Immigration court
San Francisco, CA Immigration Court
62 judges · CA
EOIR data through Oct 1, 2026 · updated monthly
- 98,454
- Granted
- 130,453
- Denied
- 62
- Judges
Distribution
How this court's judges compare
At San Francisco, CA, 59 judges range from 2.8% to 88.6%.
Each judge's all-time EOIR decided outcomes across every court they have served in: granted ÷ (granted + denied). Judges now based at this court with at least 100 decided cases. A historical pattern — not a prediction for any case.
Recent decisions (Oct 2024 – Sep 2026): San Francisco, CA Immigration Court granted asylum in 20.1% of 19,074 decided cases. That is lower than the court's all-time rate of 43.0% (228,907 decided cases). Over the same months, the national rate was 5.0%.
What people ask about San Francisco, CA Immigration Court
These are the questions people asked most about this court from Apr 2026 to Oct 2026. The answers come from EOIR immigration court data and ICE arrest records.
What is the asylum grant rate at San Francisco, CA Immigration Court?
In Oct 2024 – Sep 2026, the court granted asylum in 20.1% of 19,074 decided cases (grants plus denials). Across all years in EOIR data, it granted 43.0% of 228,907 decided cases. Over the same recent months, the national rate was 5.0%.
Which judges at San Francisco, CA Immigration Court grant asylum most often?
Among the 22 judges at this court with at least 25 decided asylum cases in Oct 2024 – Sep 2026, the highest grant rates were: Shira M. Levine, 80.1% of 346 decided; Chloe S. Dillon, 52.4% of 273 decided; and Ila C. Deiss, 47.5% of 617 decided. The median judge among them granted 22.4%.
How many ICE arrests are recorded in San Francisco, California?
ICE recorded 2,108 arrests in San Francisco, California from Aug 2025 to Jul 2026, 187 of them in Jul 2026. The highest month in these records, which start in Oct 2022, was Jan 2026 with 226. These are arrests anywhere in the city, not only at the immigration court.
How to Interpret This Court's Data
Court-level statistics aggregate the judges and cases assigned to the San Francisco, CA Immigration Court, so the court average can differ sharply from any one judge's profile.
High-volume judge profiles at this court include Marks, Dana Leigh (16,100 total cases), Murry, Anthony S. (13,612 total cases), and Stockton, Bette Kane (13,193 total cases). The largest nationality groups shown for this court (fiscal years 2020–2026) include Mexico (13,791 decided, 39.9% grant rate), Guatemala (11,068 decided, 41.3% grant rate), and India (6,497 decided, 74.6% 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 2026-10-01. The data is informational and should not be treated as legal advice or a prediction for any individual case.
Read how EOIR data works or learn how to compare asylum approval rates.
What This Court Profile's Data Shows
This profile ranks #4 by published decided outcomes among 74 courts with at least 5,000 decisions (228,907 outcomes).
Its 43.0% historical rate is 33.1 percentage points above the 9.9% median for those 74 courts.
The largest published nationality row is Mexico: 13,791 decisions and a 39.9% grant rate in the nationality subset's stated scope.
These are descriptive historical aggregates. Court mix, judge assignment, representation, case facts, procedural posture, and changes in law are not controlled here, so the comparisons cannot predict an individual case.
Areas Served by This Court
Based on the official EOIR ZIP-code assignment, the San Francisco, CA Immigration Court is the assigned filing location for 389 ZIP codes. Main cities by state:
CA — San Francisco, San Jose, Oakland, Berkeley, Santa Rosa, Salinas, Fremont, Hayward, Palo Alto, Redwood City, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Sunnyvale, Los Gatos and 248 more cities
Not sure which immigration court serves your address? Enter your ZIP code in the AsylumTracker app's coverage map.
Judges at This Court
| Judge | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marks, Dana Leigh | 58.9% | 6,675 | 4,652 | 11,327 |
| Murry, Anthony S. | 8.3% | 1,036 | 11,380 | 12,416 |
| Stockton, Bette Kane | 47.6% | 4,409 | 4,845 | 9,254 |
| Simpson, Brian H. | 41.1% | 3,320 | 4,766 | 8,086 |
| Yamaguchi, Michael J. | 11.4% | 1,265 | 9,848 | 11,113 |
| Hayward, Miriam | 47.6% | 3,407 | 3,747 | 7,154 |
| Costanzo, Lawrence Di | 47.8% | 3,769 | 4,123 | 7,892 |
| Webber, Polly A. | 50.6% | 3,782 | 3,696 | 7,478 |
| Ramirez, Laura L. | 52.8% | 3,829 | 3,427 | 7,256 |
| Leadbetter, Philip P. | 42.8% | 2,810 | 3,750 | 6,560 |
| Hornbach, Bernard J. | 60.1% | 3,976 | 2,644 | 6,620 |
| King, Carol A. | 49.8% | 3,246 | 3,276 | 6,522 |
| Phan-Quang, Tue | 46.2% | 2,754 | 3,203 | 5,957 |
| Phillips, Beverley M. | 51.2% | 2,884 | 2,749 | 5,633 |
| Teeter, Marilyn J. | 44.9% | 2,314 | 2,838 | 5,152 |
| Seminerio, Frank A. | 15.9% | 947 | 4,996 | 5,943 |
| Deiss, Ila C. | 76.7% | 3,518 | 1,067 | 4,585 |
| Nelson, Julie L. | 11.0% | 513 | 4,165 | 4,678 |
| Savage, Patrick S. | 49.1% | 1,799 | 1,862 | 3,661 |
| Yeargin, Robert | 46.4% | 1,401 | 1,620 | 3,021 |
| Kirchner, Steven M. | 24.3% | 982 | 3,066 | 4,048 |
| Gonzalez, Alberto E. | 56.4% | 2,177 | 1,680 | 3,857 |
| Johnson, Jeremiah | 54.9% | 1,643 | 1,347 | 2,990 |
| Greene III, Charles S. | 50.9% | 1,869 | 1,806 | 3,675 |
| O'Brien, Patrick S. | 17.9% | 719 | 3,304 | 4,023 |
| Swink, Arwen A. | 51.1% | 1,481 | 1,416 | 2,897 |
| Grussendorf, Paul | 29.9% | 867 | 2,035 | 2,902 |
| Young, Elizabeth L. | 53.6% | 1,011 | 875 | 1,886 |
| Gambill, Scott D. | 33.6% | 696 | 1,373 | 2,069 |
| Park, Joseph Y. | 18.2% | 549 | 2,466 | 3,015 |
| Griswold, Stephen S. | 63.5% | 1,438 | 826 | 2,264 |
| Schulz, Karen W. | 41.6% | 714 | 1,003 | 1,717 |
| Hoogasian, Amy C. | 44.2% | 719 | 906 | 1,625 |
| Gordon, Louis A. | 47.8% | 1,026 | 1,121 | 2,147 |
| Paulino, Robin K. | 56.4% | 767 | 594 | 1,361 |
| George, Amber D | 64.9% | 1,212 | 655 | 1,867 |
| Coupe, Dennis F. | 26.3% | 451 | 1,261 | 1,712 |
| Chen, Shuting | 56.1% | 932 | 728 | 1,660 |
| Levine, Shira M. | 86.2% | 1,377 | 220 | 1,597 |
| Vigil, Jami | 56.6% | 188 | 144 | 332 |
| Davis, Howard R. | 33.0% | 469 | 951 | 1,420 |
| Ford, Nicholas R | 32.6% | 303 | 627 | 930 |
| Jackson, Jacqueline J. | 58.3% | 441 | 316 | 757 |
| Picton, Cory M. | 37.1% | 380 | 645 | 1,025 |
| Mccleskey, Loi L. | 35.3% | 319 | 584 | 903 |
| Dillon, Chloe S. | 72.6% | 704 | 266 | 970 |
| Cintron, Elanie J. | 11.7% | 110 | 831 | 941 |
| Jamil, Rebecca | 44.9% | 324 | 398 | 722 |
| Brasil, Elisa C. | 34.9% | 259 | 484 | 743 |
| Shugall, Ilyce | 50.0% | 216 | 216 | 432 |
| Dinh, Roger H. | 17.9% | 110 | 503 | 613 |
| Morwood, Dion A. | 22.1% | 79 | 279 | 358 |
| Masterson, Jason R. | 64.6% | 206 | 113 | 319 |
| Smith, Gary W. | 42.3% | 113 | 154 | 267 |
| White, Vincent R. | 2.8% | 9 | 309 | 318 |
| Bernstein, Jeffrey J. | 48.2% | 82 | 88 | 170 |
| Kim, Samuel Y. | 88.6% | 203 | 26 | 229 |
| Argumedo, Victoria L. | 6.1% | 8 | 124 | 132 |
| Nunez, Cynthia M. | 68.9% | 73 | 33 | 106 |
| Hanrahan, William | 5.9% | 1 | 16 | 17 |
| Kaul, Angela | 17.4% | 4 | 19 | 23 |
| Marks, Dana L. | 37.5% | 3 | 5 | 8 |
Roster entries without a usable profile denominator: <All Judges>. They are excluded from the rate table above.
Approval Rate by Nationality
Fiscal years 2020–2026 (Oct 2019 – Sep 2026).
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 39.9% | 5,498 | 8,293 | 13,791 |
| Guatemala | 41.3% | 4,575 | 6,493 | 11,068 |
| India | 74.6% | 4,849 | 1,648 | 6,497 |
| El Salvador | 52.9% | 3,252 | 2,901 | 6,153 |
| Colombia | 12.9% | 771 | 5,198 | 5,969 |
| Honduras | 32.9% | 1,490 | 3,045 | 4,535 |
| Nicaragua | 20.8% | 729 | 2,781 | 3,510 |
| Peru | 24.3% | 459 | 1,428 | 1,887 |
| China | 66.2% | 854 | 436 | 1,290 |
| Nepal | 85.2% | 734 | 128 | 862 |
| Venezuela | 25.0% | 167 | 501 | 668 |
| Brazil | 30.6% | 193 | 438 | 631 |
| Eritrea | 92.1% | 493 | 42 | 535 |
| Turkey | 50.1% | 256 | 255 | 511 |
| Russia | 77.4% | 363 | 106 | 469 |
| Romania | 25.1% | 94 | 280 | 374 |
| Afghanistan | 33.6% | 76 | 150 | 226 |
| Philippines | 62.3% | 137 | 83 | 220 |
| Vietnam | 60.8% | 87 | 56 | 143 |
| Mongolia | 74.4% | 90 | 31 | 121 |
| Pakistan | 75.9% | 85 | 27 | 112 |
| Ukraine | 81.5% | 88 | 20 | 108 |
| Iran | 76.4% | 81 | 25 | 106 |
| Nigeria | 76.1% | 70 | 22 | 92 |
| Iraq | 90.7% | 78 | 8 | 86 |
| Haiti | 54.2% | 39 | 33 | 72 |
| Ethiopia | 92.9% | 65 | 5 | 70 |
| Belarus | 84.1% | 53 | 10 | 63 |
| Burma (Myanmar) | 88.1% | 52 | 7 | 59 |
| Kazakhstan | 64.3% | 36 | 20 | 56 |
| Syria | 85.7% | 48 | 8 | 56 |
| Ecuador | 18.2% | 10 | 45 | 55 |
| Azerbaijan | 82.4% | 42 | 9 | 51 |
| Cameroon | 82.4% | 42 | 9 | 51 |
| Jordan | 71.7% | 33 | 13 | 46 |
| Fiji | 39.5% | 17 | 26 | 43 |
| Cuba | 46.2% | 18 | 21 | 39 |
| Sri Lanka | 18.9% | 7 | 30 | 37 |
| Yemen | 88.6% | 31 | 4 | 35 |
| Turkmenistan | 29.4% | 10 | 24 | 34 |
| South Korea | 53.6% | 15 | 13 | 28 |
| Armenia | 100.0% | 27 | 0 | 27 |
| Egypt | 81.5% | 22 | 5 | 27 |
| Moldavia (Moldova) | 65.4% | 17 | 9 | 26 |
| Laos | 24.0% | 6 | 19 | 25 |
| Sudan | 84.0% | 21 | 4 | 25 |
| Uzbekistan | 62.5% | 15 | 9 | 24 |
| Unknown Nationality | 0.0% | 0 | 23 | 23 |
| Chile | 42.9% | 9 | 12 | 21 |
| Belize | 45.0% | 9 | 11 | 20 |
| Kenya | 78.9% | 15 | 4 | 19 |
| Israel | 33.3% | 6 | 12 | 18 |
| Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan) | 50.0% | 9 | 9 | 18 |
| Stateless - Alien Unable To Name A Country | 93.8% | 15 | 1 | 16 |
| Bolivia | 7.1% | 1 | 13 | 14 |
| Argentina | 16.7% | 2 | 10 | 12 |
| Canada | 11.1% | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| Cambodia | 44.4% | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| Congo | 33.3% | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| Indonesia | 66.7% | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Lithuania | 100.0% | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Thailand | 16.7% | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Taiwan | 66.7% | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| South Africa | 16.7% | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Uganda | 100.0% | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Tonga | 33.3% | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Ghana | 100.0% | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Italy | 60.0% | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Spain | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Bangladesh | 100.0% | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Somalia | 100.0% | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| United Kingdom | 20.0% | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Costa Rica | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Senegal | 100.0% | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Tunisia | 100.0% | 3 | 0 | 3 |