The Honorable Immigration Judge Dimple Gupta
Annandale (ANN), VA Immigration Court
Appointed March 2026 · President Donald Trump → Attorney General Pamela Bondi
Less than a year on the immigration bench
Appointed under a Republican administration
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Background
The Honorable Immigration Judge Dimple Gupta earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1998 from the University of Chicago and a Juris Doctor in 2001 from Harvard Law School. Her career included service as deputy general counsel of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, attorney with the Central Intelligence Agency's Office of General Counsel, and senior counsel to the Director of the Executive Office for Immigration Review, along with positions in the U.S. Senate, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and private practice. She is admitted to the District of Columbia and Massachusetts bars.
Caseload & process (since 2021)
52
Completions per year
310 total
0.3%
Detained at decision
share of cases
19.7 mo
Median time to decision
from case start
26.5%
Ordered removed in absentia
person absent
22.9%
Decisions appealed to BIA
appeal rate
—
Appeals remanded or reversed
only 2 appeals — too few
Grant rates by type of relief
Share granted among merits decisions for each application type, since 2021.
| Asylum | |
13.6% |
110 decisions Moderate |
| Withholding / CAT | |
6.6% |
196 decisions Moderate |
| Cancellation — 42B (non-LPR) | |
0%⚠ |
1 decision Too few cases |
| Voluntary departure | |
100%⚠ |
20 decisions Too few cases |
13.6%
of asylum claims granted on the merits Moderate
Based on 110 asylum decisions (grants + denials) since 2021.
0%100% granted
In the bottom 28% 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 · 98 decisions since 2021
Without a lawyer⚠unrepresented · 12 decisions since 2021
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).