Judge Skomra, Taiyyeba S.

9.5%

Approval Rate

198

Granted

1,937

Denied

2,135

Total Decided

Judge Skomra, Taiyyeba S. serves at the North Los Angeles, CA Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 9.5%, this judge is below average compared to the national average. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).

Community Discussion

DATA AsylumTracker Data 2026-05-22

Judge Skomra (North Los Angeles, CA) data snapshot: 2,689 cases over 8 years, 9.4% grant rate

A few numbers worth knowing if you have a hearing in front of Judge Skomra, Taiyyeba S. (IJ code TSS, North Los Angeles, CA):

Overall track record

8 years on the bench (since 2019), 2,689 cases total, lifetime grant rate 9.4%

Last 3 years (2023–2026): 2,659 cases, grant rate 9.5% — roughly in line with the North Los Angeles court average (11.1%)

Nationality breakdown (2023–2026 cumulative)

Nationality / Cases / Grant rate
Guatemala              472    3.5%
China                  424   24.6%
Mexico                 377    4.6%
Nicaragua              229    6.3%
Colombia               193    3.3%
El Salvador            191    2.4%
Honduras               172    3.2%
Armenia                110   28.4%
Russia                  98   27.9%
Venezuela               84    0.0%
Peru                    66    1.6%

Year-by-year

2023:  329 cases, 7.9% grant rate
2024:  635 cases, 14.1% grant rate
2025:  900 cases, 10.1% grant rate
2026:  795 cases, 5.5% grant rate

If you've appeared before Judge Skomra, I'd love to hear:

1. What's your nationality, and when was your most recent hearing?

2. How did your attorney prepare for this judge specifically?

Source: EOIR (U.S. Executive Office for Immigration Review) public statistics, May 2026 release, compiled by AsylumTracker. A judge's historical pattern does not predict the outcome of any individual case; this is shared to help set realistic expectations. Real-experience accounts from the community are welcome.

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How to Interpret These Judge Statistics

Skomra, Taiyyeba S. is listed with the North Los Angeles, CA Immigration Court. The headline asylum grant rate shown here is 9.5% 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 (399 decided, 3.3% grant rate), China (335 decided, 25.1% grant rate), and Mexico (315 decided, 4.8% 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 2026-05-08. It is for research and information only, not legal advice.

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

Approval Rate by Nationality

Nationality	Approval Rate	Granted	Denied	Decided
Guatemala	3.3%	13	386	399
China	25.1%	84	251	335
Mexico	4.8%	15	300	315
Nicaragua	6.7%	14	195	209
Colombia	3.2%	5	153	158
El Salvador	2.5%	4	153	157
Honduras	3.3%	5	147	152
Armenia	31.8%	27	58	85
Russia	24.7%	19	58	77
Venezuela	0.0%	0	71	71
Peru	1.6%	1	60	61
Ecuador	0.0%	0	38	38
Turkey	0.0%	0	14	14
Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan)	0.0%	0	11	11
Romania	0.0%	0	9	9
Kazakhstan	37.5%	3	5	8
India	42.9%	3	4	7
Brazil	0.0%	0	6	6
Uganda	100.0%	4	0	4
Georgia	0.0%	0	4	4
Comoro Islands	33.3%	1	2	3
Cuba	0.0%	0	3	3
Belize	0.0%	0	3	3
Ukraine	0.0%	0	3	3
Israel	0.0%	0	3	3

Yearly Trends

Year	Approval Rate	Granted	Denied	Decided
2026	4.3%	21	469	490
2025	10.1%	79	706	785
2024	14.1%	86	522	608
2023	7.9%	24	279	303
2022	0.0%	0	10	10
2021	0.0%	0	3	3
2020	0.0%	0	9	9