San Francisco, CA Immigration Court

36 judges with decisions since 2021 · Court asylum grant rate 68.1% (21,825 decisions)
Judges (most asylum decisions first)
Frank A SeminerioSan Francisco, CAAppointed October 2021 · President Joe Biden → AG Merrick Garland
27.9%asylum · 2,735 decisions
Ila C DeissSan Francisco, CAAppointed February 2017 · President Barack Obama → AG Loretta E. Lynch
92.1%asylum · 1,655 decisions
Steven M KirchnerSan Francisco, CAAppointed October 2021 · President Joe Biden → AG Merrick Garland
52.4%asylum · 1,584 decisions
Shira M LevineSan Francisco, CAAppointed October 2021 · President Joe Biden → AG Merrick Garland
95.5%asylum · 1,199 decisions
Amber D GeorgeSan Francisco, CAAppointed March 2020 · President Donald Trump → AG William P. Barr
91.5%asylum · 1,187 decisions
Louis A GordonSan Francisco, CAAppointed October 2021 · President Joe Biden → AG Merrick Garland
82.6%asylum · 1,180 decisions
Patrick S O'BrienSan Francisco, CAAppointed August 2017 · President Donald Trump → AG Jeff Sessions
47.5%asylum · 1,117 decisions
Shuting ChenSan Francisco, CAAppointed October 2022 · President Joe Biden → AG Merrick Garland
86.2%asylum · 958 decisions
Arwen A SwinkSan Francisco, CAAppointed February 2017 · President Barack Obama → AG Loretta E. Lynch
79.6%asylum · 852 decisions
Charles S Greene IIISan Francisco, CAAppointed June 2015 · President Barack Obama → AG Eric H. Holder Jr.
79.2%asylum · 827 decisions
Karen W SchulzSan Francisco, CAAppointed October 2021 · President Joe Biden → AG Merrick Garland
67.5%asylum · 810 decisions
Patrick S SavageSan Francisco, CAAppointed June 2015 · President Barack Obama → AG Eric H. Holder Jr.
84.5%asylum · 809 decisions
Jeremiah JohnsonSan Francisco, CAAppointed October 2017 · President Donald Trump → AG Jeff Sessions
87.8%asylum · 770 decisions
Joseph Y ParkSan Francisco, CAAppointed August 2017 · President Donald Trump → AG Jeff Sessions
60.1%asylum · 709 decisions
Chloe S DillonSan Francisco, CAAppointed October 2022 · President Joe Biden → AG Merrick Garland
91.6%asylum · 682 decisions
Scott D GambillSan Francisco, CAAppointed November 2018 · President Donald Trump → AG Jeff Sessions
71.9%asylum · 655 decisions
Julie L NelsonSan Francisco, CAAppointed February 2017 · President Barack Obama → AG Loretta E. Lynch
20.9%asylum · 609 decisions
Michelle A SlaytonSan Francisco, CAAppointed February 2023 · President Joe Biden → AG Merrick Garland
62.2%asylum · 606 decisions
Howard R DavisSan Francisco, CAAppointed October 2022 · President Joe Biden → AG Merrick Garland
77.7%asylum · 551 decisions
Loi L MccleskeySan Francisco, CAAppointed July 2021 · President Joe Biden → AG Merrick Garland
64.6%asylum · 427 decisions
Roger H DinhSan Francisco, CAAppointed May 2023 · President Joe Biden → AG Merrick Garland
35.7%asylum · 333 decisions
Jason R MastersonSan Francisco, CAAppointed December 2020 · President Donald Trump → AG William P. Barr
66.1%asylum · 289 decisions
Elisa C BrasilSan Francisco, CAAppointed May 2023 · President Joe Biden → AG Merrick Garland
89.4%asylum · 274 decisions
Samantha BegovichSan Francisco, CAAppointed October 2020 · President Donald Trump → AG William P. Barr
16.8%asylum · 262 decisions
Samuel Y KimSan Francisco, CAAppointed December 2020 · President Donald Trump → AG William P. Barr
92.4%asylum · 211 decisions
Jami VigilSan Francisco, CAAppointed May 2023 · President Joe Biden → AG Merrick Garland
88.3%asylum · 188 decisions
Jacqueline J JacksonSan Francisco, CAAppointed June 2018 · President Donald Trump → AG Jeff Sessions
80.4%asylum · 92 decisions
Cynthia M NunezSan Francisco, CAAppointed May 2022 · President Joe Biden → AG Merrick Garland
88.4%asylum · 86 decisions
Elizabeth L YoungSan Francisco, CAAppointed September 2016 · President Barack Obama → AG Loretta E. Lynch
74.1%asylum · 81 decisions
Cory M PictonSan Francisco, CAAppointed February 2018 · President Donald Trump → AG Jeff Sessions
42.5%⚠asylum · 40 decisions
Nicholas R FordSan Francisco, CAAppointed May 2019 · President Donald Trump → AG William P. Barr
67.6%⚠asylum · 34 decisions
Dana Leigh MarksSan Francisco, CAAppointed January 1987 · President Ronald Reagan → AG Edwin Meese III
72.7%⚠asylum · 11 decisions
Robin K PaulinoSan Francisco, CAAppointed September 2016 · President Barack Obama → AG Loretta E. Lynch
100%⚠asylum · 2 decisions
Miriam HaywardSan Francisco, CAAppointed March 1997 · President Bill Clinton → AG Janet Reno
—no asylum merits
Visiting Judge 15San Francisco, CA
—no asylum merits
William HanrahanSan Francisco, CAAppointed March 2020 · President Donald Trump → AG William P. Barr
—no asylum merits