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Judge James M. Left

Immigration Judge at Adelanto, CA

10.9%
Approval Rate
477
Granted
3,880
Denied
4,357
Total Decided

Judge James M. Left serves at the Adelanto, CA Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 10.9%, 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 M. Left is listed with the Adelanto, CA Immigration Court. The headline asylum grant rate shown here is 10.9% based on granted and denied asylum decisions represented in the current dataset.

Among the largest nationality groups shown for this judge, the table highlights Guatemala (637 decided, 7.7% grant rate), Mexico (547 decided, 3.8% grant rate), and Colombia (371 decided, 2.7% 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 Other procedural outcomes, including terminated, withdrawn, administratively closed, or removed cases, are tracked separately where available and are not treated as asylum grants.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
Guatemala 637 7.7%
Mexico 547 3.8%
Colombia 371 2.7%
China 366 29.5%
El Salvador 328 4.3%
Honduras 210 5.2%
Peru 137 8.0%
Nicaragua 118 4.2%

Yearly Trends

YearCasesGrant rate
2025 808 17.8%
2024 1,011 9.4%
2023 441 10.4%
2022 509 10.4%
2021 69 5.8%
2020 326 7.7%

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Judge James M. Left's asylum approval rate?

Judge James M. Left's asylum approval rate is 10.9% according to EOIR FOIA data.

How many asylum cases has Judge James M. Left decided?

The dataset lists 4,357 total asylum cases for Judge James M. Left.

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

Nickerson, William J., JR. 3.4% approval rate Vicars, Robert O., JR. 4.1% approval rate Laurent, Scott 8.0% approval rate Maury, Carlos E. 20.1% approval rate Kilroy, Michael A. 2.7% approval rate Halperin, Ravit R. 3.5% approval rate Badrinath, Vikram 39.6% approval rate White, Curtis G. 11.1% approval rate Depowell, Bryan E. 5.5% approval rate White, Ted A. 3.2% approval rate

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