15 judges · CA
The Imperial, CA Immigration Court has an overall asylum approval rate of 16.0% across 4,552 decided cases. The court has 15 immigration judges. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
The Imperial, CA Immigration Court has an overall asylum grant rate of 16.0% 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 Staton, Jack W. (33,633 total cases), Weil, Jack H. (26,134 total cases), and James, Dennis R. (23,393 total cases). The largest nationality groups shown for this court include Mexico (1,298 decided, 16.3% grant rate), Russia (349 decided, 61.6% grant rate), and Guatemala (292 decided, 2.7% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staton, Jack W. | 7.6% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Weil, Jack H. | 19.4% | 426 | 1,768 | 2,194 |
| James, Dennis R. | 8.1% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cosme, Angel M. | 2.7% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Barcus, E. Mark | 28.8% | 224 | 554 | 778 |
| Perry, Anne Kristina | 24.1% | 304 | 957 | 1,261 |
| Munoz, Jeffrey V. | 15.7% | 206 | 1,102 | 1,308 |
| BANUELOS-RODRIGUEZ, VICENTA | 10.4% | 47 | 404 | 451 |
| Winder, Traci | 4.5% | 3 | 63 | 66 |
| Armstrong, H. Jere | 20.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sarkany, Sergio F. | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Nishiyama, Drew T. | 0.0% | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Driscoll, Jon T. | 0.0% | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| Perry, Anne | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zander, Stuart J. | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 16.3% | 212 | 1,086 | 1,298 |
| Russia | 61.6% | 215 | 134 | 349 |
| Guatemala | 2.7% | 8 | 284 | 292 |
| Peru | 0.8% | 2 | 256 | 258 |
| Colombia | 0.8% | 2 | 235 | 237 |
| Honduras | 1.8% | 4 | 222 | 226 |
| Ecuador | 0.6% | 1 | 169 | 170 |
| El Salvador | 6.0% | 10 | 156 | 166 |
| Venezuela | 2.4% | 4 | 161 | 165 |
| Nicaragua | 3.2% | 5 | 153 | 158 |
| Somalia | 58.3% | 77 | 55 | 132 |
| India | 12.4% | 12 | 85 | 97 |
| Cameroon | 76.1% | 70 | 22 | 92 |
| China | 15.7% | 14 | 75 | 89 |
| Eritrea | 80.2% | 69 | 17 | 86 |
| Afghanistan | 6.8% | 5 | 68 | 73 |
| Turkey | 57.7% | 41 | 30 | 71 |
| Brazil | 0.0% | 0 | 71 | 71 |
| Ethiopia | 59.4% | 38 | 26 | 64 |
| Cuba | 21.0% | 13 | 49 | 62 |
| Dominican Republic | 3.4% | 2 | 56 | 58 |
| Sri Lanka | 2.6% | 1 | 38 | 39 |
| Uzbekistan | 33.3% | 10 | 20 | 30 |
| Ghana | 36.7% | 11 | 19 | 30 |
| Pakistan | 24.0% | 6 | 19 | 25 |
| Armenia | 36.0% | 9 | 16 | 25 |
| Bangladesh | 8.3% | 2 | 22 | 24 |
| Georgia | 47.6% | 10 | 11 | 21 |
| Nepal | 5.6% | 1 | 17 | 18 |
| Iran | 69.2% | 9 | 4 | 13 |
| Nigeria | 25.0% | 3 | 9 | 12 |
| Vietnam | 16.7% | 2 | 10 | 12 |
| Bolivia | 0.0% | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| Angola | 10.0% | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| Togo | 0.0% | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| Guinea | 12.5% | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| Senegal | 14.3% | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| Jamaica | 16.7% | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Chad | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Congo | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Sudan | 60.0% | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Philippines | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Ukraine | 50.0% | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Morocco | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan) | 50.0% | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Haiti | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Egypt | 50.0% | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Yemen | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |