EOIR / Immigration Court

San Diego Immigration Court — Asylum Decision Statistics

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

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Court lifetime grant rate

34.5%

All recorded asylum decisions across judges

Lifetime total cases

14,805

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
Anderson, Amelia	23.1%	702
Anderson, David C.	50.0%	2
Atenaide, Anthony	39.0%	925
Attia, Olga E.	13.1%	314
Bagley, Kenneth A.	36.9%	693
Barcus, E. Mark	0.0%	1
Barrett, Robert J.	54.6%	553
Bartolomei, Rico J.	46.4%	1,164
Bass, Lori R.	100.0%	1
Begovich, Samantha	10.0%	110
Bither, Christine A.	16.6%	296
Boone, Gaylyn N.	29.3%	276
Brennan, Noel A.	0.0%	1
Burch, Valerie A.	32.7%	55
Carbone, Nina M.	50.0%	2
Christensen, Jesse B.	100.0%	1
Clemente, Jesus	17.5%	469
Cottor, Elizabeth A	0.0%	5
Crosland, David W.	18.5%	65
Daugherty, Daniel J.	50.0%	2
Defonzo, Paul	0.0%	5
Depaolo, Zsa Zsa	45.9%	882
Depowell, Bryan E.	100.0%	1
Desai, Jankhana	0.0%	2
Devitto, James	33.7%	424
Dixon, Paula	0.0%	1
Dorfman, Arlene E.	75.0%	4
Fernandez, Ignacio P.	56.0%	913
Frazer, Molly S.	0.0%	1
Garcy, Annie S.	100.0%	1
Glaser-Allen, Colleen	57.1%	7
Grande, Guy G.	36.5%	447
Halliday-Roberts, Catherine E.	15.3%	340
Heesch, Meghan E.	22.8%	294
Hollis, Wendell A.	0.0%	1
Holmes-Simmons, Theresa	0.0%	3
Huddleston, Natalie	0.0%	3
Ipema, Henry P.	45.9%	719
Ishimoto, Rhana	66.7%	6
Kinnicutt, Daniel P.	8.3%	12
Kirchner, Steven M.	100.0%	1
Law, Philip S.	24.5%	779
Marcus, Steven	0.0%	1
Mcdermott, Ann M.	0.0%	1
Mcseveney, Robert B.C.	17.4%	304
Najjar, George R.	43.9%	148
Neumeister, William David	100.0%	2
O'Connor, Lee	12.8%	502
Obrien, Leah	0.0%	1
Owens, Robert P.	50.0%	2
Park, Jeannette Lim	50.0%	2
Partida, Ana	41.3%	155
Penalosa, Jose L.	3.7%	486
Pepi, Lindsay W.	1.6%	62
Peyton, Jennifer I.	0.0%	1
Pressman, Christian M.	22.6%	62
Ragusa, Joseph M.	17.5%	229
Renner, Renee L.	50.1%	736
Richardson, John W.	28.6%	7
Romig, Jeffrey L.	16.5%	405
Ruane, Rachel Ann	0.0%	1
Rubin, Shifra	50.0%	2
Sameit, Mark	80.0%	5
Schoppert, Douglas B.	75.0%	4
Sharda, Munish	0.0%	1
Simpson, Scott	21.3%	517
Snow, Thomas G.	20.0%	5
Vinikoor, Robert D.	100.0%	1
Waterloo, Jason R.	0.0%	1
White, Curtis G.	100.0%	1
Williams, John C.	64.3%	678

Frequently asked questions

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

Across all recorded asylum decisions, the San Diego Immigration Court has a lifetime grant rate of 34.5%, based on 14,805 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 Diego Immigration Court?

71 immigration judges currently appear in the FOIA-released EOIR data for the San Diego 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.