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Judge James Devitto

Immigration Judge at San Diego, CA

6.3%
Approval Rate
584
Granted
8,633
Denied
9,217
Total Decided

Judge James Devitto serves at the San Diego, CA Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 6.3%, this judge is below average compared to the national average. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).

How to Interpret These Judge Statistics

James Devitto is listed with the San Diego, CA Immigration Court. The headline asylum grant rate shown here is 6.3% 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 (213 decided, 31.0% grant rate), Guatemala (204 decided, 3.4% grant rate), and Honduras (87 decided, 2.3% 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 Other procedural outcomes, including terminated, withdrawn, administratively closed, or removed cases, are tracked separately where available and are not treated as asylum grants.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.

Read the grant-rate methodology or learn how to read immigration judge statistics.

Nationality Breakdown

NationalityCasesGrant rate
Mexico 213 31.0%
Guatemala 204 3.4%
Honduras 87 2.3%
Russia 57 86.0%
El Salvador 46 0.0%
Venezuela 34 11.8%
Nicaragua 33 15.2%
Haiti 29 0.0%

Yearly Trends

YearCasesGrant rate
2025 66 9.1%
2024 188 19.7%
2023 229 23.1%
2022 154 25.3%
2021 44 68.2%
2020 205 16.6%

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Judge James Devitto's asylum approval rate?

Judge James Devitto's asylum approval rate is 6.3% according to EOIR FOIA data.

How many asylum cases has Judge James Devitto decided?

The dataset lists 9,217 total asylum cases for Judge James Devitto.

How is this approval rate calculated?

The approval rate is calculated as granted divided by (granted + denied). It excludes terminations and withdrawals, and the source is EOIR FOIA data.

Other judges at this court

Williams, John C. 16.4% approval rate Barrett, Robert J. 13.0% approval rate Bagley, Kenneth A. 12.9% approval rate Bartolomei, Rico J. 19.6% approval rate Atenaide, Anthony 15.9% approval rate Fernandez, Ignacio P. 23.6% approval rate Boone, Gaylyn N. 51.9% approval rate Ragusa, Joseph M. 30.6% approval rate Watkins, Henry G. 2.4% approval rate Simpson, Scott 7.3% approval rate

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