greene III, Charles S. | 51.5% | 1,004 | 947 | 1,951 |
| Teeter, Marilyn J. | 44.9% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| O'Brien, Patrick S. | 21.6% | 626 | 2,266 | 2,892 |
| Johnson, Jeremiah | 58.1% | 1,073 | 775 | 1,848 |
| Swink, Arwen A. | 54.7% | 904 | 748 | 1,652 |
| Park, Joseph Y. | 22.1% | 478 | 1,688 | 2,166 |
| Maggard, Print | 51.4% | 1,308 | 1,238 | 2,546 |
| Schulz, Karen W. | 42.8% | 673 | 899 | 1,572 |
| Nelson, Julie L. | 11.7% | 208 | 1,575 | 1,783 |
| Star, Shadee M. | 26.1% | 647 | 1,833 | 2,480 |
| Gambill, Scott D. | 46.2% | 533 | 621 | 1,154 |
| Seminerio, Frank A. | 20.9% | 893 | 3,371 | 4,264 |
| Young, Elizabeth L. | 72.3% | 421 | 161 | 582 |
| Gordon, Louis A. | 48.1% | 998 | 1,075 | 2,073 |
| Yeargin, Robert | 46.3% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gonzalez, Alberto E. | 56.4% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pierce, Curtis F. | 18.7% | 375 | 1,628 | 2,003 |
| Figueroa, Laura C. | 35.0% | 637 | 1,181 | 1,818 |
| George, Amber D | 65.5% | 1,173 | 617 | 1,790 |
| Grussendorf, Paul | 29.9% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kirchner, Steven M. | 35.5% | 915 | 1,662 | 2,577 |
| Levine, Shira M. | 88.0% | 1,341 | 183 | 1,524 |
| Hoogasian, Amy C. | 35.7% | 20 | 36 | 56 |
| Chen, Shuting | 57.8% | 909 | 664 | 1,573 |
| Slayton, Michelle A. | 27.8% | 398 | 1,034 | 1,432 |
| Davis, Howard R. | 33.2% | 445 | 897 | 1,342 |
| Dillon, Chloe S. | 74.5% | 676 | 231 | 907 |
| Griswold, Stephen S. | 63.5% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vigil, Jami | 59.5% | 179 | 122 | 301 |
| Mccleskey, Loi L. | 35.4% | 299 | 545 | 844 |
| Paulino, Robin K. | 64.1% | 107 | 60 | 167 |
| Coupe, Dennis F. | 26.3% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brasil, Elisa C. | 34.4% | 244 | 466 | 710 |
| Jackson, Jacqueline J. | 60.5% | 147 | 96 | 243 |
| Picton, Cory M. | 48.3% | 98 | 105 | 203 |
| Ford, Nicholas R | 33.3% | 115 | 230 | 345 |
| Jamil, Rebecca | 44.7% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cintron, Elanie J. | 11.0% | 99 | 801 | 900 |
| Dinh, Roger H. | 17.7% | 104 | 482 | 586 |
| Begovich, Samantha | 10.0% | 40 | 360 | 400 |
| White, Vincent R. | 2.8% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shugall, Ilyce | 50.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Masterson, Jason R. | 62.5% | 187 | 112 | 299 |
| Kim, Samuel Y. | 89.9% | 186 | 21 | 207 |
| Morwood, Dion A. | 22.1% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Smith, Gary W. | 42.3% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nunez, Cynthia M. | 70.7% | 65 | 27 | 92 |
| Bernstein, Jeffrey J. | 48.2% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Argumedo, Victoria L. | 6.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| <All Judges> | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hanrahan, William | 7.1% | 1 | 13 | 14 |
| Marks, Dana L. | 37.5% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 43.1% | 4,806 | 6,342 | 11,148 |
| Guatemala | 45.3% | 4,279 | 5,162 | 9,441 |
| India | 75.5% | 4,547 | 1,473 | 6,020 |
| El Salvador | 56.2% | 2,995 | 2,338 | 5,333 |
| Colombia | 14.7% | 768 | 4,474 | 5,242 |
| Honduras | 36.1% | 1,400 | 2,473 | 3,873 |
| Nicaragua | 22.5% | 703 | 2,419 | 3,122 |
| Peru | 26.8% | 452 | 1,232 | 1,684 |
| China | 68.2% | 785 | 366 | 1,151 |
| Nepal | 85.7% | 687 | 115 | 802 |
| Venezuela | 27.7% | 157 | 409 | 566 |
| Brazil | 31.4% | 177 | 386 | 563 |
| Eritrea | 93.1% | 472 | 35 | 507 |
| Turkey | 53.8% | 250 | 215 | 465 |
| Russia | 78.0% | 323 | 91 | 414 |
| Romania | 37.8% | 88 | 145 | 233 |
| Afghanistan | 37.5% | 75 | 125 | 200 |
| Philippines | 66.5% | 115 | 58 | 173 |
| Mongolia | 77.3% | 85 | 25 | 110 |
| Vietnam | 64.1% | 66 | 37 | 103 |
| Pakistan | 82.0% | 82 | 18 | 100 |
