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West Los Angeles Immigration Court — Asylum Decision Statistics

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

Court lifetime grant rate

45.1%

All recorded asylum decisions across judges

Lifetime total cases

105,963

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
Abrams, Steven R.33.3%3
Achtsam, Howard E.0.0%9
Alexander, Scott G.0.0%3
Allen, Janette L.53.7%404
Anderson, Dale E.2.2%46
Anderson, David C.55.2%1,433
Atenaide, Anthony100.0%4
Ayala, David48.5%33
Bagley, Kenneth A.33.3%18
Bakke Varzandeh, Joyce53.3%1,948
Bank, Ira50.2%3,732
Barcus, E. Mark40.0%5
Barrett, Robert J.88.2%17
Bartlemay SR., Robert C.0.0%1
Bartolomei, Rico J.54.5%11
Bass, Lori R.59.6%1,320
Beamer, Dayna51.5%33
Behne, Audra R.19.8%1,387
Benton, Jimmie Lee36.4%22
Bither, Christine A.53.9%1,598
Boone, Gaylyn N.100.0%8
Bradley, Gabriel3.2%31
Bradley, Kevin G.50.0%12
Bronzina, Isabel34.0%2,517
Burke, David51.9%1,116
Burman, Lawrence O.39.1%1,209
Calcador, Kerri37.8%468
Callaghan, Diana3.1%65
Carroll-Tipton, Andrea58.7%46
Chapa, Teofilo72.7%11
Cheng, David5.6%18
Chew, George T.40.0%5
Chon, Hye Y.20.5%1,263
Chugh, Amit16.0%356
Copeland, Cary H.52.2%23
Cordova, David J.0.0%3
Costa, Philip J.53.7%1,860
Coughlon, Robert E.63.1%317
Coupe, Dennis F.46.4%28
Davis, John W.34.3%108
Daw, Alison E65.1%519
De Jongh, Lourdes Rodriguez76.4%318
Defonzo, Paul100.0%3
Del Bene, Charles A.29.1%1,282
Depaolo, Zsa Zsa54.5%11
Desai, Jankhana33.7%1,106
Dierkes, Joseph33.3%6
Dimarzio, Philip L.70.2%379
Dorfman, Arlene E.58.5%1,396
Driscoll, John T.0.0%8
Duck, John A.42.9%7
Dunkel-Bradley, Dorothy51.1%2,576
Einhorn, Bruce J.46.7%1,453
Everett, Timothy R.44.3%741
Factor, Samuel M.100.0%1
Feder, Robin E.60.0%15
Fellrath, Robert14.1%106
Fernandez, Ignacio P.50.0%12
Fong, Thomas38.9%1,409
Former Immigration Judge, 9.1%11
Francis, Leon J.10.3%843
Frederick, Jeffrey54.7%53
Freeman, D'Anna H.50.0%10
Gadson-Andrews, Ashley60.0%145
Gardzelewski, Ivan E.11.1%18
Gastley, Harry L.60.0%5
Gembacz, Gilbert T.56.0%1,935
Giattina, Anthony T.59.3%1,529
Gordon, Nathan W.20.5%249
Gossart, John F.88.9%9
Guerrero, Marni43.5%193
Harris, Rodger C.0.0%3
Herrington, Robert57.6%106
Hladylowycz, Roxanne C.37.9%29
Ho, Anna47.1%1,429
Holt, Rebecca L.38.6%44
Hom, Howard C.100.0%1
Hong, Andrea58.2%433
Hong, J. Traci61.8%251
Hoogasian, Amy C.100.0%2
Houser, Wayne K.0.0%4
Hrycenko, Ingrid K.42.5%1,314
Huang, Jonathan0.0%1
Huddleston, Natalie34.2%479
Hughes, Edwin R.80.0%5
Ipema, Henry P.34.8%1,364
James, Dennis R.66.7%3
Jasso, Jaime26.4%708
Johnston, Paul L.0.0%1
Josephson, Kenneth80.0%45
Juelle, Carlos R.15.7%2,275
Lamb, Elizabeth A.88.9%9
Latimore, Jan D.46.0%3,782
Laurent, Scott56.9%420
Law, Philip S.5.9%306
Lee, Edward43.6%321
Lee, Wilbur25.4%55
Levin, Victoria66.7%3
Little, Monica M.55.9%879
