Immigration court
West Los Angeles, CA Immigration Court
61 judges · CA
EOIR data through Oct 1, 2026 · updated monthly
- 108,390
- Granted
- 260,910
- Denied
- 61
- Judges
Distribution
How this court's judges compare
At West Los Angeles, CA, 58 judges range from 2.0% to 56.7%.
Each judge's all-time EOIR decided outcomes across every court they have served in: granted ÷ (granted + denied). Judges now based at this court with at least 100 decided cases. A historical pattern — not a prediction for any case.
Recent decisions (Oct 2024 – Sep 2026): West Los Angeles, CA Immigration Court granted asylum in 5.1% of 26,448 decided cases. That is lower than the court's all-time rate of 29.4% (369,300 decided cases). Over the same months, the national rate was 5.0%.
What people ask about West Los Angeles, CA Immigration Court
These are the questions people asked most about this court from Apr 2026 to Oct 2026. The answers come from EOIR immigration court data.
What is the asylum grant rate at West Los Angeles, CA Immigration Court?
In Oct 2024 – Sep 2026, the court granted asylum in 5.1% of 26,448 decided cases (grants plus denials). Across all years in EOIR data, it granted 29.4% of 369,300 decided cases. Over the same recent months, the national rate was 5.0%.
How to Interpret This Court's Data
Court-level statistics aggregate the judges and cases assigned to the West Los Angeles, CA Immigration Court, so the court average can differ sharply from any one judge's profile.
High-volume judge profiles at this court include Peters, Rose (27,489 total cases), Walton, Richard D. (22,719 total cases), and Ho, Anna (20,229 total cases). The largest nationality groups shown for this court (fiscal years 2020–2026) include Mexico (11,585 decided, 32.0% grant rate), Guatemala (10,419 decided, 6.3% grant rate), and El Salvador (6,819 decided, 15.8% 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 2026-10-01. The data is informational and should not be treated as legal advice or a prediction for any individual case.
Read how EOIR data works or learn how to compare asylum approval rates.
What This Court Profile's Data Shows
This profile ranks #2 by published decided outcomes among 74 courts with at least 5,000 decisions (369,300 outcomes).
Its 29.4% historical rate is 19.5 percentage points above the 9.9% median for those 74 courts.
The largest published nationality row is Mexico: 11,585 decisions and a 32.0% 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.
Areas Served by This Court
Based on the official EOIR ZIP-code assignment, the West Los Angeles, CA Immigration Court is the assigned filing location for 147 ZIP codes. Main cities by state:
CA — Los Angeles, Long Beach, Santa Barbara, Torrance, Whittier, Inglewood, Santa Monica, Oxnard, Carson, Compton, Downey, Ventura, Beverly Hills, Camarillo, Culver City and 48 more cities
Not sure which immigration court serves your address? Enter your ZIP code in the AsylumTracker app's coverage map.
Judges at This Court
| Judge | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peters, Rose | 16.2% | 3,737 | 19,314 | 23,051 |
| Walton, Richard D. | 20.1% | 3,560 | 14,110 | 17,670 |
| Ho, Anna | 15.9% | 2,305 | 12,151 | 14,456 |
| Fong, Thomas | 28.8% | 3,857 | 9,537 | 13,394 |
| Hrycenko, Ingrid K. | 36.3% | 4,518 | 7,920 | 12,438 |
| Martin, William J. | 33.3% | 4,290 | 8,611 | 12,901 |
| Latimore, Jan D. | 35.1% | 3,969 | 7,340 | 11,309 |
| Sitgraves, D.D. | 15.1% | 2,185 | 12,248 | 14,433 |
| Ipema, Henry P. | 23.4% | 2,650 | 8,656 | 11,306 |
| Einhorn, Bruce J. | 35.3% | 4,288 | 7,876 | 12,164 |
| Stancill, Christine E | 39.8% | 4,448 | 6,728 | 11,176 |
| Gordon, Nathan W. | 36.3% | 3,735 | 6,558 | 10,293 |
| Romig, Jeffrey L. | 12.3% | 1,092 | 7,767 | 8,859 |
| Walsh, John F. | 27.4% | 2,772 | 7,339 | 10,111 |
| Bronzina, Isabel | 17.7% | 1,709 | 7,960 | 9,669 |
| Bank, Ira | 38.7% | 3,061 | 4,840 | 7,901 |
| Munoz, Lorraine J. | 24.6% | 2,088 | 6,400 | 8,488 |
| Sholomson, Stephen L. | 37.1% | 3,081 | 5,231 | 8,312 |
| Dunkel-Bradley, Dorothy | 38.2% | 2,693 | 4,364 | 7,057 |
| Vahid-Tehrani, Gita | 42.4% | 3,076 | 4,174 | 7,250 |
| Burke, David | 22.7% | 1,672 | 5,706 | 7,378 |
| Tabaddor, A. Ashley | 28.5% | 1,534 | 3,853 | 5,387 |
| Renner, Renee L. | 23.9% | 1,547 | 4,931 | 6,478 |
| Mathon, Lauren R. | 24.4% | 1,782 | 5,511 | 7,293 |
| Segal, Jay | 25.5% | 1,405 | 4,112 | 5,517 |
| Bither, Christine A. | 31.2% | 1,599 | 3,521 | 5,120 |
| Bakke Varzandeh, Joyce | 26.4% | 1,540 | 4,292 | 5,832 |
| O'Connor, Lee | 17.2% | 677 | 3,251 | 3,928 |
| Gembacz, Gilbert T. | 44.3% | 2,378 | 2,988 | 5,366 |
| Seligman, Darlene R. | 31.8% | 1,331 | 2,857 | 4,188 |
| Behne, Audra R. | 11.3% | 477 | 3,753 | 4,230 |
| Costa, Philip J. | 34.1% | 1,422 | 2,747 | 4,169 |
| Bass, Lori R. | 31.7% | 1,223 | 2,639 | 3,862 |
| Juelle, Carlos R. | 9.2% | 502 | 4,951 | 5,453 |
| Desai, Jankhana | 14.9% | 536 | 3,051 | 3,587 |
| Giattina, Anthony T. | 40.9% | 1,625 | 2,350 | 3,975 |
| Simons, Anita L. | 22.1% | 1,027 | 3,623 | 4,650 |
| Chugh, Amit | 12.8% | 513 | 3,480 | 3,993 |
| Villegas, Veronica S. | 18.5% | 644 | 2,836 | 3,480 |
| Ohata, Ronald N. | 31.5% | 999 | 2,171 | 3,170 |
| Rooyani, Rodin | 31.7% | 923 | 1,990 | 2,913 |
| Little, Monica M. | 32.1% | 756 | 1,598 | 2,354 |
| Malvin, Daniel H. | 10.6% | 270 | 2,286 | 2,556 |
| Del Bene, Charles A. | 25.8% | 600 | 1,726 | 2,326 |
| Pierce, Curtis F. | 14.0% | 410 | 2,525 | 2,935 |
| Taylor, John D. | 39.9% | 660 | 996 | 1,656 |
| Hong, J. Traci | 24.7% | 496 | 1,509 | 2,005 |
| McDonald, Kristofer R. | 6.6% | 153 | 2,170 | 2,323 |
| Proctor, George W. | 56.7% | 975 | 745 | 1,720 |
| Murad, Yvan E. | 7.1% | 139 | 1,826 | 1,965 |
| Mcdermott, Patrick T. | 41.0% | 425 | 612 | 1,037 |
| Perez, Irma | 12.1% | 117 | 849 | 966 |
| Lee, Edward | 31.3% | 157 | 345 | 502 |
| Callaghan, Diana | 5.9% | 39 | 621 | 660 |
| Mc Goings, Michael C. | 2.0% | 6 | 288 | 294 |
| Smith, Kevin D. | 4.5% | 11 | 232 | 243 |
| Fellrath, Robert | 12.8% | 25 | 170 | 195 |
| Carroll-Tipton, Andrea | 60.3% | 44 | 29 | 73 |
| Driscoll, John T. | 23.1% | 30 | 100 | 130 |
| Anderson, Dale E. | 3.2% | 2 | 60 | 62 |
| Ashman, Peter L. | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Roster entries without a usable profile denominator: New Ij #6, Visiting Judge 27, Incoming Judge 2, Salter, John W.. They are excluded from the rate table above.
Approval Rate by Nationality
Fiscal years 2020–2026 (Oct 2019 – Sep 2026).
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 32.0% | 3,707 | 7,878 | 11,585 |
| Guatemala | 6.3% | 654 | 9,765 | 10,419 |
| El Salvador | 15.8% | 1,080 | 5,739 | 6,819 |
| Honduras | 7.0% | 294 | 3,921 | 4,215 |
| Nicaragua | 6.4% | 268 | 3,933 | 4,201 |
| Colombia | 1.5% | 62 | 4,087 | 4,149 |
| China | 55.8% | 1,804 | 1,430 | 3,234 |
| Venezuela | 5.2% | 67 | 1,226 | 1,293 |
| Peru | 5.8% | 72 | 1,164 | 1,236 |
| Russia | 52.7% | 563 | 506 | 1,069 |
| Ecuador | 2.1% | 16 | 744 | 760 |
| India | 48.1% | 195 | 210 | 405 |
| Belize | 8.0% | 22 | 252 | 274 |
| Philippines | 47.6% | 129 | 142 | 271 |
| Romania | 4.8% | 11 | 216 | 227 |
| Armenia | 53.6% | 120 | 104 | 224 |
| Iran | 74.0% | 162 | 57 | 219 |
| Indonesia | 63.6% | 131 | 75 | 206 |
| Egypt | 61.3% | 114 | 72 | 186 |
| Nigeria | 27.0% | 50 | 135 | 185 |
| South Korea | 55.8% | 92 | 73 | 165 |
| Turkey | 13.0% | 21 | 140 | 161 |
| Brazil | 9.3% | 11 | 107 | 118 |
| Bangladesh | 49.5% | 45 | 46 | 91 |
| Syria | 77.8% | 63 | 18 | 81 |
| Cuba | 17.1% | 13 | 63 | 76 |
| Vietnam | 50.0% | 34 | 34 | 68 |
| Israel | 34.9% | 22 | 41 | 63 |
| Kazakhstan | 22.2% | 14 | 49 | 63 |
| Belarus | 37.1% | 23 | 39 | 62 |
| Jordan | 45.0% | 27 | 33 | 60 |
| Ukraine | 49.2% | 29 | 30 | 59 |
| Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan) | 45.3% | 24 | 29 | 53 |
| Jamaica | 22.4% | 11 | 38 | 49 |
| Mongolia | 43.8% | 21 | 27 | 48 |
| Haiti | 4.2% | 2 | 46 | 48 |
| Senegal | 6.2% | 3 | 45 | 48 |
| Lebanon | 52.2% | 24 | 22 | 46 |
| Afghanistan | 25.0% | 10 | 30 | 40 |
| Nepal | 74.4% | 29 | 10 | 39 |
| Pakistan | 44.7% | 17 | 21 | 38 |
| Argentina | 16.7% | 6 | 30 | 36 |
| Azerbaijan | 14.7% | 5 | 29 | 34 |
| Burma (Myanmar) | 75.8% | 25 | 8 | 33 |
| Cameroon | 45.2% | 14 | 17 | 31 |
| Unknown Nationality | 12.9% | 4 | 27 | 31 |
| Thailand | 24.1% | 7 | 22 | 29 |
| Chile | 13.8% | 4 | 25 | 29 |
| Kenya | 32.0% | 8 | 17 | 25 |
| Ghana | 56.0% | 14 | 11 | 25 |
| Bolivia | 0.0% | 0 | 25 | 25 |
| Stateless - Alien Unable To Name A Country | 87.0% | 20 | 3 | 23 |
| Uzbekistan | 5.3% | 1 | 18 | 19 |
| Sri Lanka | 52.9% | 9 | 8 | 17 |
| Cambodia | 12.5% | 2 | 14 | 16 |
| Costa Rica | 25.0% | 4 | 12 | 16 |
| Iraq | 66.7% | 10 | 5 | 15 |
| Japan | 0.0% | 0 | 15 | 15 |
| Canada | 42.9% | 6 | 8 | 14 |
| Ethiopia | 46.2% | 6 | 7 | 13 |
| Turkmenistan | 15.4% | 2 | 11 | 13 |
| Tajikistan (Tadzhik) | 7.7% | 1 | 12 | 13 |
| Germany | 66.7% | 8 | 4 | 12 |
| Niger | 50.0% | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| Uganda | 45.5% | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| United Kingdom | 0.0% | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Eritrea | 25.0% | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| Tunisia | 66.7% | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Taiwan | 50.0% | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Mauritania | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Panama | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Somalia | 16.7% | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Slovenia | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Yemen | 100.0% | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Morocco | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Spain | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Saudi Arabia | 25.0% | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Georgia | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Hong Kong | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Australia | 33.3% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Soviet Union | 100.0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Guadeloupe | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Guinea | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |