73 judges · CA
The West Los Angeles, CA Immigration Court has an overall asylum approval rate of 2.4% across 44,860 decided cases. The court has 73 immigration judges. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
The West Los Angeles, CA Immigration Court has an overall asylum grant rate of 2.4% 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 Peters, Rose (27,495 total cases), Walton, Richard D. (22,726 total cases), and Ho, Anna (20,231 total cases). The largest nationality groups shown for this court include Mexico (9,966 decided, 36.2% grant rate), Guatemala (8,975 decided, 7.1% grant rate), and El Salvador (5,754 decided, 18.4% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peters, Rose | 16.2% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Walton, Richard D. | 3.3% | 39 | 1,139 | 1,178 |
| Ho, Anna | 15.9% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fong, Thomas | 28.8% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hrycenko, Ingrid K. | 36.3% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Martin, William J. | 33.2% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anderson, David C. | 20.5% | 1,143 | 4,441 | 5,584 |
| Latimore, Jan D. | 28.5% | 243 | 610 | 853 |
| Sitgraves, D.D. | 15.1% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ipema, Henry P. | 23.4% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Einhorn, Bruce J. | 35.2% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gordon, Nathan W. | 36.3% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stancill, Christine E | 23.4% | 634 | 2,077 | 2,711 |
| Romig, Jeffrey L. | 16.4% | 94 | 478 | 572 |
| Travieso, Frank M. | 5.5% | 275 | 4,748 | 5,023 |
| Walsh, John F. | 27.4% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bronzina, Isabel | 17.7% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bank, Ira | 43.7% | 173 | 223 | 396 |
| Munoz, Lorraine J. | 24.6% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sholomson, Stephen L. | 37.1% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dunkel-Bradley, Dorothy | 38.1% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vahid-Tehrani, Gita | 41.9% | 226 | 313 | 539 |
| Harbeck, Dorothy A. | 32.0% | 888 | 1,883 | 2,771 |
| Burke, David | 41.9% | 728 | 1,011 | 1,739 |
| Tabaddor, A. Ashley | 22.0% | 26 | 92 | 118 |
| Renner, Renee L. | 23.9% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mathon, Lauren R. | 22.9% | 11 | 37 | 48 |
| Segal, Jay | 25.5% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bither, Christine A. | 4.1% | 9 | 210 | 219 |
| Ruane, Rachel Ann | 6.0% | 148 | 2,309 | 2,457 |
| O'Connor, Lee | 9.1% | 75 | 747 | 822 |
| Bakke Varzandeh, Joyce | 15.2% | 327 | 1,825 | 2,152 |
| Gembacz, Gilbert T. | 44.3% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Seligman, Darlene R. | 31.8% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Neumeister, William David | 52.0% | 1,079 | 995 | 2,074 |
| Nguyen, An Mai | 20.7% | 620 | 2,382 | 3,002 |
| Costa, Philip J. | 36.8% | 474 | 814 | 1,288 |
| Daw, Alison E | 55.7% | 524 | 417 | 941 |
| Bass, Lori R. | 8.1% | 11 | 125 | 136 |
| Giattina, Anthony T. | 40.9% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Behne, Audra R. | 10.1% | 290 | 2,569 | 2,859 |
| Everett, Timothy R. | 28.5% | 446 | 1,118 | 1,564 |
| Juelle, Carlos R. | 9.7% | 347 | 3,223 | 3,570 |
| Simons, Anita L. | 25.3% | 777 | 2,290 | 3,067 |
| Desai, Jankhana | 15.7% | 290 | 1,561 | 1,851 |
| Ohata, Ronald N. | 31.5% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rooyani, Rodin | 14.2% | 93 | 561 | 654 |
| Allen, Janette L. | 13.7% | 232 | 1,462 | 1,694 |
| Villegas, Veronica S. | 19.5% | 366 | 1,513 | 1,879 |
| Little, Monica M. | 32.1% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Del Bene, Charles A. | 25.8% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Taylor, John D. | 39.9% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hong, J. Traci | 12.9% | 9 | 61 | 70 |
| Malvin, Daniel H. | 11.8% | 185 | 1,385 | 1,570 |
| Jasso, Jaime | 15.5% | 222 | 1,207 | 1,429 |
| Proctor, George W. | 56.7% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mcdermott, Patrick T. | 40.9% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| McDonald, Kristofer R. | 6.6% | 97 | 1,362 | 1,459 |
| Murad, Yvan E. | 5.4% | 68 | 1,194 | 1,262 |
| Perez, Irma | 10.9% | 96 | 786 | 882 |
| Lee, Edward | 32.2% | 138 | 291 | 429 |
| Miller, Jeffrey S. | 35.4% | 152 | 277 | 429 |
| Mc Goings, Michael C. | 2.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Smith, Kevin D. | 4.5% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fellrath, Robert | 12.8% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bradley, Gabriel | 14.1% | 24 | 146 | 170 |
| Carroll-Tipton, Andrea | 57.4% | 35 | 26 | 61 |
| Anderson, Dale E. | 1.9% | 1 | 52 | 53 |
| New Ij #6 | 45.5% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ashman, Peter L. | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Visiting Judge 27 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Incoming Judge 2 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Salter, John W. | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 36.2% | 3,603 | 6,363 | 9,966 |
| Guatemala | 7.1% | 639 | 8,336 | 8,975 |
| El Salvador | 18.4% | 1,059 | 4,695 | 5,754 |
| Honduras | 7.9% | 289 | 3,368 | 3,657 |
| Nicaragua | 7.2% | 253 | 3,261 | 3,514 |
| Colombia | 1.8% | 59 | 3,269 | 3,328 |
| China | 60.0% | 1,754 | 1,171 | 2,925 |
| Peru | 6.2% | 61 | 917 | 978 |
| Russia | 53.0% | 481 | 426 | 907 |
| Venezuela | 6.9% | 61 | 826 | 887 |
| Ecuador | 2.8% | 16 | 550 | 566 |
| India | 54.2% | 193 | 163 | 356 |
| Philippines | 54.6% | 125 | 104 | 229 |
| Belize | 8.8% | 20 | 206 | 226 |
| Armenia | 58.1% | 111 | 80 | 191 |
| Romania | 6.1% | 11 | 170 | 181 |
| Indonesia | 71.8% | 122 | 48 | 170 |
| Iran | 74.8% | 119 | 40 | 159 |
| Egypt | 71.1% | 108 | 44 | 152 |
| South Korea | 61.1% | 91 | 58 | 149 |
| Nigeria | 36.0% | 45 | 80 | 125 |
| Turkey | 13.8% | 17 | 106 | 123 |
| Brazil | 10.2% | 9 | 79 | 88 |
| Bangladesh | 54.9% | 45 | 37 | 82 |
| Syria | 85.5% | 59 | 10 | 69 |
| Cuba | 20.3% | 12 | 47 | 59 |
| Vietnam | 58.6% | 34 | 24 | 58 |
| Israel | 37.0% | 20 | 34 | 54 |
| Belarus | 40.4% | 21 | 31 | 52 |
| Ukraine | 54.9% | 28 | 23 | 51 |
| Kazakhstan | 28.6% | 14 | 35 | 49 |
| Jordan | 54.2% | 26 | 22 | 48 |
| Mongolia | 47.7% | 21 | 23 | 44 |
| Lebanon | 54.5% | 24 | 20 | 44 |
| Afghanistan | 25.6% | 10 | 29 | 39 |
| Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan) | 57.9% | 22 | 16 | 38 |
| Jamaica | 27.8% | 10 | 26 | 36 |
| Pakistan | 48.5% | 16 | 17 | 33 |
| Nepal | 84.8% | 28 | 5 | 33 |
| Unknown Nationality | 12.9% | 4 | 27 | 31 |
| Burma (Myanmar) | 85.7% | 24 | 4 | 28 |
| Haiti | 7.4% | 2 | 25 | 27 |
| Senegal | 3.7% | 1 | 26 | 27 |
| Stateless - Alien Unable To Name A Country | 87.0% | 20 | 3 | 23 |
| Argentina | 17.4% | 4 | 19 | 23 |
| Cameroon | 54.5% | 12 | 10 | 22 |
| Thailand | 33.3% | 7 | 14 | 21 |
| Azerbaijan | 10.0% | 2 | 18 | 20 |
| Kenya | 44.4% | 8 | 10 | 18 |
| Ghana | 64.7% | 11 | 6 | 17 |
| Bolivia | 0.0% | 0 | 17 | 17 |
| Japan | 0.0% | 0 | 15 | 15 |
| Chile | 26.7% | 4 | 11 | 15 |
| Uzbekistan | 0.0% | 0 | 15 | 15 |
| Iraq | 66.7% | 8 | 4 | 12 |
| Germany | 66.7% | 8 | 4 | 12 |
| Sri Lanka | 58.3% | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| Cambodia | 18.2% | 2 | 9 | 11 |
| Costa Rica | 36.4% | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| Turkmenistan | 0.0% | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Canada | 75.0% | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| Taiwan | 50.0% | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Tunisia | 66.7% | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Niger | 66.7% | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Tajikistan (Tadzhik) | 16.7% | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Uganda | 80.0% | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Yemen | 100.0% | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Morocco | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Mauritania | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Panama | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| United Kingdom | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Georgia | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Australia | 33.3% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Ethiopia | 100.0% | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Soviet Union | 100.0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Saudi Arabia | 50.0% | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Guadeloupe | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Guinea | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |