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Judge O'Brien, Patrick S.

Immigration Judge at San Francisco, CA

18.3%
Approval Rate
626
Granted
2,266
Denied
2,892
Total Decided

Judge O'Brien, Patrick S. serves at the San Francisco, CA Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 18.3%, this judge is below average compared to the national average. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).

Approval Rate by Nationality

NationalityApproval RateGrantedDeniedDecided
Guatemala 24.3% 162 504 666
Mexico 12.2% 66 474 540
Colombia 2.5% 10 384 394
Honduras 19.8% 51 206 257
El Salvador 24.7% 57 174 231
India 41.4% 87 123 210
Nicaragua 31.2% 55 121 176
Peru 12.6% 12 83 95
Venezuela 8.1% 6 68 74
China 21.3% 10 37 47
Eritrea 74.4% 29 10 39
Russia 84.2% 32 6 38
Turkey 59.4% 19 13 32
Brazil 0.0% 0 21 21
Nepal 53.3% 8 7 15
Romania 16.7% 2 10 12
Vietnam 77.8% 7 2 9
Afghanistan 0.0% 0 7 7
Cameroon 100.0% 3 0 3
Philippines 0.0% 0 3 3
Turkmenistan 33.3% 1 2 3
Iran 100.0% 3 0 3
Kazakhstan 100.0% 3 0 3
Belize 0.0% 0 3 3
Nigeria 100.0% 2 0 2
Ecuador 0.0% 0 2 2
Jordan 0.0% 0 2 2
Bolivia 0.0% 0 2 2
Cuba 0.0% 0 1 1
Sudan 100.0% 1 0 1
Dominican Republic 0.0% 0 1 1

Yearly Trends

YearApproval RateGrantedDeniedDecided
20260.0%044
20259.7%87814901
202419.6%129529658
202326.3%121339460
202239.5%198303501
202147.1%6573138
202016.3%47242289

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