| Iran | 82.6% | 76 | 16 | 92 |
| Nigeria | 77.5% | 69 | 20 | 89 |
| Iraq | 93.7% | 74 | 5 | 79 |
| Ukraine | 87.2% | 68 | 10 | 78 |
| Haiti | 55.7% | 39 | 31 | 70 |
| Ethiopia | 90.5% | 57 | 6 | 63 |
| Burma (Myanmar) | 87.7% | 50 | 7 | 57 |
| Belarus | 85.7% | 48 | 8 | 56 |
| Kazakhstan | 67.3% | 37 | 18 | 55 |
| Azerbaijan | 84.0% | 42 | 8 | 50 |
| Syria | 89.4% | 42 | 5 | 47 |
| Ecuador | 30.2% | 13 | 30 | 43 |
| Cameroon | 92.5% | 37 | 3 | 40 |
| Jordan | 75.0% | 30 | 10 | 40 |
| Fiji | 36.8% | 14 | 24 | 38 |
| Turkmenistan | 27.0% | 10 | 27 | 37 |
| Cuba | 50.0% | 18 | 18 | 36 |
| Sri Lanka | 20.0% | 7 | 28 | 35 |
| Yemen | 90.9% | 30 | 3 | 33 |
| Armenia | 90.3% | 28 | 3 | 31 |
| Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan) | 57.1% | 16 | 12 | 28 |
| Uzbekistan | 70.8% | 17 | 7 | 24 |
| Moldavia (Moldova) | 62.5% | 15 | 9 | 24 |
| Laos | 34.8% | 8 | 15 | 23 |
| Kenya | 77.3% | 17 | 5 | 22 |
| South Korea | 72.7% | 16 | 6 | 22 |
| Sudan | 81.8% | 18 | 4 | 22 |
| Israel | 47.6% | 10 | 11 | 21 |
| Egypt | 70.0% | 14 | 6 | 20 |
| Belize | 45.0% | 9 | 11 | 20 |
| Stateless - Alien Unable To Name A Country | 95.0% | 19 | 1 | 20 |
| Chile | 61.1% | 11 | 7 | 18 |
| Unknown Nationality | 0.0% | 0 | 18 | 18 |
| Thailand | 38.5% | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| Cambodia | 69.2% | 9 | 4 | 13 |
| Uganda | 92.3% | 12 | 1 | 13 |
| Indonesia | 75.0% | 9 | 3 | 12 |
| Argentina | 16.7% | 2 | 10 | 12 |
| Ghana | 70.0% | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| United Kingdom | 60.0% | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| Costa Rica | 30.0% | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| Bolivia | 10.0% | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| Taiwan | 66.7% | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| Panama | 55.6% | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| Tonga | 44.4% | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| Somalia | 88.9% | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| Bangladesh | 87.5% | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| South Africa | 37.5% | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| Lebanon | 42.9% | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Guadeloupe | 71.4% | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| Georgia | 42.9% | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Spain | 14.3% | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| Bulgaria | 71.4% | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| Congo | 50.0% | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Jamaica | 50.0% | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Dominican Republic | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Algeria | 80.0% | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Senegal | 100.0% | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Morocco | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Canada | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Netherlands | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Soviet Union | 100.0% | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Mauritania | 50.0% | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Guinea | 50.0% | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Tunisia | 100.0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Guyana | 100.0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Liberia | 100.0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Malaysia | 100.0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Comoro Islands | 100.0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Angola | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Germany | 100.0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |