14 judges · CA
The Adelanto, CA Immigration Court has an overall asylum approval rate of 2.9% across 8,129 decided cases. The court has 14 immigration judges. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
The Adelanto, CA Immigration Court has an overall asylum grant rate of 2.9% in the current AsylumTracker dataset. Court-level statistics aggregate judges and cases assigned to that court, so the court average can differ sharply from any one judge's profile.
High-volume judge profiles at this court include Nickerson, William J., JR. (27,668 total cases), Vicars, Robert O., JR. (14,343 total cases), and Laurent, Scott (9,089 total cases). The largest nationality groups shown for this court include Mexico (4,321 decided, 2.4% grant rate), Guatemala (701 decided, 2.6% grant rate), and El Salvador (586 decided, 6.7% grant rate).
Asylum grant rate is calculated as granted / (granted + denied). Procedural outcomes are separated so users can distinguish merits decisions from docket-management outcomes.
This page uses public EOIR records last updated 2026-05-08. The data is informational and should not be treated as legal advice or a prediction for any individual case.
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| Judge | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nickerson, William J., JR. | 3.4% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vicars, Robert O., JR. | 4.1% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Laurent, Scott | 14.2% | 55 | 332 | 387 |
| Mcgrail, Elizabeth H. | 10.1% | 160 | 1,429 | 1,589 |
| Left, James M. | 11.3% | 351 | 2,744 | 3,095 |
| Kilroy, Michael A. | 2.7% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Amaya, Roberto | 4.8% | 110 | 2,169 | 2,279 |
| Depowell, Bryan E. | 4.8% | 51 | 1,009 | 1,060 |
| White, Ted A. | 3.2% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mullins, Katie G. | 2.7% | 23 | 838 | 861 |
| Barrett, Patrick D. | 1.6% | 13 | 796 | 809 |
| Bjornerud, Maria | 38.2% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bales, Eric C. | 7.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Balasquide, Javier E. | 40.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 2.4% | 105 | 4,216 | 4,321 |
| Guatemala | 2.6% | 18 | 683 | 701 |
| El Salvador | 6.7% | 39 | 547 | 586 |
| Honduras | 3.3% | 12 | 350 | 362 |
| Colombia | 1.2% | 3 | 250 | 253 |
| Cameroon | 73.4% | 171 | 62 | 233 |
| India | 5.4% | 10 | 175 | 185 |
| Nicaragua | 7.6% | 12 | 146 | 158 |
| China | 7.8% | 12 | 141 | 153 |
| Venezuela | 7.7% | 11 | 131 | 142 |
| Cuba | 19.4% | 25 | 104 | 129 |
| Russia | 35.0% | 43 | 80 | 123 |
| Peru | 2.4% | 2 | 83 | 85 |
| Vietnam | 11.1% | 9 | 72 | 81 |
| Romania | 1.4% | 1 | 69 | 70 |
| Philippines | 1.4% | 1 | 68 | 69 |
| Ecuador | 1.5% | 1 | 66 | 67 |
| Armenia | 22.9% | 11 | 37 | 48 |
| Belize | 0.0% | 0 | 32 | 32 |
| Brazil | 0.0% | 0 | 25 | 25 |
| Haiti | 10.0% | 2 | 18 | 20 |
| Cambodia | 35.0% | 7 | 13 | 20 |
| Iran | 40.0% | 8 | 12 | 20 |
| Jamaica | 15.0% | 3 | 17 | 20 |
| Dominican Republic | 5.0% | 1 | 19 | 20 |
| Turkey | 0.0% | 0 | 16 | 16 |
| Mauritania | 26.7% | 4 | 11 | 15 |
| Laos | 0.0% | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| Uzbekistan | 7.1% | 1 | 13 | 14 |
| Jordan | 0.0% | 0 | 13 | 13 |
| Chile | 0.0% | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| Nepal | 0.0% | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Unknown Nationality | 0.0% | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Eritrea | 55.6% | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| Ukraine | 22.2% | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan) | 22.2% | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| Tajikistan (Tadzhik) | 0.0% | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| Pakistan | 11.1% | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| Afghanistan | 62.5% | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| Georgia | 25.0% | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| Morocco | 0.0% | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Somalia | 28.6% | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| Canada | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Nigeria | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Egypt | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| South Korea | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Ghana | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Kazakhstan | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| United Kingdom | 33.3% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Bangladesh | 100.0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Sri Lanka | 100.0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |