Back to all courts

Los Angeles (WLA)

WLA

Aggregated asylum decision statistics across all immigration judges recorded at the Los Angeles (WLA), based on public EOIR case data.

Lifetime grant rate

34.9%

All recorded asylum decisions

12-month grant rate

6.1%

Most recent 12 months of data

Lifetime decisions

60,700

Total grants and denials on record

Judges

148

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

34.9%
0%25%50%75%100%

All recorded asylum decisions

Monthly grant rate β€” trailing 12 months

25-0825-0925-1025-1125-1226-0126-0226-0326-0426-0526-0626-070%25%50%75%100%

Judges

Abrams, Steven R.

0.0%

3 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Achtsam, Howard E.

0.0%

8 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Allen, Janette L.

46.1%

243 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Anderson, Dale E.

2.6%

38 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Anderson, David C.

55.2%

753 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Atenaide, Anthony

100.0%

4 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Ayala, David

35.5%

31 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Bagley, Kenneth A.

26.1%

23 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Bakke Varzandeh, Joyce

43.9%

1,121 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 10.8%

Bank, Ira

33.1%

1,996 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Barcus, E. Mark

25.0%

4 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Barrett, Robert J.

83.3%

12 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Bartlemay SR., Robert C.

0.0%

1 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Bartolomei, Rico J.

26.7%

15 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Bass, Lori R.

44.7%

550 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Beamer, Dayna

26.7%

15 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Behne, Audra R.

16.5%

1,226 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 7.6%

Benton, Jimmie Lee

36.4%

22 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Bither, Christine A.

24.5%

861 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Boone, Gaylyn N.

100.0%

8 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Bradley, Gabriel

4.3%

23 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 4.3%

Bradley, Kevin G.

50.0%

12 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Bronzina, Isabel

32.6%

920 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Burke, David

26.3%

712 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Burman, Lawrence O.

46.9%

712 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Calcador, Kerri

23.8%

248 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Callaghan, Diana

3.1%

194 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 2.3%

Carroll-Tipton, Andrea

51.3%

39 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Chapa, Teofilo

0.0%

2 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Cheng, David

8.3%

12 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Chew, George T.

0.0%

2 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Chon, Hye Y.

18.9%

1,094 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Chugh, Amit

31.8%

179 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 31.5%

Copeland, Cary H.

50.0%

18 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Cordova, David J.

0.0%

1 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Costa, Philip J.

43.7%

1,217 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Coughlon, Robert E.

52.3%

172 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Coupe, Dennis F.

50.0%

28 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Davis, John W.

69.7%

33 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Daw, Alison E

42.3%

260 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

De Jongh, Lourdes Rodriguez

50.5%

93 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Del Bene, Charles A.

41.9%

528 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Depaolo, Zsa Zsa

41.7%

12 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Desai, Jankhana

24.5%

530 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 4.2%

Dierkes, Joseph

25.0%

4 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Dimarzio, Philip L.

48.1%

189 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Dorfman, Arlene E.

41.3%

508 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Driscoll, John T.

0.0%

12 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 0.0%

Duck, John A., JR.

28.6%

7 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Dunkel-Bradley, Dorothy

43.3%

1,317 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Einhorn, Bruce J.

53.5%

651 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Everett, Timothy R.

38.0%

631 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Factor, Samuel M.

100.0%

1 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Feder, Robin E.

75.0%

12 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Fellrath, Robert

14.9%

94 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Fernandez, Ignacio P.

33.3%

12 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Fong, Thomas

28.4%

654 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Francis, Leon J.

9.8%

774 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Frederick, Jeffrey

19.6%

92 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Freeman, D'Anna H.

44.4%

9 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Gadson-Andrews, Ashley

57.3%

131 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Gardzelewski, Ivan E.

11.8%

17 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Gastley, Harry L.

50.0%

4 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Gembacz, Gilbert T.

52.9%

1,061 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Giattina, Anthony T.

23.8%

773 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Gordon, Cynthia

0.0%

1 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Gordon, Nathan W.

15.3%

131 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Gossart, John F., JR.

100.0%

1 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Guerrero, Marni

28.0%

125 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Herrington, Robert

56.3%

87 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Hladylowycz, Roxanne C.

38.5%

13 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Ho, Anna

36.1%

673 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Holt, Rebecca L.

37.5%

32 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Hom, Howard C.

100.0%

1 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Hong, Andrea

57.0%

337 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Hong, J. Traci

34.4%

93 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Hoogasian, Amy C.

100.0%

1 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Hrycenko, Ingrid K.

44.8%

689 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Huang, Jonathan

0.0%

1 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Huddleston, Natalie

26.8%

369 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 0.0%

Hughes, Edwin R.

