12 judges · CA
The Imperial, CA Immigration Court has an overall asylum approval rate of 7.5% across 117,856 decided cases. The court has 12 immigration judges. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
The Imperial, CA Immigration Court has an overall asylum grant rate of 7.5% 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. (33,632 total cases), James, Dennis R. (23,393 total cases), and Cosme, Angel M. (8,661 total cases). The largest nationality groups shown for this court include Mexico (1,444 decided, 15.7% grant rate), Russia (353 decided, 61.2% grant rate), and Guatemala (327 decided, 3.1% 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 2026-07-01. The data is informational and should not be treated as legal advice or a prediction for any individual case.
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Based on the official EOIR ZIP-code assignment, the Imperial, CA Immigration Court is the assigned filing location for 24 ZIP codes. Main cities by state:
AZ — Yuma, Bapchule, Dateland, Lukeville, Roll, San Luis, Somerton, Tacna, Wellton
CA — Bard, Calexico, Calipatria, Heber, Holtville, Imperial, Niland, Ocotillo, Palo Verde, Salton City, Seeley, Westmorland, Winterhaven
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| Judge | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staton, Jack W. | 7.6% | 2,230 | 27,257 | 29,487 |
| James, Dennis R. | 8.1% | 1,736 | 19,618 | 21,354 |
| Cosme, Angel M. | 2.7% | 212 | 7,626 | 7,838 |
| Barcus, E. Mark | 23.2% | 415 | 1,373 | 1,788 |
| Perry, Anne Kristina | 22.5% | 401 | 1,379 | 1,780 |
| Munoz, Jeffrey V. | 16.9% | 248 | 1,223 | 1,471 |
| BANUELOS-RODRIGUEZ, VICENTA | 11.3% | 55 | 432 | 487 |
| Bradley, Gabriel | 15.7% | 35 | 188 | 223 |
| Zander, Stuart J. | 4.2% | 2 | 46 | 48 |
| Armstrong, H. Jere | 20.0% | 10 | 40 | 50 |
| Sarkany, Sergio F. | 36.4% | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| Perry, Anne | 0.0% | 0 | 15 | 15 |
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 15.7% | 226 | 1,218 | 1,444 |
| Russia | 61.2% | 216 | 137 | 353 |
| Guatemala | 3.1% | 10 | 317 | 327 |
| Peru | 0.8% | 2 | 257 | 259 |
| Colombia | 0.8% | 2 | 247 | 249 |
| Honduras | 2.1% | 5 | 234 | 239 |
| Venezuela | 2.1% | 4 | 183 | 187 |
| El Salvador | 5.9% | 11 | 174 | 185 |
| Ecuador | 0.6% | 1 | 171 | 172 |
| Nicaragua | 3.0% | 5 | 160 | 165 |
| Somalia | 57.0% | 77 | 58 | 135 |
| India | 11.9% | 13 | 96 | 109 |
| China | 19.0% | 19 | 81 | 100 |
| Cameroon | 76.3% | 71 | 22 | 93 |
| Eritrea | 80.7% | 71 | 17 | 88 |
| Afghanistan | 16.9% | 14 | 69 | 83 |
| Turkey | 55.4% | 41 | 33 | 74 |
| Brazil | 0.0% | 0 | 72 | 72 |
| Cuba | 23.2% | 16 | 53 | 69 |
| Ethiopia | 59.1% | 39 | 27 | 66 |
| Dominican Republic | 3.4% | 2 | 57 | 59 |
| Sri Lanka | 2.6% | 1 | 38 | 39 |
| Ghana | 34.4% | 11 | 21 | 32 |
| Uzbekistan | 32.3% | 10 | 21 | 31 |
| Armenia | 36.0% | 9 | 16 | 25 |
| Pakistan | 24.0% | 6 | 19 | 25 |
| Bangladesh | 8.3% | 2 | 22 | 24 |
| Georgia | 45.5% | 10 | 12 | 22 |
| Nepal | 5.6% | 1 | 17 | 18 |
| Iran | 64.7% | 11 | 6 | 17 |
| Vietnam | 20.0% | 3 | 12 | 15 |
| Nigeria | 25.0% | 3 | 9 | 12 |
| Senegal | 8.3% | 1 | 11 | 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 |
| 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 |
| Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan) | 50.0% | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Morocco | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Haiti | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Azerbaijan | 66.7% | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Chile | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Egypt | 50.0% | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Yemen | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |