6 judges · CA
The Otay Mesa, CA Immigration Court has an overall asylum approval rate of 20.3% across 5,816 decided cases. The court has 6 immigration judges. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
The Otay Mesa, CA Immigration Court has an overall asylum grant rate of 20.3% 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 Depaolo, Zsa Zsa (18,675 total cases), Grande, Guy G. (2,756 total cases), and Robinson JR., Eugene H. (1,639 total cases). The largest nationality groups shown for this court include Mexico (1,148 decided, 6.1% grant rate), Guatemala (279 decided, 4.3% grant rate), and Russia (272 decided, 62.5% 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 Otay Mesa, CA Immigration Court is the assigned filing location for 1 ZIP codes. Main cities by state:
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| Judge | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depaolo, Zsa Zsa | 38.9% | 6,501 | 10,208 | 16,709 |
| Grande, Guy G. | 18.5% | 299 | 1,314 | 1,613 |
| Robinson JR., Eugene H. | 31.2% | 306 | 674 | 980 |
| Partida, Ana | 22.2% | 225 | 788 | 1,013 |
| Sameit, Mark | 19.2% | 163 | 685 | 848 |
| Dixon, Paula | 19.3% | 65 | 272 | 337 |
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 6.1% | 70 | 1,078 | 1,148 |
| Guatemala | 4.3% | 12 | 267 | 279 |
| Russia | 62.5% | 170 | 102 | 272 |
| Venezuela | 8.8% | 17 | 176 | 193 |
| El Salvador | 18.2% | 32 | 144 | 176 |
| Colombia | 9.1% | 13 | 130 | 143 |
| Cameroon | 56.6% | 77 | 59 | 136 |
| Honduras | 5.6% | 7 | 119 | 126 |
| China | 31.6% | 36 | 78 | 114 |
| Iran | 64.4% | 38 | 21 | 59 |
| Jamaica | 12.5% | 7 | 49 | 56 |
| Turkey | 30.9% | 17 | 38 | 55 |
| Nicaragua | 26.4% | 14 | 39 | 53 |
| Georgia | 66.0% | 35 | 18 | 53 |
| India | 10.9% | 5 | 41 | 46 |
| Uzbekistan | 43.5% | 20 | 26 | 46 |
| Armenia | 40.5% | 17 | 25 | 42 |
| Afghanistan | 68.3% | 28 | 13 | 41 |
| Eritrea | 60.5% | 23 | 15 | 38 |
| Cuba | 37.8% | 14 | 23 | 37 |
| Ethiopia | 55.9% | 19 | 15 | 34 |
| Peru | 3.0% | 1 | 32 | 33 |
| Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan) | 61.3% | 19 | 12 | 31 |
| Ecuador | 3.7% | 1 | 26 | 27 |
| Vietnam | 42.3% | 11 | 15 | 26 |
| Haiti | 30.4% | 7 | 16 | 23 |
| Romania | 0.0% | 0 | 22 | 22 |
| Brazil | 5.3% | 1 | 18 | 19 |
| Belize | 11.8% | 2 | 15 | 17 |
| Somalia | 41.2% | 7 | 10 | 17 |
| Ukraine | 20.0% | 3 | 12 | 15 |
| Azerbaijan | 28.6% | 4 | 10 | 14 |
| Kazakhstan | 35.7% | 5 | 9 | 14 |
| Nepal | 8.3% | 1 | 11 | 12 |
| Tajikistan (Tadzhik) | 90.0% | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| Bangladesh | 55.6% | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| Pakistan | 44.4% | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| Yemen | 25.0% | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| Dominican Republic | 12.5% | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| Iraq | 57.1% | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| Belarus | 28.6% | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| Guinea | 33.3% | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Chile | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Sudan | 33.3% | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Jordan | 40.0% | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Morocco | 25.0% | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Syria | 25.0% | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Unknown Nationality | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Egypt | 50.0% | 1 | 1 | 2 |