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EOIR / Immigration Court

Santa Ana Immigration Court — Asylum Decision Statistics

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

Court lifetime grant rate

16.8%

All recorded asylum decisions across judges

Lifetime total cases

26,216

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
Amaya, Roberto9.4%950
Brooks, Alicia21.3%1,191
Brown, Charlotte D.47.9%142
Chan, Matthew26.8%635
Desai, Jankhana100.0%1
Fishkin, Andrew26.6%1,484
Flagg, Darin10.2%49
Francis, Leon J.18.2%1,436
Ghasri, Iman12.2%1,269
Hitesman, Jonathan W.100.0%2
Hom, Howard C.14.1%1,346
Hope, Karen8.3%936
Hsu, Lily C14.2%1,220
Huang, Jonathan10.0%1,207
Lee, Wilbur10.1%1,161
Levin, Victoria78.2%197
Libeu, Heather12.0%910
Mabry III, William74.1%263
Margolin, Daren K.31.0%29
McFadden, Anita12.3%1,207
McNary, Christopher D.20.7%517
Naselow-Nahas, Tara100.0%3
Noche, Joyce26.3%1,520
Norregard, Aggie10.9%1,292
Pepi, Lindsay W.4.0%583
Perez, Irma100.0%10
Piepmeier, Kristin5.0%1,144
Riley, Kevin W.0.0%4
Rothschild, Jerome M.15.9%1,428
Simmons, Gregory L.8.5%1,157
Tadros-Ibarra, Terese24.1%1,143
Visiting Judge 2, 100.0%5
Visiting Judge 23, 50.0%2
Visiting Judge 3, 100.0%4
Visiting Judge 4, 100.0%1
Visiting Judge 7, 100.0%1
Walker, Nathaniel B.11.9%999
Waterloo, Jason R.41.3%363
Winfield, Jennifer23.2%405

Frequently asked questions

What is the asylum grant rate at the Santa Ana Immigration Court?

Across all recorded asylum decisions, the Santa Ana Immigration Court has a lifetime grant rate of 16.8%, based on 26,216 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 Santa Ana Immigration Court?

39 immigration judges currently appear in the FOIA-released EOIR data for the Santa Ana 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.