Malloy, Rosalind K.35.2%517
Malvin, Daniel H.26.0%722
Martin, William J.50.0%1,809
Martz, Nicholas A.33.5%266
Maury, Carlos E.100.0%1
Mcdermott, Patrick T.52.9%514
McDonald, Kristofer R.10.6%936
Miller, Jeffrey S.40.2%423
Miller, Nancy E.39.4%639
Mills, Miriam K.12.1%513
Morace, Philip L.90.0%10
Mullins, Ronald L.0.0%2
Munoz, Lorraine J.38.3%1,629
Murad, Yvan E.11.1%567
Murry, Anthony S.100.0%1
Naselow-Nahas, Tara23.3%1,453
Neumeister, William David70.8%1,307
New Ij #6, 75.0%4
Nguyen, An Mai15.4%221
Nickerson, William J.53.8%13
O'Connor, Lee32.0%1,163
O'Sullivan, Maureen72.3%646
Ohata, Ronald N.14.7%415
Owens, Robert P.0.0%3
Ozmun, Richard R.21.1%19
Palomino, Jacinto50.6%154
Parchert, Brett M.58.0%995
Park, Jeannette Lim53.0%835
Partida, Ana10.0%20
Patti, Sebastian T.57.0%493
Pepper, S. Kathleen100.0%14
Perez, Irma34.0%268
Perry, Anne Kristina34.1%135
Peters, Rose47.1%1,665
Peterson, William C.22.2%162
Phillips, Beverley M.84.6%13
Pierce, Curtis F.7.6%837
Pobjecky, Artie50.0%2
Proctor, George W.73.1%465
Ragusa, Joseph M.60.0%5
Ranasinghe, Arya S.0.0%2
Randall, Anthony J.69.8%43
Reichenberg, Margaret R.27.5%597
Reid, John B.100.0%2
Renner, Renee L.49.5%1,061
Riley, Kevin W.60.9%156
Romig, Jeffrey L.33.1%834
Rooyani, Rodin59.8%1,016
Ruane, Rachel Ann36.2%813
Russelburg, Joseph66.7%3
Sanders, Charles J.34.3%35
Schwab, Jodie0.0%2
Sease, Grace A.100.0%3
Segal, Jay27.2%1,142
Seligman, Darlene R.26.6%834
Sholomson, Stephen L.57.3%2,470
Siebert, Andrea71.3%195
Simmons, Gregory L.33.3%3
Simons, Anita L.34.1%2,173
Sims, Deitrich H.0.0%7
Singh, Rantideva0.0%2
Sitgraves, D.D.49.5%2,039
Solow, Bruce W.63.5%74
Spencer, Oshea50.0%2
Stancill, Christine E56.2%5,443
Stockton, Bette Kane71.1%45
Tabaddor, A. Ashley47.8%1,836
Tadal, Mirlande66.7%18
Tadros-Ibarra, Terese100.0%1
Taylor, John D.49.3%876
Torreh-Bayouth, Lilliana100.0%10
Travieso, Frank M.56.5%1,314
Tregerman, Gwendylan E.41.7%24
Truman, Phillip M.7.1%14
Tsankov, Mimi65.4%561
Vahid-Tehrani, Gita68.4%3,177
Vicars, Robert O.14.8%176
Videla, Gabriel C.88.9%9
Villegas, Veronica S.38.7%1,112
Virchis, Bridget49.1%562
Visiting Judge 11, 0.0%1
Wagner, Clarence M.31.0%29
Walsh, John F.56.3%2,177
Walton, Richard D.46.3%2,348
Waterloo, Jason R.32.9%565
Weiner, Joseph43.0%114
Weisel, Robert D.78.6%14
Weiss, Irene88.0%25
Williams, John C.92.9%28
Williams, Phillip T.20.0%5
Zimmer, William K.75.0%4

Frequently asked questions

What is the asylum grant rate at the West Los Angeles Immigration Court?

Across all recorded asylum decisions, the West Los Angeles Immigration Court has a lifetime grant rate of 45.1%, based on 105,963 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 West Los Angeles Immigration Court?

190 immigration judges currently appear in the FOIA-released EOIR data for the West Los Angeles 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.