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Judge Lee O'Connor

Immigration Judge at West Los Angeles, CA

17.2%
Approval Rate
677
Granted
3,255
Denied
3,932
Total Decided

Judge Lee O'Connor serves at the West Los Angeles, CA Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 17.2%, 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

Lee O'Connor is listed with the West Los Angeles, CA Immigration Court. The headline asylum grant rate shown here is 17.2% 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 (278 decided, 12.6% grant rate), Guatemala (218 decided, 0.5% grant rate), and Honduras (41 decided, 4.9% 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 Other procedural outcomes, including terminated, withdrawn, administratively closed, or removed cases, are tracked separately where available and are not treated as asylum grants.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 278 12.6%
Guatemala 218 0.5%
Honduras 41 4.9%
Colombia 39 12.8%
Venezuela 36 0.0%
Haiti 35 0.0%
Russia 31 22.6%
Nicaragua 29 3.4%

Yearly Trends

YearCasesGrant rate
2025 2 100.0%
2024 275 8.7%
2023 157 7.6%
2022 211 7.1%
2021 84 20.2%
2020 184 9.8%

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Judge Lee O'Connor's asylum approval rate?

Judge Lee O'Connor's asylum approval rate is 17.2% according to EOIR FOIA data.

How many asylum cases has Judge Lee O'Connor decided?

The dataset lists 3,932 total asylum cases for Judge Lee O'Connor.

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

Peters, Rose 16.2% approval rate Walton, Richard D. 20.1% approval rate Ho, Anna 15.9% approval rate Fong, Thomas 28.8% approval rate Hrycenko, Ingrid K. 36.3% approval rate Martin, William J. 33.2% approval rate Latimore, Jan D. 35.1% approval rate Sitgraves, D.D. 15.1% approval rate Ipema, Henry P. 23.4% approval rate Einhorn, Bruce J. 35.2% approval rate

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