Appointed November 2023 · President Joe Biden→ Attorney General Merrick Garland
2 years on the immigration bench
Appointed under a Democratic administration
Background
The Honorable Immigration Judge Roberta A. Wilson earned a Bachelor of Science in 2001 from the University of Arizona and a Juris Doctor in 2004 from Arizona State University College of Law. From 2008 to 2023 she practiced immigration law with the Law Office of Monika Sud-Devaraj in Phoenix, and from 2009 to 2013 she founded and directed JSW Charities, a nonprofit in Coolidge, Arizona, assisting foster children obtain Special Immigrant Juvenile Status. Earlier she was a private criminal defense attorney with Alcock and Associates and a public defender with the Pinal County Public Defender's Office in Florence, Arizona. She began her career as a legal intern at the Phoenix Immigration Court.
Caseload & process (since 2021)
473
Completions per year
2,364 total
2.7%
Detained at decision
share of cases
22.8 mo
Median time to decision
from case start
20.6%
Ordered removed in absentia
person absent
15.5%
Decisions appealed to BIA
appeal rate
38.6%
Appeals remanded or reversed
44 appeals decided
Grant rates by type of relief
Share granted among merits decisions for each application type, since 2021.
Asylum
52.5%
570 decisions High confidence
Withholding / CAT
4.4%
478 decisions High confidence
Cancellation — 42B (non-LPR)
0%⚠
5 decisions Too few cases
Cancellation — 42A (LPR)
100%⚠
1 decision Too few cases
Adjustment of status (245)
100%⚠
1 decision Too few cases
Voluntary departure
93.8%⚠
16 decisions Too few cases
52.5%
of asylum claims granted on the merits High confidence
Based on 570 asylum decisions (grants + denials) since 2021.
This judge
52.5%
This court
57.1%
National average
31.8%
0%100% granted
In the top 17% 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 · 551 decisions since 2021
52.8%
Without a lawyer⚠unrepresented · 19 decisions since 2021
42.1%
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).