EOIR / Immigration Court

San Francisco Immigration Court — Asylum Decision Statistics

Aggregated asylum decision statistics across all immigration judges currently sitting at the San Francisco Immigration Court, based on FOIA-released EOIR data.

Court lifetime grant rate

64.0%

All recorded asylum decisions across judges

Lifetime total cases

90,248

All recorded asylum decisions

Last data refresh

2026-05-21

From Deportation Data Project FOIA release

Lifetime aggregates use the same methodology as the per-judge trailing-12-month rates in the roster below — only the time window differs, which is why the two views can show different percentages.

Monthly grant-rate trend

Judges at this court

Judge	Lifetime grant rate	Lifetime cases
Adams, Justin	40.0%	10
Aina, Nathan N.	4.0%	226
Allen, Janette L.	100.0%	3
Arellano, Silvia R.	60.0%	10
Argumedo, Victoria L.	8.7%	23
Ayala, David	75.0%	64
Bain, Quynh Vu	58.3%	12
Beamer, Dayna	100.0%	4
Begovich, Samantha	12.0%	284
Benton, Jimmie Lee	70.4%	27
Bernstein, Jeffrey J.	50.0%	104
Bradley, Kevin G.	33.3%	6
Brasil, Elisa C.	71.1%	332
Brown, Robert	91.7%	12
Burch, Valerie A.	47.6%	189
Burkholder, Gary D.	54.5%	11
Burman, Lawrence O.	53.1%	32
Butler, Jeremy J.	79.7%	784
Caborn, Andrew J.	32.3%	772
Carte', John D.	63.6%	33
Chamberlin, Florence A.	100.0%	18
Chen, Shuting	79.8%	1,136
Cheng, David	83.3%	6
Chon, Hye Y.	100.0%	7
Cintron, Elanie J.	63.6%	55
Copeland, Cary H.	37.5%	8
Cordova, David J.	87.5%	8
Costanzo, Lawrence Di	63.6%	1,781
Coupe, Dennis F.	35.2%	253
Crosland, David W.	41.2%	17
Davis, Howard R.	62.3%	709
Daw, Alison E	72.8%	655
Dean, Larry R.	71.4%	14
Defonzo, Paul	100.0%	1
Deiss, Ila C.	91.1%	3,330
Depaolo, Zsa Zsa	100.0%	3
Dierkes, Joseph	100.0%	4
Dillon, Chloe S.	90.6%	725
Dinh, Roger H.	27.6%	388
Duck, John A.	97.6%	41
Ehrens, Lisa	92.9%	14
Eichenberger, Colin P.	54.0%	87
Figueroa, Laura C.	81.1%	938
Ford, Nicholas R	41.0%	637
Gambill, Scott D.	52.5%	1,290
Gastley, Harry L.	33.3%	6
Gaz, Jennifer I.	0.0%	2
Geisse, Loreto	74.5%	2,545
George, Amber D	82.5%	1,391
Gillies, John M.	44.4%	9
Gonzalez, Alberto E.	69.0%	1,445
Gordon, Louis A.	73.0%	1,346
Gorman, Stephanie	0.0%	3
Gossart, John F.	85.2%	27
Grande, Guy G.	0.0%	3
Greene III, Charles S.	72.9%	2,251
Griswold, Stephen S.	79.4%	1,222
Grussendorf, Paul	48.4%	308
Guerrero, Marni	100.0%	5
Habich, Paul M.	0.0%	4
Halperin, Ravit R.	25.2%	218
Hanrahan, William	0.0%	1
Hanson, Mahlon F.	16.7%	6
Hayward, Miriam	75.6%	2,904
Hladylowycz, Roxanne C.	50.0%	6
Ho, Anna	31.2%	93
Hollis, Wendell A.	55.2%	306
Holyoak, Dalin R.	69.6%	230
Hoogasian, Amy C.	80.7%	533
Horn, Michael C.	50.0%	10
Hornbach, Bernard J.	0.0%	1
Hughes, Edwin R.	60.0%	10
Ishimoto, Rhana	57.1%	7
Jackson, Jacqueline J.	76.1%	498
James, Dennis R.	90.0%	10
Jamil, Rebecca	81.0%	379
JEFFERSON-WEBB, LETTRICEA L.	73.9%	486
Johnson, Jeremiah	78.6%	1,864
Johnston, Paul L.	100.0%	3
Josephson, Kenneth	50.0%	6
Kandler, Edward R.	54.0%	779
Kaufman, Matthew W.	50.0%	6
Kim, Samuel Y.	93.2%	177
King, Carol A.	72.5%	2,502
Kirchner, Steven M.	46.4%	1,939
Klein, Eliza	62.5%	16
Knuck, Richard H.	33.3%	6
Kolbe, Margaret	100.0%	1
Kouris, Theodora N.	100.0%	4
Lake, Kelly B.	47.5%	423
Lane, Denise A. Marks	28.6%	7
Laurent, Scott	71.4%	7
Law, Philip S.	54.5%	11
Levay, Dean A.	100.0%	4
Levine, Shira M.	97.5%	1,311
Lilien, Kyra S.	86.7%	75
Little, Anna C.	82.8%	792
Livingston, Donn L.	81.8%	11
Lyons, Joren	80.0%	861
Maggard, Print	82.6%	484
Mahtabfar, Sunita B.	100.0%	2
Margolin, Daren K.	100.0%	2
Marks, Dana Leigh	80.2%	3,325
Marsteller, Eric W.	61.9%	21
Masterson, Jason R.	66.9%	287
Maury, Carlos E.	0.0%	4
Mccleskey, Loi L.	58.9%	474
Mccloskey, Paul A.	66.7%	3
Mccormack, Nancy R.	50.0%	4
Mcgrail, Elizabeth H.	60.0%	10
Mcphaul, Glenn P.	71.4%	7
Miller, Joe D.	50.0%	30
Morwood, Dion A.	36.3%	190
Mullins, Ronald L.	75.0%	4
Murry, Anthony S.	24.9%	1,536
Nava, Marlem	41.3%	196
Nelson, Julie L.	25.2%	1,001
Neumeister, William David	6.9%	29
Nunez, Cynthia M.	85.5%	76
O'Brien, Patrick S.	33.8%	1,880
Olmanson, Kristin W.	60.0%	5
Owens, Robert P.	63.6%	11
Ozmun, Richard R.	66.7%	6
Park, Joseph Y.	40.1%	1,199
Patti, Sebastian T.	100.0%	5
Paulino, Robin K.	69.4%	918
Pepi, Lindsay W.	45.5%	44
Perry, Anne	0.0%	1
Peterson, William C.	51.2%	41
Phan-Quang, Tue	67.1%	1,861
Phan, Christopher	3.8%	53
Phan, Susan	48.3%	1,297
Phillips, Beverley M.	60.9%	1,723
Picos, Georgina M.	100.0%	3
Picton, Cory M.	55.6%	558
Pierce, Curtis F.	66.8%	421
Price, Justin M.	82.5%	1,114
Proctor, George W.	77.5%	383
Ramirez, Laura L.	74.5%	3,383
Randall, Anthony J.	75.4%	57
Reese, Agnelis L.	42.9%	14
Reichenberg, Margaret R.	50.0%	6
Richardson, John W.	100.0%	18
Riedthaler-Williams, Jennifer M.	81.3%	134
Romig, Jeffrey L.	100.0%	1
Rubin, Shifra	100.0%	8
Sagesse, Cathy	90.9%	11
Sanders, Charles J.	31.4%	175
Savage, Patrick S.	77.7%	2,091
Schulz, Karen W.	65.5%	952
Seminerio, Frank A.	24.8%	3,402
Seppanen, Christopher R.	0.0%	18
Shugall, Ilyce	69.8%	248
Simmons, Gregory L.	34.6%	531
Simons, Anita L.	100.0%	6
Simpson, Brian H.	41.8%	1,011
Simpson, Scott	4.9%	61
Slayton, Michelle A.	49.8%	775
Smith, Gary W.	54.7%	170
Smith, Penny M.	75.0%	8
Solow, Bruce W.	56.3%	48
Star, Shadee M.	70.9%	999
Staton, Jack W.	87.5%	8
Stender, Jacob J.	68.6%	156
Stockton, Bette Kane	60.5%	2,139
Straus, Michael W.	37.5%	8
Swink, Arwen A.	75.0%	1,691
Tabaddor, A. Ashley	0.0%	1
Tadal, Mirlande	45.5%	11
Teeter, Marilyn J.	60.6%	2,239
Terrazas, Gilda M	12.2%	49
Thompson, Donald W.	80.0%	10
Trujillo, Eileen R.	100.0%	1
Vigil, Jami	85.3%	217
Villegas, Veronica S.	100.0%	3
Vinikoor, Robert D.	40.0%	5
Visiting Judge 1,	100.0%	1
Visiting Judge 3,	75.0%	4
Vomacka, Alan A.	50.0%	2
Walker, Nathaniel B.	54.5%	55
Webber, Polly A.	66.9%	3,182
Weiss, Irene	87.5%	8
White, Vincent R.	8.1%	37
Williams, John C.	77.8%	9
Williams, Phillip T.	60.0%	30
Wilson, Roberta A.	95.5%	22
Winkle, Howard Van	25.0%	4
Yam, Mimi	37.8%	887
Yamaguchi, Michael J.	33.6%	1,555
Yates, Clarease Rankin	80.0%	10
Yeargin, Robert	65.1%	1,391
Young, Elizabeth L.	77.1%	1,032
Zlatow, Jeffrey	60.0%	5
Zuniga, Bertha A.	75.0%	8

Frequently asked questions

What is the asylum grant rate at the San Francisco Immigration Court?

Across all recorded asylum decisions, the San Francisco Immigration Court has a lifetime grant rate of 64.0%, based on 90,248 merit decisions released by the EOIR under FOIA. This figure is weighted across every immigration judge who has sat at this court and uses the standard methodology of cases granted divided by cases granted plus cases ordered removed.

How many immigration judges sit at the San Francisco Immigration Court?

194 immigration judges currently appear in the FOIA-released EOIR data for the San Francisco Immigration Court. Each judge's per-case statistics are listed in the judge roster on this page; lifetime grant rates per judge can diverge from the court-wide aggregate because of caseload mix and decision volume.

Where does this data come from?

Case-level outcomes were released by the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) under the Freedom of Information Act and republished by the Deportation Data Project (UC Berkeley). Aggregates are corroborated by TRAC Immigration (Syracuse University). See the methodology footer for source links.

Is the grant rate predictive of an individual case outcome?

No. The grant rate is a statistical aggregate over completed decisions; it is not a prediction. Individual case outcomes depend on case-specific merits, evidence, country conditions, and the quality of counsel. This page is informational and does not constitute legal advice.

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EOIR / Immigration Court

San Francisco Immigration Court — Asylum Decision Statistics

Aggregated asylum decision statistics across all immigration judges currently sitting at the San Francisco Immigration Court, based on FOIA-released EOIR data.

Court lifetime grant rate

64.0%

All recorded asylum decisions across judges

Lifetime total cases

90,248

All recorded asylum decisions

Last data refresh

2026-05-21

From Deportation Data Project FOIA release

Lifetime aggregates use the same methodology as the per-judge trailing-12-month rates in the roster below — only the time window differs, which is why the two views can show different percentages.

Monthly grant-rate trend

Judges at this court

Judge	Lifetime grant rate	Lifetime cases
Adams, Justin	40.0%	10
Aina, Nathan N.	4.0%	226
Allen, Janette L.	100.0%	3
Arellano, Silvia R.	60.0%	10
Argumedo, Victoria L.	8.7%	23
Ayala, David	75.0%	64
Bain, Quynh Vu	58.3%	12
Beamer, Dayna	100.0%	4
Begovich, Samantha	12.0%	284
Benton, Jimmie Lee	70.4%	27
Bernstein, Jeffrey J.	50.0%	104
Bradley, Kevin G.	33.3%	6
Brasil, Elisa C.	71.1%	332
Brown, Robert	91.7%	12
Burch, Valerie A.	47.6%	189
Burkholder, Gary D.	54.5%	11
Burman, Lawrence O.	53.1%	32
Butler, Jeremy J.	79.7%	784
Caborn, Andrew J.	32.3%	772
Carte', John D.	63.6%	33
Chamberlin, Florence A.	100.0%	18
Chen, Shuting	79.8%	1,136
Cheng, David	83.3%	6
Chon, Hye Y.	100.0%	7
Cintron, Elanie J.	63.6%	55
Copeland, Cary H.	37.5%	8
Cordova, David J.	87.5%	8
Costanzo, Lawrence Di	63.6%	1,781
Coupe, Dennis F.	35.2%	253
Crosland, David W.	41.2%	17
Davis, Howard R.	62.3%	709
Daw, Alison E	72.8%	655
Dean, Larry R.	71.4%	14
Defonzo, Paul	100.0%	1
Deiss, Ila C.	91.1%	3,330
Depaolo, Zsa Zsa	100.0%	3
Dierkes, Joseph	100.0%	4
Dillon, Chloe S.	90.6%	725
Dinh, Roger H.	27.6%	388
Duck, John A.	97.6%	41
Ehrens, Lisa	92.9%	14
Eichenberger, Colin P.	54.0%	87
Figueroa, Laura C.	81.1%	938
Ford, Nicholas R	41.0%	637
Gambill, Scott D.	52.5%	1,290
Gastley, Harry L.	33.3%	6
Gaz, Jennifer I.	0.0%	2
Geisse, Loreto	74.5%	2,545
George, Amber D	82.5%	1,391
Gillies, John M.	44.4%	9
Gonzalez, Alberto E.	69.0%	1,445
Gordon, Louis A.	73.0%	1,346
Gorman, Stephanie	0.0%	3
Gossart, John F.	85.2%	27
Grande, Guy G.	0.0%	3
Greene III, Charles S.	72.9%	2,251
Griswold, Stephen S.	79.4%	1,222
Grussendorf, Paul	48.4%	308
Guerrero, Marni	100.0%	5
Habich, Paul M.	0.0%	4
Halperin, Ravit R.	25.2%	218
Hanrahan, William	0.0%	1
Hanson, Mahlon F.	16.7%	6
Hayward, Miriam	75.6%	2,904
Hladylowycz, Roxanne C.	50.0%	6
Ho, Anna	31.2%	93
Hollis, Wendell A.	55.2%	306
Holyoak, Dalin R.	69.6%	230
Hoogasian, Amy C.	80.7%	533
Horn, Michael C.	50.0%	10
Hornbach, Bernard J.	0.0%	1
Hughes, Edwin R.	60.0%	10
Ishimoto, Rhana	57.1%	7
Jackson, Jacqueline J.	76.1%	498
James, Dennis R.	90.0%	10
Jamil, Rebecca	81.0%	379
JEFFERSON-WEBB, LETTRICEA L.	73.9%	486
Johnson, Jeremiah	78.6%	1,864
Johnston, Paul L.	100.0%	3
Josephson, Kenneth	50.0%	6
Kandler, Edward R.	54.0%	779
Kaufman, Matthew W.	50.0%	6
Kim, Samuel Y.	93.2%	177
King, Carol A.	72.5%	2,502
Kirchner, Steven M.	46.4%	1,939
Klein, Eliza	62.5%	16
Knuck, Richard H.	33.3%	6
Kolbe, Margaret	100.0%	1
Kouris, Theodora N.	100.0%	4
Lake, Kelly B.	47.5%	423
Lane, Denise A. Marks	28.6%	7
Laurent, Scott	71.4%	7
Law, Philip S.	54.5%	11
Levay, Dean A.	100.0%	4
Levine, Shira M.	97.5%	1,311
Lilien, Kyra S.	86.7%	75
Little, Anna C.	82.8%	792
Livingston, Donn L.	81.8%	11
Lyons, Joren	80.0%	861
Maggard, Print	82.6%	484
Mahtabfar, Sunita B.	100.0%	2
Margolin, Daren K.	100.0%	2
Marks, Dana Leigh	80.2%	3,325
Marsteller, Eric W.	61.9%	21
Masterson, Jason R.	66.9%	287
Maury, Carlos E.	0.0%	4
Mccleskey, Loi L.	58.9%	474
Mccloskey, Paul A.	66.7%	3
Mccormack, Nancy R.	50.0%	4
Mcgrail, Elizabeth H.	60.0%	10
Mcphaul, Glenn P.	71.4%	7
Miller, Joe D.	50.0%	30
Morwood, Dion A.	36.3%	190
Mullins, Ronald L.	75.0%	4
Murry, Anthony S.	24.9%	1,536
Nava, Marlem	41.3%	196
Nelson, Julie L.	25.2%	1,001
Neumeister, William David	6.9%	29
Nunez, Cynthia M.	85.5%	76
O'Brien, Patrick S.	33.8%	1,880
Olmanson, Kristin W.	60.0%	5
Owens, Robert P.	63.6%	11
Ozmun, Richard R.	66.7%	6
Park, Joseph Y.	40.1%	1,199
Patti, Sebastian T.	100.0%	5
Paulino, Robin K.	69.4%	918
Pepi, Lindsay W.	45.5%	44
Perry, Anne	0.0%	1
Peterson, William C.	51.2%	41
Phan-Quang, Tue	67.1%	1,861
Phan, Christopher	3.8%	53
Phan, Susan	48.3%	1,297
Phillips, Beverley M.	60.9%	1,723
Picos, Georgina M.	100.0%	3
Picton, Cory M.	55.6%	558
Pierce, Curtis F.	66.8%	421
Price, Justin M.	82.5%	1,114
Proctor, George W.	77.5%	383
Ramirez, Laura L.	74.5%	3,383
Randall, Anthony J.	75.4%	57
Reese, Agnelis L.	42.9%	14
Reichenberg, Margaret R.	50.0%	6
Richardson, John W.	100.0%	18
Riedthaler-Williams, Jennifer M.	81.3%	134
Romig, Jeffrey L.	100.0%	1
Rubin, Shifra	100.0%	8
Sagesse, Cathy	90.9%	11
Sanders, Charles J.	31.4%	175
Savage, Patrick S.	77.7%	2,091
Schulz, Karen W.	65.5%	952
Seminerio, Frank A.	24.8%	3,402
Seppanen, Christopher R.	0.0%	18
Shugall, Ilyce	69.8%	248
Simmons, Gregory L.	34.6%	531
Simons, Anita L.	100.0%	6
Simpson, Brian H.	41.8%	1,011
Simpson, Scott	4.9%	61
Slayton, Michelle A.	49.8%	775
Smith, Gary W.	54.7%	170
Smith, Penny M.	75.0%	8
Solow, Bruce W.	56.3%	48
Star, Shadee M.	70.9%	999
Staton, Jack W.	87.5%	8
Stender, Jacob J.	68.6%	156
Stockton, Bette Kane	60.5%	2,139
Straus, Michael W.	37.5%	8
Swink, Arwen A.	75.0%	1,691
Tabaddor, A. Ashley	0.0%	1
Tadal, Mirlande	45.5%	11
Teeter, Marilyn J.	60.6%	2,239
Terrazas, Gilda M	12.2%	49
Thompson, Donald W.	80.0%	10
Trujillo, Eileen R.	100.0%	1
Vigil, Jami	85.3%	217
Villegas, Veronica S.	100.0%	3
Vinikoor, Robert D.	40.0%	5
Visiting Judge 1,	100.0%	1
Visiting Judge 3,	75.0%	4
Vomacka, Alan A.	50.0%	2
Walker, Nathaniel B.	54.5%	55
Webber, Polly A.	66.9%	3,182
Weiss, Irene	87.5%	8
White, Vincent R.	8.1%	37
Williams, John C.	77.8%	9
Williams, Phillip T.	60.0%	30
Wilson, Roberta A.	95.5%	22
Winkle, Howard Van	25.0%	4
Yam, Mimi	37.8%	887
Yamaguchi, Michael J.	33.6%	1,555
Yates, Clarease Rankin	80.0%	10
Yeargin, Robert	65.1%	1,391
Young, Elizabeth L.	77.1%	1,032
Zlatow, Jeffrey	60.0%	5
Zuniga, Bertha A.	75.0%	8

Frequently asked questions

What is the asylum grant rate at the San Francisco Immigration Court?

How many immigration judges sit at the San Francisco Immigration Court?

Where does this data come from?

Is the grant rate predictive of an individual case outcome?