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From FY2021 to FY2025, 335 of 549 asylum grant-or-denial records under judge code ARD at Los Angeles - Van Nuys Boulevard were grants (61.02%) and 214 were denials (38.98%). In the same years, the court recorded 49.63% and the national figure was 37.33%. EOIR data through 2026-08-31; past records do not predict an individual case.

Recorded grant share · Los Angeles - Van Nuys Boulevard · VNS

Grants 335 · Denials 214 · N 549
95% interval: 56.88%–65.01%

Judge code ARD
61.02%N 549
Los Angeles - Van Nuys Boulevard
49.63%N 4,765
United States · all courts
37.33%N 367,995

Among comparable judge codes at this court

12 judge codes at this court have 100 or more grant-or-denial records in FY2021–FY2025. Their recorded grant shares range from 11.56% to 74.87%; the median is 51.01%.
FY2026 so far
2.37%465 records through 2026-08-31 · court: 6.03%
Record coverage
9 courts with recordsFY1986–FY2026 · 46 court-years · Courts are not pooled
Hearing dates on calendar
547 master · 3,943 individualLos Angeles - Van Nuys Boulevard · proceedings with hearing dates, 2026-09–2029-08Hearing schedule
Data through
2026-08-31EOIR records · official listing: Los Angeles - Van Nuys Boulevard, checked 2026-09-16Data and sources

Historical outcomes by court

Each row is a fiscal year at the court stored on the dated record. Courts are not pooled; an official listing never moves old results to a new court. Small groups remain visible and are labeled.

Judge figures group saved asylum outcomes by the judge code on each EOIR proceeding. The code identifies the assigned judge; these records do not verify who personally made every application decision. How judge figures work

Recorded grant share by fiscal year at Los Angeles - Van Nuys Boulevard

0%25%50%75%100%FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY202640.43%78.68%74.49%73.63%38.98%2.37%26.77%56.86%61.02%64.66%31.96%6.03%37.13%46.12%47.28%43.52%23.13%
  • Judge code ARD
  • Los Angeles - Van Nuys Boulevard
  • United States · all courts
National figures are published for FY2021–FY2025. A broken ring marks a value from fewer than 100 records.
Recorded grant and denial outcomes · EOIR dated records
Completion FYRecorded grant shareTotal (N)Grant recordsDenial records95% interval
Los Angeles - Van Nuys Boulevard · VNSExplore this court's full context
FY2026Partial year2.37%465114541.33%–4.19%
FY202538.98%1776910832.10%–46.33%
FY202473.63%Small sample91672463.75%–81.59%
FY202374.49%Small sample98732565.05%–82.08%
FY202278.68%1361072971.05%–84.72%
FY202140.43%Small sample47192827.64%–54.66%
West Los Angeles Immigration Court · WLAExplore this court's full context
FY20250.00%Small sample2020.00%–65.76%
FY202160.00%Small sample53223.07%–88.24%
FY202040.74%108446431.95%–50.17%
FY201919.18%Small sample73145911.78%–29.66%
FY201822.50%Small sample4093112.32%–37.50%
FY201741.86%Small sample43182528.38%–56.67%
FY201625.00%Small sample1641210.18%–49.50%
FY201561.54%Small sample39241545.90%–75.11%
FY201442.86%Small sample77334432.40%–53.99%
FY201345.00%Small sample80364434.58%–55.88%
FY201257.41%Small sample54312344.16%–69.67%
FY20100.00%Small sample2020.00%–65.76%
FY20060.00%Small sample2020.00%–65.76%
FY20050.00%Small sample1010.00%–79.35%
FY20040.00%Small sample1010.00%–79.35%
FY20030.00%Small sample1010.00%–79.35%
FY19990.00%Small sample1010.00%–79.35%
FY19980.00%Small sample707<0.01%–35.43%
FY19970.00%Small sample9090.00%–29.91%
FY19960.00%Small sample606<0.01%–39.03%
FY19890.00%Small sample2020.00%–65.76%
FY19860.00%Small sample1010.00%–79.35%
Los Angeles – N. Los Angeles Street · NLAExplore this court's full context
FY20250.00%Small sample1010.00%–79.35%
FY2018100.00%Small sample11020.65%–100.00%
FY201720.00%Small sample10285.67%–50.98%
FY201525.00%Small sample4134.56%–69.94%
FY20149.09%Small sample111101.62%–37.74%
FY20130.00%Small sample303<0.01%–56.15%
FY20120.00%Small sample2020.00%–65.76%
San Francisco · SFRExplore this court's full context
FY20250.00%Small sample707<0.01%–35.43%
FY20220.00%Small sample2020.00%–65.76%
Santa Ana · SNCExplore this court's full context
FY20250.00%Small sample4040.00%–48.99%
Adelanto · ADLExplore this court's full context
FY20210.00%Small sample2020.00%–65.76%
FY201614.81%Small sample548467.70%–26.60%
FY201515.79%Small sample7612649.27%–25.60%
FY20130.00%Small sample2020.00%–65.76%
FY20120.00%Small sample4040.00%–48.99%
Los Fresnos · PISExplore this court's full context
FY201520.00%Small sample5143.62%–62.45%
Conroe · CICExplore this court's full context
FY20150.00%Small sample1010.00%–79.35%
San Diego · SNDExplore this court's full context
FY201175.00%Small sample43130.06%–95.44%

Small sample: fewer than 100 grant or denial records. This share can swing widely.

These records do not predict an individual result or measure judge quality. A person may have more than one proceeding.

Source cutoff: 2026-08-31 · eoir-2026-08-judge-records-v2 · Source files and checks · Attribution details

Historical grant and denial records by nationality

Nationality groups count grant and denial proceedings in FY2021–FY2025, not people.

The dated results have a different coverage period and do not contain individual nationality. Small groups can change sharply.

Recorded judge × court × nationality · FY2021–FY2025 and each fiscal year
Recorded nationalityFY2021–FY2025 · pooledTotal (N)Court · same nationalityFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Los Angeles - Van Nuys Boulevard
Armenia87.85%10778.00% · N 85018 / 2823 / 2317 / 1733 / 363 / 3
El Salvador34.21%Small sample7614.13% · N 6231 / 167 / 122 / 716 / 220 / 19
Mexico9.62%Small sample528.97% · N 5242 / 140 / 111 / 122 / 110 / 4
Russia92.16%Small sample5178.25% · N 7314 / 68 / 1019 / 1916 / 16—
India75.51%Small sample4966.30% · N 2769 / 116 / 68 / 147 / 117 / 7
Guatemala12.77%Small sample4711.95% · N 3851 / 331 / 11 / 23 / 80 / 3
Iran75.00%Small sample2485.62% · N 1464 / 96 / 61 / 16 / 71 / 1
Peru44.44%Small sample1812.42% · N 1534 / 133 / 4—1 / 1—
Uganda88.89%Small sample1893.90% · N 824 / 62 / 25 / 54 / 41 / 1
Nicaragua43.75%Small sample1659.69% · N 1966 / 13—0 / 1—1 / 2
Honduras33.33%Small sample1516.56% · N 1572 / 91 / 10 / 11 / 21 / 2
Ukraine100.00%Small sample1394.00% · N 50——7 / 76 / 6—
Syria100.00%Small sample1182.09% · N 671 / 14 / 42 / 23 / 31 / 1
Nigeria100.00%Small sample866.67% · N 184 / 4—4 / 4——
Egypt85.71%Small sample776.92% · N 265 / 50 / 1——1 / 1
Sri Lanka85.71%Small sample772.73% · N 110 / 1——6 / 6—
Kazakhstan100.00%Small sample479.17% · N 241 / 1——1 / 12 / 2
Venezuela50.00%Small sample440.74% · N 27—2 / 4———
Azerbaijan100.00%Small sample244.44% · N 9——2 / 2——
China100.00%Small sample253.85% · N 522 / 2————
Colombia0.00%Small sample29.09% · N 55—0 / 2———
Lebanon100.00%Small sample290.00% · N 20——1 / 11 / 1—
Tajikistan (Tadzhik)100.00%Small sample2100.00% · N 6—2 / 2———
Belarus100.00%Small sample195.24% · N 421 / 1————
Ecuador0.00%Small sample137.50% · N 80 / 1————
Georgia100.00%Small sample154.55% · N 11———1 / 1—
Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan)100.00%Small sample146.67% · N 15——1 / 1——
Malaysia100.00%Small sample1100.00% · N 1————1 / 1
Mozambique100.00%Small sample1100.00% · N 1—1 / 1———
Pakistan0.00%Small sample176.92% · N 130 / 1————
Stateless - Alien Unable To Name A Country100.00%Small sample166.67% · N 3—1 / 1———
Turkiye100.00%Small sample166.67% · N 6——1 / 1——
Uzbekistan0.00%Small sample171.43% · N 70 / 1————
Vietnam100.00%Small sample133.33% · N 3——1 / 1——
Yemen0.00%Small sample10.00% · N 20 / 1————
San Francisco · SFR
Guatemala0.00%Small sample575.02% · N 4,6710 / 3——0 / 2—
Mexico0.00%Small sample460.17% · N 2,6790 / 4————
West Los Angeles Immigration Court · WLA
El Salvador66.67%Small sample318.85% · N 1,2150 / 1———2 / 2
Mexico50.00%Small sample212.08% · N 902————1 / 2
China0.00%Small sample175.73% · N 1,784————0 / 1
Nicaragua0.00%Small sample131.98% · N 5410 / 1————
Santa Ana
Mexico0.00%Small sample45.33% · N 1,8950 / 4————
Adelanto · ADL
El Salvador0.00%Small sample10.76% · N 131————0 / 1
Mexico0.00%Small sample10.62% · N 482————0 / 1
Los Angeles – N. Los Angeles Street · NLA
Guatemala0.00%Small sample16.47% · N 1,5150 / 1————

Small sample: fewer than 100 grant or denial records. This share can swing widely. Each fiscal year shows grants / N; — means no grant or denial record that year.

Judge means the code saved on the proceeding, not independently verified decision authorship. Flags are visual aids for mapped source categories; historical, unknown and non-geographic categories remain text-only.

EOIR CASE nationality aggregates · eoir-2026-08-nationality-complete-v1 · Download complete counts

Hearing schedule

One proceeding record is not necessarily a separate hearing session.

Los Angeles - Van Nuys Boulevard · VNS · All proceedings · 2026-09–2029-08

Asylum-associated records are a subset of All proceedings.

Schedule display range: 2026-09–2029-08 (36 months)

Same count scale for both hearing types. Browse horizontally to see all 36 months.

Proceedings

Master Calendar Hearings

Individual / Merits Hearings

Months with no retained records show 0.

Retained schedule records exist outside the displayed months.

Monthly counts are available for all recorded courts below.

Adelanto · ADL

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0Source files and checks

Conroe · CIC

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0Source files and checks

Los Angeles – N. Los Angeles Street · NLA

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0Source files and checks

Los Fresnos · PIS

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0Source files and checks

San Diego · SND

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0Source files and checks

Los Angeles - Van Nuys Boulevard · VNS

Monthly counts

Arlene E. Dorfman · ARD · Los Angeles - Van Nuys Boulevard · VNS · 2026-09–2029-08 · All proceedings · Asylum-associated proceedings · Proceedings with recorded hearing dates · EOIR · 2026-08 edition
MonthAll proceedings · Master proceedingsAll proceedings · Individual proceedingsAsylum-associated proceedings · Master proceedingsAsylum-associated proceedings · Individual proceedings
2026-09473132211105
2026-1045871165
2026-1110101381
2026-12142068167
2027-0151400113
2027-0201220103
2027-0301510120
2027-0401600138
2027-050125095
2027-060116095
2027-07079060
2027-0801410120
2027-090103092
2027-100108082
2027-11090071
2027-12058053
2028-01085070
2028-02093084
2028-0301170111
2028-04076069
2028-0501060100
2028-06092066
2028-070104090
2028-080113093
2028-09083065
2028-100104077
2028-11082072
2028-12077056
2029-010111095
2029-020101069
2029-030111086
2029-040123077
2029-05087062
2029-060111082
2029-070109061
2029-080139097

Retained: 4,793Excluded: 1,616Unable to confirm: 2Source files and checks

West Los Angeles Immigration Court · WLA

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0Source files and checks

Dated result records

Nationality and representation selections do not filter this list. Case identifiers and personal attributes are not included.

Results for the current selection

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These dates belong to proceedings associated with the recorded judge code. They do not establish when that person served or who made the application decision.

Monthly record distribution for this selection

Filtered records by court and fiscal year

All eight saved result categories · same filters as the result list
Historical record courtFiscal yearGrantedDeniedRecorded as abandonedRecorded as withdrawnRecorded as not adjudicatedRecorded as administratively closedOther recorded categoriesNo application result recordedTotal records

Each row totals its eight categories using the current filters. Fiscal years run from 10-01 through 09-30.

One row per eligible proceeding · latest completion date first
Proceeding completion dateHistorical record courtSaved application result

Counts use stored proceeding completion dates and judge codes. Later source releases may revise earlier records.

Source cutoff: 2026-08-31 · eoir-2026-08-judge-records-v2 · Source files and checks

Recorded BIA appeals associated with this judge code

These records are linked to proceedings carrying this EOIR judge code in the 2026-08 source snapshot. The data do not establish that the coded judge personally issued the decision under BIA review.

Historical decision FY2021–FY2025 pooled · respondent-filed appeals (A)

Denominator: respondent-filed BIA IJ Case Appeal events with an exact proceeding link and stored judge code, with a recorded disposition during the displayed period.

Respondent-filed recorded BIA appeal events during FY2021–FY2025
Appeal events (denominator)DIS · recorded dismissal/affirmanceREM · remand as recordedSUS · appeal sustained as recordedOther · mixed recorded dispositions
14910010039

Questions about these records

Is this the judge’s asylum approval or denial rate?

It is the recorded grant share: of 549 asylum grant-or-denial records under judge code ARD at Los Angeles - Van Nuys Boulevard in FY2021–FY2025, 335 were grants (61.02%) and 214 were denials (38.98%).

Withdrawals, abandonment, administrative closure and other outcomes are outside this denominator. The judge code identifies the assigned judge; it does not prove who decided each application.

Why do other websites show a different number?

Publications count different things. This page counts asylum applications that ended in a grant or a denial in EOIR’s public CASE data, by fiscal year, at the court stored on each proceeding, and never pools courts.

Other reports may count other relief, such as withholding of removal or protection under the Convention Against Torture, count decisions rather than proceedings, combine courts or use other years. Compare the period, the population and N before comparing percentages.

Why are courts listed separately?

Each record keeps the court stored on its proceeding. This judge code has grant or denial records at 9 courts. They are shown separately and never pooled, and the official listing does not move older records to a new court.

Why is FY2026 marked as a partial year?

Fiscal year 2026 runs from 2025-10-01 to 2026-09-30, and the source data end on 2026-08-31. FY2026 figures cover only part of the year, so they are not compared with complete years.

What does a small sample mean here?

When fewer than 100 grant or denial records stand behind a share, one or two decisions can move it by several percentage points. Such figures are marked † or labeled as a small sample, and the 95% interval shows how wide the uncertainty is.

Where does this judge hear cases now?

EOIR’s official hearing directory, checked 2026-09-16, lists this name at Los Angeles - Van Nuys Boulevard.

Under this judge code, the 2026-08 EOIR edition records hearing dates from 2026-09 to 2029-08 at Los Angeles - Van Nuys Boulevard: 547 master and 3,943 individual proceedings.

A listing or a scheduled date does not establish a sole duty station.

Can these numbers predict my case?

No. They describe past records under a judge code. The outcome of a case depends on its own facts, evidence and law. For advice about your case, talk to a qualified lawyer or accredited representative.

Data and sources

Source cutoff: · eoir-2026-08-judge-source-coverage-v1

Dated asylum records and recorded grants or denials are available by court and fiscal year.

Result record coverage

23,055Associated proceeding records
11,939Proceedings linked to asylum applications
8,163Eligible dated asylum records
1,777Dated grant or denial records

All courts and all stored dates in this source edition. These coverage counts do not change with the result-list filters.

Historical record courts
28
Earliest recorded completion FY
FY1986
Latest recorded completion FY
FY2026 · Partial year
Why some source records are outside the dated results
  • 3,768 eligible asylum records have no completion date.
  • 4,108 eligible asylum records have no application result; 396 of them appear in the dated list. 3,712 records lack both a usable completion date and an application result. The missing-date and missing-result counts overlap.
  • 8 asylum-linked proceedings have conflicting saved application results.

A blank date or result does not establish a pending case, an undecided application, or the absence of a decision. Missing dates are not assigned to an assumed fiscal year.

All eligible dated result categories are included through the source cutoff, without aggregate suppression filters.

Source cutoff: 2026-08-31 · FY2026 is incomplete. Earlier stored dates may predate a judge’s appointment because assignment and saved completion date describe different events.

Nationality and representation selections do not filter this list. Case identifiers and personal attributes are not included.

Available historical coverage

Source coverage includes all normalized dated records for this identity. It is not verified decision authorship or a complete case history.

Coverage counting rules

Counts describe stored proceedings associated with the judge code, not unique cases, people, or verified decision authorship. Asylum applications are combined per proceeding using the same joins and conflict rules as the dated list.

11,931 asylum-linked proceedings meet the proceeding-type, case-link and result-consistency rules. These eligible records split into missing dates, invalid dates, dates after the cutoff, and dated records through the cutoff.

The dated list includes all saved result categories, including a blank result. Grant share uses only dated grants divided by dated grants plus denials; other categories are excluded.

These are saved results on proceedings assigned to the selected judge in EOIR data, not independently verified decision authorship. The application result has no separate decision timestamp. Completion dates may reflect a different event or later edits.

Each row represents one eligible proceeding after duplicate application rows are combined. Identical dates and results can appear multiple times. A person may have multiple proceedings. Within-day order does not indicate the sequence of decisions.

The public timeline includes all eight saved result categories and all stored completion years through the source cutoff. Conflicting application outcomes and inconsistent case joins remain excluded. Complete records can reconstruct counts hidden in legacy aggregate tables; those tables no longer provide a non-reconstruction guarantee.

Official court listing

Directory checked: EOIR hearing directory

On the checked official listing

An official listing may include supervisory or multiple-court assignments; it does not establish a sole duty station.

Hearing schedule sources

Schedule filtering and source checks

The 2026-08 EOIR edition is grouped using a source cutoff of 2026-08-31. Counts describe proceeding records with retained future hearing dates, grouped by the judge and court codes stored on each schedule record. Records with a handling reason and other excluded records are kept outside the counts; records that cannot be confirmed are listed separately. All proceedings includes the reliably identified asylum-associated subset.

Later recorded hearing dates are included in the source coverage summary.

All proceedings · future hearing dates through 2036-08-31

These source coverage counts include all proceedings and do not change with the proceedings filter above.

Adelanto · ADL

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
0
Unconfirmed proportion
Not calculable
Historical schedule records
4,541
Other schedule types
1,132
Reliable asylum association
2,005
No identifiable asylum association
2,536

Conroe

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
0
Unconfirmed proportion
Not calculable
Historical schedule records
15
Other schedule types
2
Reliable asylum association
1
No identifiable asylum association
14

Los Angeles – N. Los Angeles Street

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
0
Unconfirmed proportion
Not calculable
Historical schedule records
478
Other schedule types
151
Reliable asylum association
180
No identifiable asylum association
298

Los Fresnos · PIS

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
0
Unconfirmed proportion
Not calculable
Historical schedule records
11
Other schedule types
3
Reliable asylum association
9
No identifiable asylum association
2

San Diego

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
0
Unconfirmed proportion
Not calculable
Historical schedule records
4
Reliable asylum association
4

Los Angeles - Van Nuys Boulevard

Retained: 4,793Excluded: 1,616Unable to confirm: 2

Raw Master and Individual records
6,411
Unconfirmed proportion
0.03%
Recorded handling reason
1,616
Multiple future records without a handling reason
2
Historical schedule records
40,242
Future schedule records
6,411
Other schedule types
108
Retained records outside the displayed range
303
Reliable asylum association
32,280
No identifiable asylum association
14,372
Unlinked asylum records
1

West Los Angeles Immigration Court · WLA

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
0
Unconfirmed proportion
Not calculable
Historical schedule records
45,576
Other schedule types
3
Reliable asylum association
30,995
No identifiable asylum association
14,580
Unlinked asylum records
1
View schedule counting rules
Source files, versions and checks

BIA appeal sources

BIA scope and counting rules

These are historical pooled counts, not a judge score or a current pattern. This product has no annual judge-code breakdown. DIS does not prove this judge was affirmed; REM is not an asylum grant; SUS is not a final asylum outcome.

Recorded BIA disposition patterns can change over time. These FY2021–FY2025 counts are not a permanent characteristic of this judge code. Changes may coincide with law, policy, administration, BIA composition, case mix or backlog; these descriptive data do not establish a cause.

All-party source coverage is separate from the respondent-filed table. National parent appeal events: 119,252 · Linked to a stored judge code: 119,155.

Respondent-filed source events: 109,995 · Linked to a stored judge code: 109,915 · Published respondent-filed events: 67,156 · Respondent-filed events with identity limitations: 42,759.

Judge code: ARD · Stored source field: B_TblProceeding.IJ_CODE · Population: bia-decided-stored-judge-chronology-clean-1.

Disposition date basis: tblAppeal.datBIADecision · Historical period: 2020-10-01–2025-09-30 · Source cutoff: 2026-08-31.

The stored code is an association in the snapshot, not proof of decision authorship or assignment when the original decision was issued. Today’s judge directory and court listing describe current context only.

Source versions and checks

Coverage and source versions are listed separately from publication, acquisition and later checks. A check does not extend the records beyond their cutoff.

EOIR public CASE data

Used on this page: Dated results, historical outcomes and saved hearing schedules

Historical result coverageFY1986–FY2026 · Partial year: FY2026

Source edition2026-08

Source snapshot cutoff

The first and last available fiscal years bound this range; intervening years may have no records. Saved hearing dates and BIA disposition periods have separate coverage.

Standard comparison periodFY2021–FY2025

Source obtained or reviewed for this edition

Official source recheck ·

Source reachable at the last check; its contents have not been compared with this edition yet

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