Appointed October 2022 · President Joe Biden→ Attorney General Merrick Garland
3 years on the immigration bench
Appointed under a Democratic administration
Background
The Honorable Immigration Judge Chloe S Dillon earned a Bachelor of Arts in 2000 from Dartmouth College, a Master of Arts in 2003 from the University of California at Berkeley, and a Juris Doctor in 2010 from the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law. From 2010 to 2012 she served as an attorney advisor at the Los Angeles Immigration Court, and from 2012 to 2022 she was a trial attorney at Federal Defenders of San Diego Inc. She is a member of the State Bar of California.
Caseload & process (since 2021)
580
Completions per year
3,478 total
2.5%
Detained at decision
share of cases
34 mo
Median time to decision
from case start
6.3%
Ordered removed in absentia
person absent
1.9%
Decisions appealed to BIA
appeal rate
—
Appeals remanded or reversed
only 11 appeals — too few
Grant rates by type of relief
Share granted among merits decisions for each application type, since 2021.
Asylum
91.6%
682 decisions High confidence
Withholding / CAT
17.6%
108 decisions Moderate
Cancellation — 42B (non-LPR)
81.2%⚠
16 decisions Too few cases
Cancellation — 42A (LPR)
100%⚠
8 decisions Too few cases
Adjustment of status (245)
100%⚠
21 decisions Too few cases
Voluntary departure
100%⚠
27 decisions Too few cases
91.6%
of asylum claims granted on the merits High confidence
Based on 682 asylum decisions (grants + denials) since 2021.
This judge
91.6%
This court
68.2%
National average
31.8%
0%100% granted
In the top 1% of the 825 judges nationally with enough cases to compare.
Does a lawyer matter here?
Asylum grant rate by whether the person had legal representation.
With a lawyerrepresented · 664 decisions since 2021
92.8%
Without a lawyer⚠unrepresented · 18 decisions since 2021
50%
Asylum grant rate over time
Each point is that calendar year's grant rate, back to 2015 where the judge was deciding cases — the longer career view. Dashed grey line = current national average (31.8%). Headline rates above use 2021 – today.
Courts where this judge has decided cases
Hearing locations for cases this judge completed since 2021, by number of decisions.
Many judges hear cases from more than one court (detained facilities, video dockets, or reassignments).