The 2026-09-01 snapshot lists a 47.8% historical asylum grant rate for Louis A. Gordon at San Francisco, CA, based on 1,026 grants and 1,122 denials (2,148 decided outcomes).
The 2026-09-01 EOIR snapshot lists Louis A. Gordon with San Francisco, CA. With an asylum approval rate of 47.8%, this judge is above average compared to the national average. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review). Historical listings do not by themselves establish a current assignment.
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News: Immigration Judge Louis A. Gordon reported removed from the bench
According to public news reporting, Immigration Judge Louis A. Gordon was reported to have left the EOIR immigration bench in 2025 (fired, terminated, or not renewed) as part of the 2025–2026 wave of immigration-judge dismissals.
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How to Interpret These Judge Statistics
Louis A. Gordon is listed with the San Francisco, CA Immigration Court. The headline asylum grant rate shown here is 47.8% based on granted and denied asylum decisions represented in the current dataset.
Among the largest nationality groups shown for this judge, the table highlights Mexico (412 decided, 36.7% grant rate), Guatemala (384 decided, 62.2% grant rate), and India (261 decided, 67.4% grant rate). Compare these rows with the judge's overall rate because nationality mix can materially change how the headline number should be read.
Grant rate is calculated as granted / (granted + denied). Other procedural outcomes, including terminated, withdrawn, administratively closed, or removed cases, are tracked separately where available and are not treated as asylum grants.
This page is based on public EOIR data last updated 2026-09-01. It is for research and information only, not legal advice.
What is Judge Louis A. Gordon's asylum grant rate?
Judge Louis A. Gordon granted asylum in 47.8% of 2,148 decided cases (grants plus denials), according to EOIR data.
Does Judge Louis A. Gordon grant asylum more or less often than other judges?
The rate (47.8%) is above the 16.6% national rate; the median judge at San Francisco, CA grants 47.6%. It is a historical average, not a prediction for any one case.
How is this grant rate calculated?
Grants divided by grants plus denials. Terminations, withdrawals and administrative closures are not counted.
