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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

0%25%50%75%100%

Judges at this court

JudgeLifetime grant rateLifetime cases
Adams, Justin40.0%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, David75.0%64
Bain, Quynh Vu58.3%12
Beamer, Dayna100.0%4
Begovich, Samantha12.0%284
Benton, Jimmie Lee70.4%27
Bernstein, Jeffrey J.50.0%104
Bradley, Kevin G.33.3%6
Brasil, Elisa C.71.1%332
Brown, Robert91.7%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, Shuting79.8%1,136
Cheng, David83.3%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 Di63.6%1,781
Coupe, Dennis F.35.2%253
Crosland, David W.41.2%17
Davis, Howard R.62.3%709
Daw, Alison E72.8%655
Dean, Larry R.71.4%14
Defonzo, Paul100.0%1
Deiss, Ila C.91.1%3,330
Depaolo, Zsa Zsa100.0%3
Dierkes, Joseph100.0%4
Dillon, Chloe S.90.6%725
Dinh, Roger H.27.6%388
Duck, John A.97.6%41
Ehrens, Lisa92.9%14
Eichenberger, Colin P.54.0%87
Figueroa, Laura C.81.1%938
Ford, Nicholas R41.0%637
Gambill, Scott D.52.5%1,290
Gastley, Harry L.33.3%6
Gaz, Jennifer I.0.0%2
Geisse, Loreto74.5%2,545
George, Amber D82.5%1,391
Gillies, John M.44.4%9
Gonzalez, Alberto E.69.0%1,445
Gordon, Louis A.73.0%1,346
Gorman, Stephanie0.0%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, Paul48.4%308
Guerrero, Marni100.0%5
Habich, Paul M.0.0%4
Halperin, Ravit R.25.2%218
Hanrahan, William0.0%1
Hanson, Mahlon F.16.7%6
Hayward, Miriam75.6%2,904
Hladylowycz, Roxanne C.50.0%6
Ho, Anna31.2%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, Rhana57.1%7
Jackson, Jacqueline J.76.1%498
James, Dennis R.90.0%10
Jamil, Rebecca81.0%379
JEFFERSON-WEBB, LETTRICEA L.73.9%486
Johnson, Jeremiah78.6%1,864
Johnston, Paul L.100.0%3
Josephson, Kenneth50.0%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, Eliza62.5%16
Knuck, Richard H.33.3%6
Kolbe, Margaret100.0%1
Kouris, Theodora N.100.0%4
Lake, Kelly B.47.5%423
Lane, Denise A. Marks28.6%7
Laurent, Scott71.4%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, Joren80.0%861
Maggard, Print82.6%484
Mahtabfar, Sunita B.100.0%2
Margolin, Daren K.100.0%2
Marks, Dana Leigh80.2%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, Marlem41.3%196
Nelson, Julie L.25.2%1,001
Neumeister, William David6.9%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, Anne0.0%1
Peterson, William C.51.2%41
Phan-Quang, Tue67.1%1,861
Phan, Christopher3.8%53
Phan, Susan48.3%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, Shifra100.0%8
Sagesse, Cathy90.9%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, Ilyce69.8%248
Simmons, Gregory L.34.6%531
Simons, Anita L.100.0%6
Simpson, Brian H.41.8%1,011
Simpson, Scott4.9%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 Kane60.5%2,139
Straus, Michael W.37.5%8
Swink, Arwen A.75.0%1,691
Tabaddor, A. Ashley0.0%1
Tadal, Mirlande45.5%11
Teeter, Marilyn J.60.6%2,239
Terrazas, Gilda M12.2%49
Thompson, Donald W.80.0%10
Trujillo, Eileen R.100.0%1
Vigil, Jami85.3%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, Irene87.5%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 Van25.0%4
Yam, Mimi37.8%887
Yamaguchi, Michael J.33.6%1,555
Yates, Clarease Rankin80.0%10
Yeargin, Robert65.1%1,391
Young, Elizabeth L.77.1%1,032
Zlatow, Jeffrey60.0%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.

Methodology & sources

Primary source
Deportation Data Project (UC Berkeley) — FOIA-released EOIR case-level data from the Deportation Data Project (UC Berkeley).
Secondary source
TRAC Immigration (Syracuse University) — Independent corroboration of grant-rate aggregates from TRAC Immigration (Syracuse University).
Last data refresh
2026-05-21

Statistical data only. Case outcomes depend on case-specific merits, evidence, and counsel quality. This page is provided for informational purposes and does not constitute legal advice or a guarantee of any outcome.