Immigration Judge at San Francisco, CA
Judge Dana Leigh Marks serves at the San Francisco, CA Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 58.9%, this judge is above average compared to the national average. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
Dana Leigh Marks is listed with the San Francisco, CA Immigration Court. The headline asylum grant rate shown here is 58.9% based on granted and denied asylum decisions represented in the current dataset.
Among the largest nationality groups shown for this judge, the table highlights Mexico (164 decided, 90.2% grant rate), India (41 decided, 87.8% grant rate), and El Salvador (40 decided, 85.0% grant rate). Compare these rows with the judge's overall rate because nationality mix can materially change how the headline number should be read.
Grant rate is calculated as granted / (granted + denied). Other procedural outcomes, including terminated, withdrawn, administratively closed, or removed cases, are tracked separately where available and are not treated as asylum grants.
This page is based on public EOIR data last updated 2026-07-01. It is for research and information only, not legal advice.
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| Nationality | Cases | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 164 | 90.2% |
| India | 41 | 87.8% |
| El Salvador | 40 | 85.0% |
| Guatemala | 33 | 81.8% |
| Honduras | 16 | 56.2% |
| China | 5 | 60.0% |
| Eritrea | 5 | 60.0% |
| Nepal | 4 | 100.0% |
| Year | Cases | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 2021 | 63 | 93.7% |
| 2020 | 279 | 81.7% |
Judge Dana Leigh Marks's asylum approval rate is 58.9% according to EOIR FOIA data.
The dataset lists 11,327 total asylum cases for Judge Dana Leigh Marks.
The approval rate is calculated as granted divided by (granted + denied). It excludes terminations and withdrawals, and the source is EOIR FOIA data.