80.0%

5 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Ipema, Henry P.

32.3%

545 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

James, Dennis R.

66.7%

3 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Jasso, Jaime

20.3%

538 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Johnston, Paul L

0.0%

1 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Josephson, Kenneth

68.3%

41 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Juelle, Carlos R.

10.2%

1,651 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 1.2%

Lamb, Elizabeth A.

100.0%

4 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Latimore, Jan D.

27.9%

1,629 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Laurent, Scott

49.2%

181 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Law, Philip S.

2.4%

253 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Lee, Edward

42.9%

289 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Lee, Wilbur

22.6%

53 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Levin, Victoria

100.0%

1 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Little, Monica M.

47.6%

573 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Malloy, Rosalind K.

42.2%

256 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Malvin, Daniel H.

21.9%

438 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 4.8%

Martin, William J.

50.5%

753 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Martz, Nicholas A.

21.4%

192 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Mcdermott, Patrick T.

48.4%

275 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

McDonald, Kristofer R.

13.5%

778 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 6.6%

Miller, Jeffrey S.

10.0%

251 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Miller, Nancy E.

29.5%

464 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Mills, Miriam K.

5.6%

213 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Morace, Philip L.

66.7%

3 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Mullins, Ronald L.

0.0%

2 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Munoz, Lorraine J.

27.9%

786 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Murad, Yvan E.

19.2%

380 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 15.3%

Naselow-Nahas, Tara

12.9%

1,224 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Neumeister, William David

64.5%

631 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

New Ij #6

100.0%

1 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Nguyen, An Mai

14.6%

171 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Nickerson, William J., JR.

58.3%

12 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

O'Connor, Lee

15.8%

759 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

O'Neil, Robert C.

0.0%

4 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 0.0%

O'Sullivan, Maureen

68.8%

413 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Ohata, Ronald N.

9.3%

161 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Owens, Robert P.

0.0%

2 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Ozmun, Richard R.

30.8%

13 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Palomino, Jacinto

40.0%

65 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Parchert, Brett M.

39.9%

609 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Park, Jeannette Lim

32.8%

317 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Partida, Ana

13.3%

15 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Patti, Sebastian T.

51.9%

318 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Perez, Irma

51.0%

151 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Perry, Anne Kristina

17.9%

106 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Peters, Rose

45.7%

808 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Peterson, William C.

38.7%

62 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Pettigrew, Bayleigh

0.0%

1 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 0.0%

Phillips, Beverley M.

83.3%

6 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Pierce, Curtis F.

7.9%

747 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 3.8%

Proctor, George W.

67.1%

240 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Ragusa, Joseph M.

40.0%

5 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Ranasinghe, Arya S.

0.0%

2 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Randall, Anthony J.

68.3%

41 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Reichenberg, Margaret R.

24.6%

280 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Reid, John B.

100.0%

2 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Renner, Renee L.

45.4%

507 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Riley, Kevin W.

40.4%

89 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 0.0%

Romig, Jeffrey L.

23.7%

535 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Rooyani, Rodin

29.1%

578 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: 0.0%

Ruane, Rachel Ann

10.7%

571 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Russelburg, Joseph

0.0%

1 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Sanders, Charles J.

69.2%

13 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Schwab, Jodie

0.0%

2 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Sease, Grace A.

33.3%

3 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Segal, Jay

10.0%

924 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Seligman, Darlene R.

37.5%

253 cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Sholomson, Stephen L.

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Siebert, Andrea

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Simmons, Gregory L.

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Simons, Anita L.

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Sims, Deitrich H.

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Sitgraves, D.D.

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Solow, Bruce W.

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Spencer, Oshea

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Stancill, Christine E

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Stancill, Christine E

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Stockton, Bette Kane

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Tabaddor, A. Ashley

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Tadal, Mirlande

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Tadros-Ibarra, Terese

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Taylor, John D.

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Torreh-Bayouth, Lilliana

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Travieso, Frank M.

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Tregerman, Gwendylan E.

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Truman, Phillip M.

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Tsankov, Mimi

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Vahid-Tehrani, Gita

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Vicars, Robert O., JR.

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Videla, Gabriel C.

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Villegas, Veronica S.

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Villegas, Veronica S.

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Villegas, Veronica S.

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Villegas, Veronica S.

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Villegas, Veronica S.

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Virchis, Bridget

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Wagner, Clarence M., JR.

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Walsh, John F.

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Walton, Richard D.

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Waterloo, Jason R.

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Weiner, Joseph

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Weisel, Robert D.

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Weiss, Irene

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Williams, John C.

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Williams, Phillip T.

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Winkle, Howard Van

β€”

β€” cases Β· 12-month grant rate: β€”

Zimmer, William K.

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.