EOIR / Immigration Court

San Francisco Immigration Court — Asylum Decision Statistics

Aggregated asylum decision statistics across all immigration judges currently sitting at the San Francisco Immigration Court, based on FOIA-released EOIR data.

Latest 12-month grant rate

31.1%

Asylum decisions, trailing 12 months

Lifetime total cases

75,000

All recorded asylum decisions

FY2024 court average

84.9%

Stable benchmark: Oct 2023 – Sep 2024

Last data refresh

2026-05-19

From Deportation Data Project FOIA release

Monthly grant-rate trend

0%25%50%75%100%

Which immigration judges work at the San Francisco Immigration Court?

The table below lists every judge with substantive asylum case volume in the last 24 months at the San Francisco Immigration Court. The 12-month grant rate column reflects the trailing year ending 2026-05-19. Lifetime cases counts all recorded asylum decisions for each judge across the FOIA-released dataset.

Judge12-month grant rateLifetime cases
Begovich, Samantha12.0%284
Brasil, Elisa C.—330
Chen, Shuting53.8%1,133
Davis, Howard R.28.7%709
Deiss, Ila C.52.9%3,311
Dillon, Chloe S.60.7%724
Dinh, Roger H.0.0%139
George, Amber D51.4%1,389
Gordon, Louis A.22.2%1,346
Greene III, Charles S.25.3%2,242
Johnson, Jeremiah35.3%1,840
Kirchner, Steven M.9.6%255
Levine, Shira M.91.3%1,311
Mccleskey, Loi L.8.0%470
Nelson, Julie L.31.2%176
Savage, Patrick S.28.4%2,069
Schulz, Karen W.26.3%948
Seminerio, Frank A.6.9%294
Slayton, Michelle A.28.3%775
Swink, Arwen A.49.1%1,680

Frequently asked questions

What is the asylum grant rate at the San Francisco Immigration Court?

Over the trailing 12 months, the San Francisco Immigration Court granted asylum in 31.1% of decided cases. The fiscal year 2024 (Oct 2023 – Sep 2024) court-wide average was 84.9%. The two numbers may differ because policy and caseload shifts can move rates significantly year-over-year.

How many immigration judges work at the San Francisco Immigration Court?

Based on the most recent FOIA-released EOIR data, 20 immigration judges are listed as actively sitting at the San Francisco Immigration Court with asylum case volume in the last 24 months. The full judge roster, each with their individual grant rate, appears below.

How many asylum decisions has the San Francisco Immigration Court issued total?

The San Francisco Immigration Court has issued 75,000 recorded asylum decisions across the full FOIA-released dataset. This includes both grants and denials but excludes administrative outcomes (cases dismissed, terminated, or closed without a merits ruling).

How is the asylum grant rate calculated?

Grant rate = (cases with case_outcome of "Relief Granted") divided by (cases with case_outcome of "Relief Granted" or "Remove"). Cases closed administratively — dismissed, terminated, voluntary departure — are excluded from the denominator. This is the standard methodology used by TRAC Immigration (Syracuse) and the Deportation Data Project (UC Berkeley).

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Methodology & sources

Primary source
Deportation Data Project (UC Berkeley) — FOIA-released EOIR case-level data.
Secondary source
TRAC Immigration (Syracuse University) — independent corroboration of grant-rate aggregates.
Last data refresh
2026-05-19

Statistical data only. Case outcomes depend on case-specific merits, evidence, and counsel quality. This page is provided for informational purposes and does not constitute legal advice or a guarantee of any outcome.