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The Van Nuys, CA Immigration Court has an overall asylum approval rate of 13.6% across 29,421 decided cases. The court has 10 immigration judges. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
The Van Nuys, CA Immigration Court has an overall asylum grant rate of 13.6% 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. (11,448 total cases), Dorfman, Arlene E. (9,101 total cases), and Chon, Hye Y. (7,026 total cases). The largest nationality groups shown for this court include Mexico (8,400 decided, 8.0% grant rate), Guatemala (4,671 decided, 3.0% grant rate), and El Salvador (3,265 decided, 8.6% 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 2026-07-01. 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 Van Nuys, CA Immigration Court is the assigned filing location for 171 ZIP codes. Main cities by state:
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| Judge | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riley, Kevin W. | 7.6% | 682 | 8,348 | 9,030 |
| Dorfman, Arlene E. | 23.3% | 1,760 | 5,795 | 7,555 |
| Chon, Hye Y. | 10.2% | 438 | 3,836 | 4,274 |
| Santos-Garcia, Sandra J. | 14.2% | 590 | 3,557 | 4,147 |
| Park, Jeannette Lim | 20.6% | 786 | 3,033 | 3,819 |
| Medved, Paul N. | 10.7% | 381 | 3,188 | 3,569 |
| Marcus, Steven | 8.8% | 287 | 2,988 | 3,275 |
| Amaya, Roberto | 4.7% | 128 | 2,589 | 2,717 |
| Weiner, Joseph | 11.1% | 277 | 2,209 | 2,486 |
| Richards Jr., Marvin E. | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 8.0% | 668 | 7,732 | 8,400 |
| Guatemala | 3.0% | 141 | 4,530 | 4,671 |
| El Salvador | 8.6% | 282 | 2,983 | 3,265 |
| Peru | 1.3% | 30 | 2,245 | 2,275 |
| Nicaragua | 9.3% | 162 | 1,586 | 1,748 |
| Honduras | 3.0% | 50 | 1,601 | 1,651 |
| Armenia | 55.4% | 832 | 670 | 1,502 |
| Russia | 48.0% | 654 | 709 | 1,363 |
| Colombia | 1.0% | 12 | 1,223 | 1,235 |
| India | 33.4% | 179 | 357 | 536 |
| Venezuela | 4.7% | 20 | 410 | 430 |
| Iran | 73.0% | 189 | 70 | 259 |
| Ecuador | 2.5% | 5 | 195 | 200 |
| Philippines | 38.7% | 46 | 73 | 119 |
| China | 40.9% | 47 | 68 | 115 |
| Uganda | 76.1% | 83 | 26 | 109 |
| Syria | 86.0% | 86 | 14 | 100 |
| Ukraine | 62.9% | 56 | 33 | 89 |
| Israel | 43.2% | 35 | 46 | 81 |
| Belize | 6.3% | 4 | 59 | 63 |
| Belarus | 67.3% | 37 | 18 | 55 |
| Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan) | 16.0% | 8 | 42 | 50 |
| Kazakhstan | 34.7% | 17 | 32 | 49 |
| Georgia | 19.6% | 9 | 37 | 46 |
| Afghanistan | 20.0% | 9 | 36 | 45 |
| Egypt | 67.5% | 27 | 13 | 40 |
| Bangladesh | 56.4% | 22 | 17 | 39 |
| Nigeria | 37.1% | 13 | 22 | 35 |
| Turkey | 8.8% | 3 | 31 | 34 |
| Chile | 6.1% | 2 | 31 | 33 |
| Unknown Nationality | 15.6% | 5 | 27 | 32 |
| Uzbekistan | 27.6% | 8 | 21 | 29 |
| Lebanon | 80.8% | 21 | 5 | 26 |
| Romania | 0.0% | 0 | 26 | 26 |
| Cuba | 12.5% | 3 | 21 | 24 |
| Indonesia | 57.1% | 12 | 9 | 21 |
| South Korea | 75.0% | 15 | 5 | 20 |
| Brazil | 5.0% | 1 | 19 | 20 |
| Sri Lanka | 45.0% | 9 | 11 | 20 |
| Pakistan | 75.0% | 12 | 4 | 16 |
| Jordan | 73.3% | 11 | 4 | 15 |
| Bolivia | 0.0% | 0 | 15 | 15 |
| Argentina | 30.0% | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| Thailand | 30.0% | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| Germany | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Vietnam | 16.7% | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Azerbaijan | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Haiti | 60.0% | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Netherlands | 100.0% | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Soviet Union | 80.0% | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Zambia | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| United Kingdom | 50.0% | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Dominican Republic | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Guadeloupe | 25.0% | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Cameroon | 100.0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Canada | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Moldavia (Moldova) | 100.0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |