12 judges · UT
The Salt Lake City, UT Immigration Court has an overall asylum approval rate of 15.2% across 38,576 decided cases. The court has 12 immigration judges. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
The Salt Lake City, UT Immigration Court has an overall asylum grant rate of 15.2% 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 Anderson, David C. (19,104 total cases), Nixon, William L. (10,022 total cases), and Greer, Christopher M. (9,391 total cases). The largest nationality groups shown for this court include Venezuela (7,171 decided, 47.9% grant rate), Mexico (4,030 decided, 8.4% grant rate), and Peru (2,623 decided, 1.1% 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 Salt Lake City, UT Immigration Court is the assigned filing location for 379 ZIP codes. Main cities by state:
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| Judge | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson, David C. | 20.1% | 3,036 | 12,059 | 15,095 |
| Nixon, William L. | 6.9% | 553 | 7,436 | 7,989 |
| Greer, Christopher M. | 18.3% | 1,540 | 6,888 | 8,428 |
| Truman, Phillip M. | 21.8% | 1,226 | 4,386 | 5,612 |
| Pead, Dustin | 6.3% | 287 | 4,292 | 4,579 |
| Aina, Nathan N. | 13.3% | 550 | 3,570 | 4,120 |
| Taylor, Brock E | 20.8% | 647 | 2,469 | 3,116 |
| Nelson, Douglas Donaldson | 19.0% | 305 | 1,300 | 1,605 |
| Robertson, David | 10.4% | 38 | 326 | 364 |
| Andelin, Joseph Q. | 14.1% | 36 | 219 | 255 |
| Glober, James | 2.7% | 2 | 71 | 73 |
| Arrache, Stephanie | 0.0% | 0 | 25 | 25 |
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venezuela | 47.9% | 3,438 | 3,733 | 7,171 |
| Mexico | 8.4% | 338 | 3,692 | 4,030 |
| Peru | 1.1% | 30 | 2,593 | 2,623 |
| Colombia | 4.2% | 88 | 2,001 | 2,089 |
| Honduras | 2.4% | 28 | 1,157 | 1,185 |
| Guatemala | 4.2% | 46 | 1,054 | 1,100 |
| Nicaragua | 10.9% | 59 | 481 | 540 |
| El Salvador | 8.1% | 40 | 453 | 493 |
| Ecuador | 5.2% | 9 | 165 | 174 |
| Chile | 11.4% | 10 | 78 | 88 |
| Russia | 70.0% | 49 | 21 | 70 |
| Cuba | 36.5% | 23 | 40 | 63 |
| Brazil | 8.3% | 5 | 55 | 60 |
| China | 55.8% | 24 | 19 | 43 |
| Unknown Nationality | 0.0% | 0 | 32 | 32 |
| Romania | 0.0% | 0 | 31 | 31 |
| India | 10.7% | 3 | 25 | 28 |
| Panama | 41.7% | 10 | 14 | 24 |
| Dominican Republic | 5.0% | 1 | 19 | 20 |
| Turkey | 10.0% | 2 | 18 | 20 |
| Haiti | 0.0% | 0 | 15 | 15 |
| Afghanistan | 8.3% | 1 | 11 | 12 |
| Argentina | 54.5% | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| Iraq | 90.0% | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| Pakistan | 55.6% | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| Costa Rica | 22.2% | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| Philippines | 14.3% | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| Nigeria | 100.0% | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Germany | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Belize | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Congo | 60.0% | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Bolivia | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Somalia | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Spain | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |