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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.

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Latest 12-month grant rate

22.9%

Asylum decisions, trailing 12 months

Lifetime total cases

75,142

All recorded asylum decisions

FY2025 court average

60.7%

Complete fiscal year: Oct 2024 – Sep 2025

Before the 2025 change

84.9%

FY2024 baseline: Oct 2023 – Sep 2024

FY2024 was the last full fiscal year before the January 2025 asylum-policy changes, so it is kept fixed as a before-and-after baseline rather than updated. More cases now close administratively, which shifts the merit-decision mix and is why the later figures are much lower.

Last data refresh

2026-09-24

From Deportation Data Project FOIA release

Monthly grant-rate trend

0%25%50%75%100%
Monthly grant-rate data
MonthGrant rate
2025-0929.4%
2025-1025.9%
2025-1124.9%
2025-1216.0%
2026-0116.1%
2026-026.9%
2026-0321.5%
2026-048.5%
2026-0551.0%
2026-0664.8%
2026-0744.9%
2026-0860.4%

Which immigration judges work at the San Francisco Immigration Court?

The table below lists every judge with substantive asylum case volume in the last 24 months at the San Francisco Immigration Court. The 12-month grant rate column reflects the trailing year ending 2026-09-24. Lifetime cases counts all recorded asylum decisions for each judge across the FOIA-released dataset.

Judge12-month grant rateLifetime cases
Adams, Justin-10
Aina, Nathan N.-226
Allen, Janette L.-3
Arellano, Silvia R.-10
Ayala, David-43
Bain, Quynh Vu-12
Begovich, Samantha12.1%282
Bernstein, Jeffrey J.-104
Bradley, Kevin G.-6
Brasil, Elisa C.-330
Brown, Robert-11
Burch, Valerie A.-77
Burman, Lawrence O.-21
Butler, Jeremy J.-705
Caborn, Andrew J.-688
Carte', John D.-10
Chamberlin, Florence A.-18
Chen, Shuting43.8%1,132
Cheng, David-6
Chon, Hye Y.-7
Cintron, Elanie J.-55
Costanzo, Lawrence Di-1,728
Coupe, Dennis F.-248
Davis, Howard R.28.2%709
Daw, Alison E-470
Dean, Larry R.-8
Defonzo, Paul-1
Deiss, Ila C.-3,304
Dillon, Chloe S.-724
Dinh, Roger H.-139
Duck, John A., JR.-41
Ehrens, Lisa-14
Eichenberger, Colin P.-87
Figueroa, Laura C.-935
Ford, Nicholas R-620
Gambill, Scott D.-857
Geisse, Loreto-2,526
George, Amber D34.3%1,388
Gillies, John M.-9
Gonzalez, Alberto E.-1,406
Gordon, Louis A.19.1%1,349
Gorman, Stephanie-3
Gossart, John F., JR.-7
Grande, Guy G.-3
Greene III, Charles S.15.7%2,237
Griswold, Stephen S.-1,221
Grussendorf, Paul-56
Guerrero, Marni-5
Hanson, Mahlon F.-6
Hayward, Miriam-2,820
Hladylowycz, Roxanne C.-6
Ho, Anna-93
Hollis, Wendell A.-223
Holyoak, Dalin R.-228
Hoogasian, Amy C.-532
Horn, Michael C.-10
Hornbach, Bernard J.-1
Hughes, Edwin R.-10
Hyatt, Kiley-5
Ishimoto, Rhana-1
Jackson, Jacqueline J.-497
James, Dennis R.-10
Jamil, Rebecca-376
JEFFERSON-WEBB, LETTRICEA L.-187
Johnson, Jeremiah32.0%1,839
Johnston, Paul L.-3
Kandler, Edward R.-779
Kaufman, Matthew W.-6
Kim, Samuel Y.-177
King, Carol A.-2,429
Kirchner, Steven M.17.7%283
Klein, Eliza-16
Kolbe, Margaret-1
Kouris, Theodora N.-4
Lake, Kelly B.-421
Lane, Denise A. Marks-7
Laurent, Scott-7
Levay, Dean A.-4
Levine, Shira M.-1,311
Lilien, Kyra S.-75
Little, Anna C.-788
Livingston, Donn L.-11
Lyons, Joren-847
Maggard, Print-484
Mahtabfar, Sunita B.-2
Margolin, Daren K.-2
Marks, Dana Leigh-3,316
Marsteller, Eric W.-21
Masterson, Jason R.-287
Maury, Carlos E.-4
Mccleskey, Loi L.-467
Mccloskey, Paul A.-3
Mccormack, Nancy R.-4
Mcgrail, Elizabeth H.-10
Miller, Joe D.-30
Morwood, Dion A.-189
Mullins, Ronald L.-1
Murry, Anthony S.-451
Nava, Marlem-24
Nelson, Julie L.43.8%310
Neumeister, William David-29
Nunez, Cynthia M.-76
O'Brien, Patrick S.-15
Olmanson, Kristin W.-2
Owens, Robert P.-7
Park, Joseph Y.-5
Patti, Sebastian T.-5
Paulino, Robin K.-910
Peterson, William C.-19
Phan-Quang, Tue-1,528
Phan, Christopher-49
Phan, Susan-1,044
Phillips, Beverley M.-1,720
Picos, Georgina M.-3
Picton, Cory M.-556
Pierce, Curtis F.-417
Price, Justin M.-858
Proctor, George W.-379
Ramirez, Laura L.-3,321
Randall, Anthony J.-9
Reichenberg, Margaret R.-6
Richardson, John W.-7
Riedthaler-Williams, Jennifer M.-134
Romig, Jeffrey L.-1
Rubin, Shifra-8
Sagesse, Cathy-11
Sanders, Charles J.-63
Savage, Patrick S.10.8%2,069
Schulz, Karen W.19.3%948
Seminerio, Frank A.11.6%315
Seppanen, Christopher R.-18
Shugall, Ilyce-245
Simmons, Gregory L.-531
Simons, Anita L.-6
Simpson, Brian H.-1,001
Slayton, Michelle A.20.5%783
Smith, Gary W.-169
Smith, Penny M.-5
Solow, Bruce W.-18
Star, Shadee M.-999
Staton, Jack W.-8
Stender, Jacob J.0.0%155
Stockton, Bette Kane-2,137
Straus, Michael W.-8
Swink, Arwen A.3.6%1,679
Tabaddor, A. Ashley-1
Tadal, Mirlande-11
Teeter, Marilyn J.-2,194
Terrazas, Gilda M-49
Thompson, Donald W., JR.-10
Trujillo, Eileen R.-1
Vigil, Jami-217
Villegas, Veronica S.-3
Vinikoor, Robert D.-5
Webber, Polly A.-3,118
Weiss, Irene-8
White, Vincent R.-1
Williams, Phillip T.-21
Wilson, Roberta A.-22
Winkle, Howard Van-4
Yam, Mimi-846
Yamaguchi, Michael J.-383
Yeargin, Robert-1,391
Young, Elizabeth L.-1,021
Zuniga, Bertha A.-8

Frequently asked questions

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

Over the trailing 12 months, the San Francisco Immigration Court granted asylum in 22.9% of decided cases. The fiscal year 2024 (Oct 2023 – Sep 2024) court-wide average was 84.9%. The two numbers may differ because policy and caseload shifts can move rates significantly year-over-year.

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

Based on the most recent FOIA-released EOIR data, 165 immigration judges are listed as actively sitting at the San Francisco Immigration Court with asylum case volume in the last 24 months. The full judge roster, each with their individual grant rate, appears below.

How many asylum decisions has the San Francisco Immigration Court issued total?

The San Francisco Immigration Court has issued 75,142 recorded asylum decisions across the full FOIA-released dataset. This includes both grants and denials but excludes administrative outcomes (cases dismissed, terminated, or closed without a merits ruling).

How is the asylum grant rate calculated?

Grant rate = (cases with case_outcome of "Relief Granted") divided by (cases with case_outcome of "Relief Granted" or "Remove"). Cases closed administratively - dismissed, terminated, voluntary departure - are excluded from the denominator. This is the standard methodology used by TRAC Immigration (Syracuse) and the Deportation Data Project (UC Berkeley).

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Methodology & sources

Primary source
Deportation Data Project (UC Berkeley) - FOIA-released EOIR case-level data.
Secondary source
TRAC Immigration (Syracuse University) - independent corroboration of grant-rate aggregates.
Last data refresh
2026-09-24

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.