29 judges · CA
The Santa Ana, CA Immigration Court has an overall asylum approval rate of 2.0% across 46,105 decided cases. The court has 29 immigration judges. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
| Judge | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rothschild, Jerome M., JR. | 10.0% | 279 | 2,507 | 2,786 |
| Francis, Leon J. | 11.2% | 321 | 2,548 | 2,869 |
| Walker, Nathaniel B. | 8.0% | 183 | 2,099 | 2,282 |
| Piepmeier, Kristin | 3.2% | 88 | 2,694 | 2,782 |
| Waterloo, Jason R. | 23.0% | 298 | 999 | 1,297 |
| Fishkin, Andrew | 16.8% | 452 | 2,243 | 2,695 |
| Simmons, Gregory L. | 10.2% | 232 | 2,047 | 2,279 |
| Norregard, Aggie | 6.1% | 146 | 2,231 | 2,377 |
| Huang, Jonathan | 6.4% | 147 | 2,152 | 2,299 |
| Brooks, Alicia | 12.5% | 265 | 1,847 | 2,112 |
| Lee, Wilbur | 8.1% | 159 | 1,794 | 1,953 |
| Ghasri, Iman | 8.1% | 175 | 1,979 | 2,154 |
| Noche, Joyce | 18.9% | 406 | 1,742 | 2,148 |
| Tadros-Ibarra, Terese | 15.6% | 300 | 1,623 | 1,923 |
| Mabry III, William | 27.9% | 346 | 894 | 1,240 |
| McFadden, Anita | 8.5% | 169 | 1,816 | 1,985 |
| Chan, Matthew | 14.2% | 185 | 1,117 | 1,302 |
| Levin, Victoria | 18.4% | 233 | 1,035 | 1,268 |
| Hope, Karen | 7.2% | 129 | 1,652 | 1,781 |
| McNary, Christopher D. | 8.2% | 127 | 1,420 | 1,547 |
| Libeu, Heather | 6.8% | 99 | 1,364 | 1,463 |
| Margolin, Daren K. | 8.8% | 15 | 156 | 171 |
| Visiting Judge 16 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Visiting Judge 21 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Visiting Judge 22 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Visiting Judge 19 | 100.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Visiting Judge 18 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Visiting Judge 26 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Visiting Judge 28 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 4.0% | 536 | 12,915 | 13,451 |
| Colombia | 2.2% | 127 | 5,557 | 5,684 |
| Guatemala | 2.1% | 119 | 5,517 | 5,636 |
| Nicaragua | 7.3% | 394 | 5,028 | 5,422 |
| China | 45.3% | 1,114 | 1,344 | 2,458 |
| Honduras | 2.4% | 46 | 1,850 | 1,896 |
| El Salvador | 6.7% | 115 | 1,601 | 1,716 |
| Venezuela | 5.5% | 92 | 1,590 | 1,682 |
| Peru | 2.1% | 34 | 1,600 | 1,634 |
| India | 26.0% | 343 | 975 | 1,318 |
| Russia | 56.9% | 579 | 439 | 1,018 |
| Romania | 1.9% | 14 | 741 | 755 |
| Ecuador | 1.1% | 5 | 466 | 471 |
| Egypt | 80.7% | 259 | 62 | 321 |
| Turkey | 45.3% | 124 | 150 | 274 |
| Iran | 78.7% | 203 | 55 | 258 |
| Indonesia | 72.5% | 129 | 49 | 178 |
| Vietnam | 15.4% | 25 | 137 | 162 |
| Syria | 70.6% | 89 | 37 | 126 |
| Philippines | 33.0% | 38 | 77 | 115 |
| Jordan | 34.4% | 33 | 63 | 96 |
| Kazakhstan | 44.6% | 41 | 51 | 92 |
| Cuba | 18.7% | 17 | 74 | 91 |
| Belarus | 81.1% | 73 | 17 | 90 |
| Afghanistan | 23.2% | 19 | 63 | 82 |
| South Korea | 71.9% | 46 | 18 | 64 |
| Nigeria | 35.7% | 20 | 36 | 56 |
| Brazil | 7.3% | 4 | 51 | 55 |
| Unknown Nationality | 7.7% | 4 | 48 | 52 |
| Belize | 12.0% | 6 | 44 | 50 |
| Bolivia | 6.2% | 3 | 45 | 48 |
| Nepal | 23.3% | 10 | 33 | 43 |
| Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan) | 31.7% | 13 | 28 | 41 |
| Iraq | 76.9% | 30 | 9 | 39 |
| Costa Rica | 3.0% | 1 | 32 | 33 |
| Pakistan | 66.7% | 20 | 10 | 30 |
| Lebanon | 79.3% | 23 | 6 | 29 |
| Comoro Islands | 58.6% | 17 | 12 | 29 |
| Kenya | 51.9% | 14 | 13 | 27 |
| Stateless - Alien Unable To Name A Country | 92.3% | 24 | 2 | 26 |
| Argentina | 4.2% | 1 | 23 | 24 |
| Cameroon | 73.9% | 17 | 6 | 23 |
| Haiti | 0.0% | 0 | 22 | 22 |
| Tunisia | 59.1% | 13 | 9 | 22 |
| Armenia | 20.0% | 4 | 16 | 20 |
| Dominican Republic | 0.0% | 0 | 20 | 20 |
| Bangladesh | 68.4% | 13 | 6 | 19 |
| Canada | 38.9% | 7 | 11 | 18 |
| Sudan | 47.1% | 8 | 9 | 17 |
| Thailand | 13.3% | 2 | 13 | 15 |
| Turkmenistan | 73.3% | 11 | 4 | 15 |
| Mongolia | 64.3% | 9 | 5 | 14 |
| Jamaica | 30.8% | 4 | 9 | 13 |
| Israel | 18.2% | 2 | 9 | 11 |
| United Kingdom | 27.3% | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| Uzbekistan | 0.0% | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| Georgia | 54.5% | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| Ethiopia | 72.7% | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| Eritrea | 54.5% | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| Ukraine | 60.0% | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| Ghana | 60.0% | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| Niger | 50.0% | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| Chile | 20.0% | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| Panama | 50.0% | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| Taiwan | 11.1% | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| Sri Lanka | 25.0% | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| Saudi Arabia | 87.5% | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| Palestine | 87.5% | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| Somalia | 25.0% | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| Guadeloupe | 0.0% | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Libya | 33.3% | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Azerbaijan | 66.7% | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Morocco | 33.3% | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Cambodia | 60.0% | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Angola | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Senegal | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Poland | 50.0% | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Guinea | 66.7% | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Spain | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Congo | 50.0% | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Ireland | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Japan | 100.0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| France | 100.0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Zimbabwe | 100.0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Mauritania | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |