18 judges · CA
The San Diego, CA Immigration Court has an overall asylum approval rate of 4.2% across 11,822 decided cases. The court has 18 immigration judges. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
The San Diego, CA Immigration Court has an overall asylum grant rate of 4.2% 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 Williams, John C. (33,733 total cases), Barrett, Robert J. (30,833 total cases), and Bagley, Kenneth A. (25,487 total cases). The largest nationality groups shown for this court include Mexico (3,060 decided, 14.0% grant rate), Guatemala (2,498 decided, 3.6% grant rate), and Honduras (967 decided, 3.5% 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 2026-05-08. The data is informational and should not be treated as legal advice or a prediction for any individual case.
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| Judge | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Williams, John C. | 16.4% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Barrett, Robert J. | 13.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bagley, Kenneth A. | 12.9% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bartolomei, Rico J. | 22.5% | 200 | 687 | 887 |
| Atenaide, Anthony | 15.9% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fernandez, Ignacio P. | 23.6% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Devitto, James | 21.0% | 173 | 650 | 823 |
| Boone, Gaylyn N. | 51.9% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ragusa, Joseph M. | 30.6% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Watkins, Henry G. | 2.4% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Glaser-Allen, Colleen | 25.0% | 5 | 15 | 20 |
| Attia, Olga E. | 5.5% | 54 | 919 | 973 |
| Grande, Guy G. | 17.1% | 236 | 1,148 | 1,384 |
| Heesch, Meghan E. | 13.2% | 95 | 625 | 720 |
| Najjar, George R. | 15.2% | 69 | 385 | 454 |
| Ishimoto, Rhana | 9.4% | 6 | 58 | 64 |
| Montes, Raul | 100.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Test Ij For Oit Train01 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 14.0% | 428 | 2,632 | 3,060 |
| Guatemala | 3.6% | 89 | 2,409 | 2,498 |
| Honduras | 3.5% | 34 | 933 | 967 |
| Colombia | 6.1% | 44 | 678 | 722 |
| Venezuela | 9.8% | 66 | 609 | 675 |
| Haiti | 7.1% | 41 | 537 | 578 |
| Russia | 60.5% | 293 | 191 | 484 |
| El Salvador | 7.3% | 31 | 395 | 426 |
| Nicaragua | 15.1% | 61 | 342 | 403 |
| Peru | 3.6% | 8 | 214 | 222 |
| Brazil | 2.0% | 4 | 193 | 197 |
| Ecuador | 4.5% | 8 | 168 | 176 |
| Cuba | 42.8% | 71 | 95 | 166 |
| Afghanistan | 20.5% | 30 | 116 | 146 |
| Iraq | 66.2% | 94 | 48 | 142 |
| Turkey | 20.8% | 25 | 95 | 120 |
| China | 23.6% | 26 | 84 | 110 |
| Vietnam | 31.9% | 23 | 49 | 72 |
| Iran | 62.3% | 38 | 23 | 61 |
| Somalia | 51.2% | 22 | 21 | 43 |
| Chile | 11.9% | 5 | 37 | 42 |
| Jamaica | 4.8% | 2 | 40 | 42 |
| India | 8.3% | 3 | 33 | 36 |
| Ghana | 5.9% | 2 | 32 | 34 |
| Philippines | 31.2% | 10 | 22 | 32 |
| Uzbekistan | 0.0% | 0 | 32 | 32 |
| Nigeria | 29.6% | 8 | 19 | 27 |
| Senegal | 7.7% | 2 | 24 | 26 |
| Ethiopia | 72.0% | 18 | 7 | 25 |
| Eritrea | 66.7% | 16 | 8 | 24 |
| Dominican Republic | 0.0% | 0 | 22 | 22 |
| Armenia | 5.9% | 1 | 16 | 17 |
| Azerbaijan | 35.3% | 6 | 11 | 17 |
| Romania | 0.0% | 0 | 16 | 16 |
| Belarus | 50.0% | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| Kazakhstan | 50.0% | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| Sudan | 58.3% | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| Cameroon | 40.0% | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| Georgia | 0.0% | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Guinea | 70.0% | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| Costa Rica | 0.0% | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| Egypt | 22.2% | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| Pakistan | 0.0% | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| South Korea | 33.3% | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Unknown Nationality | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Angola | 66.7% | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Jordan | 16.7% | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Syria | 60.0% | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan) | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Libya | 100.0% | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Morocco | 20.0% | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| South Africa | 25.0% | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Tajikistan (Tadzhik) | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Niger | 100.0% | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Bolivia | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Ukraine | 66.7% | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Belize | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Thailand | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Mauritania | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Panama | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Israel | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |