9 judges · CA
The Van Nuys, CA Immigration Court has an overall asylum approval rate of 3.7% across 25,452 decided cases. The court has 9 immigration judges. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
The Van Nuys, CA Immigration Court has an overall asylum grant rate of 3.7% 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 Riley, Kevin W. (11,244 total cases), Dorfman, Arlene E. (8,379 total cases), and Chon, Hye Y. (6,146 total cases). The largest nationality groups shown for this court include Mexico (7,288 decided, 7.8% grant rate), Guatemala (4,200 decided, 3.0% grant rate), and El Salvador (2,933 decided, 9.2% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riley, Kevin W. | 3.0% | 142 | 4,657 | 4,799 |
| Dorfman, Arlene E. | 21.7% | 810 | 2,927 | 3,737 |
| Chon, Hye Y. | 12.0% | 370 | 2,708 | 3,078 |
| Maury, Carlos E. | 22.9% | 640 | 2,151 | 2,791 |
| Santos-Garcia, Sandra J. | 17.3% | 453 | 2,173 | 2,626 |
| Park, Jeannette Lim | 19.1% | 468 | 1,981 | 2,449 |
| Medved, Paul N. | 10.9% | 332 | 2,702 | 3,034 |
| Marcus, Steven | 7.8% | 227 | 2,672 | 2,899 |
| Weiner, Joseph | 11.2% | 200 | 1,585 | 1,785 |
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 7.8% | 571 | 6,717 | 7,288 |
| Guatemala | 3.0% | 125 | 4,075 | 4,200 |
| El Salvador | 9.2% | 271 | 2,662 | 2,933 |
| Peru | 1.4% | 27 | 1,870 | 1,897 |
| Nicaragua | 10.0% | 155 | 1,393 | 1,548 |
| Honduras | 3.3% | 49 | 1,436 | 1,485 |
| Armenia | 58.3% | 809 | 578 | 1,387 |
| Russia | 49.4% | 614 | 629 | 1,243 |
| Colombia | 1.2% | 12 | 1,008 | 1,020 |
| India | 41.1% | 177 | 254 | 431 |
| Venezuela | 5.5% | 20 | 344 | 364 |
| Iran | 76.2% | 183 | 57 | 240 |
| Ecuador | 3.0% | 5 | 159 | 164 |
| China | 41.5% | 44 | 62 | 106 |
| Philippines | 42.7% | 44 | 59 | 103 |
| Uganda | 76.7% | 79 | 24 | 103 |
| Syria | 88.2% | 82 | 11 | 93 |
| Ukraine | 67.9% | 55 | 26 | 81 |
| Israel | 47.1% | 33 | 37 | 70 |
| Belize | 6.9% | 4 | 54 | 58 |
| Belarus | 69.4% | 34 | 15 | 49 |
| Kazakhstan | 37.0% | 17 | 29 | 46 |
| Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan) | 17.4% | 8 | 38 | 46 |
| Georgia | 23.7% | 9 | 29 | 38 |
| Afghanistan | 11.4% | 4 | 31 | 35 |
| Bangladesh | 64.7% | 22 | 12 | 34 |
| Turkey | 10.0% | 3 | 27 | 30 |
| Egypt | 86.2% | 25 | 4 | 29 |
| Lebanon | 80.8% | 21 | 5 | 26 |
| Chile | 7.7% | 2 | 24 | 26 |
| Romania | 0.0% | 0 | 26 | 26 |
| Unknown Nationality | 19.2% | 5 | 21 | 26 |
| Uzbekistan | 32.0% | 8 | 17 | 25 |
| Nigeria | 52.0% | 13 | 12 | 25 |
| South Korea | 75.0% | 15 | 5 | 20 |
| Cuba | 15.0% | 3 | 17 | 20 |
| Indonesia | 70.6% | 12 | 5 | 17 |
| Pakistan | 75.0% | 12 | 4 | 16 |
| Bolivia | 0.0% | 0 | 13 | 13 |
| Sri Lanka | 75.0% | 9 | 3 | 12 |
| Jordan | 100.0% | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| Brazil | 9.1% | 1 | 10 | 11 |
| Argentina | 30.0% | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| Thailand | 33.3% | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| Germany | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Azerbaijan | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Haiti | 60.0% | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Soviet Union | 80.0% | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Netherlands | 100.0% | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| United Kingdom | 50.0% | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Vietnam | 25.0% | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Cameroon | 100.0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Moldavia (Moldova) | 100.0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |