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The 2026-07-01 snapshot shows a 43.1% historical asylum grant rate for San Francisco, CA Immigration Court, based on 98,386 grants and 129,867 denials (228,253 decided outcomes).
The San Francisco, CA Immigration Court has an overall asylum approval rate of 43.1% across 228,253 decided cases. The court has 61 immigration judges. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
The San Francisco, CA Immigration Court has an overall asylum grant rate of 43.1% 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 Marks, Dana Leigh (16,120 total cases), Murry, Anthony S. (13,614 total cases), and Stockton, Bette Kane (13,193 total cases). The largest nationality groups shown for this court include Mexico (13,600 decided, 40.0% grant rate), Guatemala (10,993 decided, 41.6% grant rate), and India (6,481 decided, 74.8% 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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This profile ranks #4 by published decided outcomes among 73 courts with at least 5,000 decisions (228,253 outcomes).
Its 43.1% historical rate is 32.6 percentage points above the 10.5% median for those 73 courts.
The largest published nationality row is Mexico: 13,600 decisions and a 40.0% 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.
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| Judge | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marks, Dana Leigh | 58.9% | 6,675 | 4,652 | 11,327 |
| Murry, Anthony S. | 8.3% | 1,036 | 11,382 | 12,418 |
| 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% | 3,408 | 3,750 | 7,158 |
| Costanzo, Lawrence Di | 47.8% | 3,769 | 4,124 | 7,893 |
| Webber, Polly A. | 50.6% | 3,782 | 3,696 | 7,478 |
| Ramirez, Laura L. | 52.8% | 3,829 | 3,428 | 7,257 |
| 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 | 3,204 | 5,958 |
| Phillips, Beverley M. | 51.2% | 2,884 | 2,749 | 5,633 |
| Teeter, Marilyn J. | 44.9% | 2,314 | 2,839 | 5,153 |
| Deiss, Ila C. | 76.8% | 3,519 | 1,065 | 4,584 |
| Seminerio, Frank A. | 17.3% | 926 | 4,442 | 5,368 |
| Savage, Patrick S. | 49.1% | 1,799 | 1,867 | 3,666 |
| Yeargin, Robert | 46.4% | 1,401 | 1,620 | 3,021 |
| Nelson, Julie L. | 9.5% | 417 | 3,953 | 4,370 |
| Gonzalez, Alberto E. | 56.4% | 2,177 | 1,680 | 3,857 |
| Johnson, Jeremiah | 55.0% | 1,643 | 1,346 | 2,989 |
| Greene III, Charles S. | 50.7% | 1,869 | 1,818 | 3,687 |
| O'Brien, Patrick S. | 17.9% | 719 | 3,309 | 4,028 |
| Kirchner, Steven M. | 27.4% | 959 | 2,546 | 3,505 |
| Swink, Arwen A. | 51.1% | 1,481 | 1,415 | 2,896 |
| Grussendorf, Paul | 29.9% | 867 | 2,035 | 2,902 |
| Young, Elizabeth L. | 53.5% | 1,012 | 878 | 1,890 |
| Gambill, Scott D. | 33.6% | 696 | 1,374 | 2,070 |
| Park, Joseph Y. | 18.2% | 549 | 2,474 | 3,023 |
| Griswold, Stephen S. | 63.5% | 1,438 | 826 | 2,264 |
| Schulz, Karen W. | 41.6% | 715 | 1,005 | 1,720 |
| Hoogasian, Amy C. | 44.2% | 719 | 906 | 1,625 |
| Gordon, Louis A. | 47.8% | 1,026 | 1,122 | 2,148 |
| Paulino, Robin K. | 56.3% | 767 | 595 | 1,362 |
| George, Amber D | 64.9% | 1,211 | 655 | 1,866 |
| Coupe, Dennis F. | 26.3% | 451 | 1,261 | 1,712 |
| Chen, Shuting | 55.9% | 932 | 734 | 1,666 |
| Levine, Shira M. | 86.3% | 1,377 | 218 | 1,595 |
| Vigil, Jami | 56.6% | 188 | 144 | 332 |
| Davis, Howard R. | 33.0% | 469 | 954 | 1,423 |
| Ford, Nicholas R | 32.4% | 303 | 631 | 934 |
| Jackson, Jacqueline J. | 58.3% | 441 | 316 | 757 |
| Picton, Cory M. | 36.8% | 380 | 653 | 1,033 |
| Mccleskey, Loi L. | 35.4% | 320 | 585 | 905 |
| Dillon, Chloe S. | 72.6% | 704 | 266 | 970 |
| Cintron, Elanie J. | 11.8% | 111 | 831 | 942 |
| Jamil, Rebecca | 44.7% | 325 | 402 | 727 |
| Brasil, Elisa C. | 34.9% | 259 | 484 | 743 |
| Shugall, Ilyce | 50.0% | 216 | 216 | 432 |
| Dinh, Roger H. | 18.0% | 110 | 502 | 612 |
| Morwood, Dion A. | 22.1% | 79 | 279 | 358 |
| Masterson, Jason R. | 64.4% | 206 | 114 | 320 |
| 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. | 87.5% | 203 | 29 | 232 |
| Argumedo, Victoria L. | 6.1% | 8 | 124 | 132 |
| Nunez, Cynthia M. | 68.9% | 73 | 33 | 106 |
| Hanrahan, William | 5.9% | 1 | 16 | 17 |
| 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.
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 40.0% | 5,446 | 8,154 | 13,600 |
| Guatemala | 41.6% | 4,569 | 6,424 | 10,993 |
| India | 74.8% | 4,849 | 1,632 | 6,481 |
| El Salvador | 53.2% | 3,252 | 2,865 | 6,117 |
| Colombia | 13.2% | 770 | 5,065 | 5,835 |
| Honduras | 33.0% | 1,489 | 3,020 | 4,509 |
| Nicaragua | 20.9% | 729 | 2,763 | 3,492 |
| Peru | 24.7% | 459 | 1,396 | 1,855 |
| China | 67.0% | 853 | 420 | 1,273 |
| Nepal | 85.4% | 734 | 125 | 859 |
| Venezuela | 25.3% | 167 | 493 | 660 |
| Brazil | 30.5% | 192 | 437 | 629 |
| Eritrea | 92.1% | 493 | 42 | 535 |
| Turkey | 50.7% | 253 | 246 | 499 |
| Russia | 77.3% | 361 | 106 | 467 |
| Romania | 28.1% | 94 | 240 | 334 |
| Afghanistan | 33.6% | 76 | 150 | 226 |
| Philippines | 63.3% | 136 | 79 | 215 |
| Vietnam | 61.7% | 87 | 54 | 141 |
| Mongolia | 74.4% | 90 | 31 | 121 |
| Pakistan | 76.6% | 85 | 26 | 111 |
| Ukraine | 81.5% | 88 | 20 | 108 |
| Iran | 79.4% | 81 | 21 | 102 |
| 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 | 87.3% | 48 | 7 | 55 |
| Azerbaijan | 82.4% | 42 | 9 | 51 |
| Cameroon | 82.4% | 42 | 9 | 51 |
| Ecuador | 20.0% | 10 | 40 | 50 |
| Jordan | 73.3% | 33 | 12 | 45 |
| Fiji | 41.5% | 17 | 24 | 41 |
| 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 |
| Armenia | 100.0% | 27 | 0 | 27 |
| Egypt | 81.5% | 22 | 5 | 27 |
| South Korea | 57.7% | 15 | 11 | 26 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Chile | 60.0% | 9 | 6 | 15 |
| Argentina | 16.7% | 2 | 10 | 12 |
| Cambodia | 44.4% | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| Congo | 33.3% | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| Bolivia | 14.3% | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| Canada | 16.7% | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 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 |