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Otay Mesa (OTM)

OTM

Aggregated asylum decision statistics across all immigration judges recorded at the Otay Mesa (OTM), based on public EOIR case data.

Lifetime grant rate

28.9%

All recorded asylum decisions

12-month grant rate

26.8%

Most recent 12 months of data

Lifetime decisions

2,559

Total grants and denials on record

Judges

40

Judges appearing in this court's data

Data through

2026-07

Latest month in the source data

Lifetime figures cover every recorded asylum decision. The 12-month figures cover only the most recent year of data β€” the same methodology over a shorter window, which is why the two views can show different percentages.

Court lifetime grant rate

28.9%
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All recorded asylum decisions

Monthly grant rate β€” trailing 12 months

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Judges

Anderson, Amelia

18.4%

76 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 12.1%

Archuleta, Judy

0.0%

1 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Attia, Olga E.

17.6%

136 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Bartolomei, Rico J.

40.0%

25 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Begovich, Samantha

34.5%

29 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 28.6%

Burch, Valerie A.

41.6%

197 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Cho, Yul-mi

0.0%

1 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 0.0%

Coughlon, Robert E.

50.0%

4 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Daugherty, Daniel J.

0.0%

1 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Depaolo, Zsa Zsa

27.2%

114 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Devitto, James

25.0%

8 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Dixon, Paula

36.0%

111 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 35.7%

Driscoll, John T.

36.5%

63 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 36.5%

Glaser-Allen, Colleen

50.0%

2 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Gonzalez, Yvonne S.

16.7%

6 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Grande, Guy G.

21.2%

146 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 20.2%

Halliday-Roberts, Catherine E.

23.3%

249 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Heesch, Meghan E.

18.9%

95 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 19.4%

Ipema, Henry P.

40.0%

5 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Kim, Peter A.

0.0%

1 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 0.0%

Law, Philip S.

22.2%

27 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Martin, Clay Nelson

0.0%

1 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Munoz, Jeffrey V.

0.0%

1 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Najjar, George R.

33.3%

15 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Nelson, Julie L.

33.3%

6 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Nishiyama, Drew T.

0.0%

3 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 0.0%

O'Connor, Lee

0.0%

9 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Obrien, Leah

13.9%

79 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 13.9%

Ortiz, Ferdinand J.

51.2%

43 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 51.2%

Partida, Ana

35.6%

233 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Paul, Nancy J.

0.0%

1 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Penalosa, Jose L., JR.

3.8%

26 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 0.0%

Perez-Guzman, Virginia

33.3%

3 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Perry, Anne Kristina

100.0%

1 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Robinson JR., Eugene H.

36.6%

314 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 35.0%

Romig, Jeffrey L.

10.0%

20 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Salinardi, Jayme

16.7%

6 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Sameit, Mark

30.5%

370 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 27.5%

Sarkany, Sergio F.

50.0%

2 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Scala, Theresa

0.0%

1 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Simpson, Scott

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Virchis, Bridget

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Weiss, Daniel H.

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Zander, Stuart J.

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Source: EOIR case data published by the Deportation Data Project. Figures count asylum grants and denials only.

Results may vary depending on the facts of each case.