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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.

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Latest 12-month grant rate

4.7%

Asylum decisions, trailing 12 months

Lifetime total cases

107,430

All recorded asylum decisions

FY2025 court average

21.1%

Complete fiscal year: Oct 2024 – Sep 2025

Before the 2025 change

55.1%

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
2025-097.7%
2025-107.1%
2025-114.4%
2025-125.4%
2026-012.9%
2026-021.8%
2026-034.2%
2026-044.0%
2026-0511.8%
2026-063.6%
2026-073.5%
2026-087.0%

Which immigration judges work at the West Los Angeles Immigration Court?

The table below lists every judge with substantive asylum case volume in the last 24 months at the West Los Angeles 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
Abrams, Steven R.-3
Achtsam, Howard E.-9
Allen, Janette L.-403
Anderson, Dale E.-46
Anderson, David C.-1,419
Atenaide, Anthony-4
Ayala, David-33
Bagley, Kenneth A.-18
Bakke Varzandeh, Joyce7.6%2,183
Bank, Ira-3,727
Barcus, E. Mark-5
Barrett, Robert J.-17
Bartlemay SR., Robert C.-1
Bartolomei, Rico J.-9
Bass, Lori R.-1,316
Beamer, Dayna-33
Behne, Audra R.6.2%1,661
Benton, Jimmie Lee-22
Bither, Christine A.-1,597
Boone, Gaylyn N.-8
Bradley, Gabriel3.2%31
Bradley, Kevin G.-12
Bronzina, Isabel-2,509
Burke, David-1,116
Burman, Lawrence O.-1,203
Calcador, Kerri-467
Callaghan, Diana5.3%415
Carroll-Tipton, Andrea-46
Chapa, Teofilo-11
Cheng, David-18
Chew, George T.-5
Chon, Hye Y.-1,259
Chugh, Amit9.0%395
Copeland, Cary H.-23
Cordova, David J.-3
Costa, Philip J.-1,858
Coughlon, Robert E.-317
Davis, John W.-108
Daw, Alison E-511
De Angelis, Kathryn L.-4
De Jongh, Lourdes Rodriguez-318
Defonzo, Paul-3
Del Bene, Charles A.-1,281
Depaolo, Zsa Zsa-11
Desai, Jankhana2.8%1,358
Dierkes, Joseph-4
Dimarzio, Philip L.-378
Dorfman, Arlene E.-1,394
Driscoll, John T.0.0%21
Duck, John A., JR.-7
Dunkel-Bradley, Dorothy-2,571
Einhorn, Bruce J.-1,453
Everett, Timothy R.-729
Factor, Samuel M.-1
Feder, Robin E.-15
Fellrath, Robert-106
Fernandez, Ignacio P.-12
Fong, Thomas-1,408
Francis, Leon J.-843
Frederick, Jeffrey-53
Freeman, D'Anna H.-10
Gadson-Andrews, Ashley-144
Gardzelewski, Ivan E.-18
Gastley, Harry L.-5
Gembacz, Gilbert T.-1,928
Giattina, Anthony T.-1,519
Gordon, Nathan W.-245
Gossart, John F., JR.-9
Guerrero, Marni-193
Hermus, Jason-1
Herrington, Robert-106
Hladylowycz, Roxanne C.-28
Ho, Anna-1,421
Holt, Rebecca L.-44
Hom, Howard C.-1
Hong, Andrea-432
Hong, J. Traci-251
Hoogasian, Amy C.-2
Houser, Wayne K., JR.-4
Hrycenko, Ingrid K.-1,313
Huang, Jonathan-1
Huddleston, Natalie-479
Hughes, Edwin R.-5
Ipema, Henry P.-1,362
James, Dennis R.-3
Jasso, Jaime-706
Johnston, Paul L-1
Josephson, Kenneth-45
Juelle, Carlos R.1.6%2,740
Lamb, Elizabeth A.-9
Latimore, Jan D.-3,769
Laurent, Scott-420
Law, Philip S.-305
Lee, Edward-321
Lee, Wilbur-55
Levin, Victoria-3
Little, Monica M.-878
Malloy, Rosalind K.-517
Malvin, Daniel H.2.0%911
Martin, William J.-1,800
Martz, Nicholas A.-266
Maury, Carlos E.-1
Mcdermott, Patrick T.-514
McDonald, Kristofer R.3.0%1,144
Miller, Jeffrey S.-423
Miller, Nancy E.-637
Mills, Miriam K.-513
Morace, Philip L.-10
Mullins, Ronald L.-2
Munoz, Lorraine J.-1,620
Murad, Yvan E.7.8%748
Naselow-Nahas, Tara-1,452
Neumeister, William David-1,304
Nguyen, An Mai-221
Nickerson, William J., JR.-7
O'Connor, Lee-1,159
O'Neil, Robert C.0.0%10
O'Sullivan, Maureen-646
Ohata, Ronald N.-414
Owens, Robert P.-3
Ozmun, Richard R.-19
Palomino, Jacinto-154
Parchert, Brett M.-991
Park, Jeannette Lim-835
Partida, Ana-20
Patti, Sebastian T.-489
Pepper, S. Kathleen-14
Perez, Irma-238
Perry, Anne Kristina-135
Peters, Rose-948
Peterson, William C.-162
Pettigrew, Bayleigh-1
Phillips, Beverley M.-13
Pierce, Curtis F.2.8%1,132
Pobjecky, Artie-2
Proctor, George W.-464
Ragusa, Joseph M.-4
Ranasinghe, Arya S.-2
Randall, Anthony J.-43
Reichenberg, Margaret R.-595
Renner, Renee L.-1,060
Riley, Kevin W.-158
Romig, Jeffrey L.-834
Rooyani, Rodin2.9%1,092
Ruane, Rachel Ann-813
Russelburg, Joseph-3
Sanders, Charles J.-35
Schwab, Jodie-2
Sease, Grace A.-3
Segal, Jay-1,142
Seligman, Darlene R.-833
Sholomson, Stephen L.-2,464
Siebert, Andrea-195
Simmons, Gregory L.-3
Simons, Anita L.7.2%2,428
Sims, Deitrich H.-7
Sitgraves, D.D.-1,441
Solow, Bruce W.-74
Spencer, Oshea-2
Stancill, Christine E8.8%5,458
Stockton, Bette Kane-45
Tabaddor, A. Ashley-1,835
Tadal, Mirlande-18
Tadros-Ibarra, Terese-1
Taylor, John D.-875
Torreh-Bayouth, Lilliana-10
Travieso, Frank M.-1,308
Tregerman, Gwendylan E.-24
Truman, Phillip M.-14
Tsankov, Mimi-550
Vahid-Tehrani, Gita-3,166
Vicars, Robert O., JR.-176
Videla, Gabriel C.-9
Villegas, Veronica S.3.6%1,296
Virchis, Bridget-561
Wagner, Clarence M., JR.-29
Walsh, John F.-2,175
Walton, Richard D.-2,342
Waterloo, Jason R.-565
Weiner, Joseph-114
Weisel, Robert D.-14
Weiss, Irene-25
Williams, John C.-28
Williams, Phillip T.-5
Zimmer, William K.-4

Frequently asked questions

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

Over the trailing 12 months, the West Los Angeles Immigration Court granted asylum in 4.7% of decided cases. The fiscal year 2024 (Oct 2023 – Sep 2024) court-wide average was 55.1%. The two numbers may differ because policy and caseload shifts can move rates significantly year-over-year.

How many immigration judges work at the West Los Angeles Immigration Court?

Based on the most recent FOIA-released EOIR data, 185 immigration judges are listed as actively sitting at the West Los Angeles 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 West Los Angeles Immigration Court issued total?

The West Los Angeles Immigration Court has issued 107,430 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.