Jose L. Penalosa Jr. — Immigration judge records

In FY2026, 4 of 188 asylum grant-or-denial records under judge code JPJ at San Diego were grants (2.1%) and 184 were denials (97.9%). That year, the court recorded 3.5% and the national figure was 6.7%. EOIR data through 2026-09-30; past records do not predict an individual case.

Recorded grant share · San Diego · SND

Period

2.1%Grants 4 · Denials 184 · N 188
95% interval: 0.8%–5.3%

Judge code JPJ: 2.1%N 188
San Diego: 3.5%N 858; No court figure for this period
United States · all courts: 6.7%N 158,532; No national figure is published for this period

Among comparable judge codes at this court

Fewer than 5 judge codes at this court have 100 or more grant-or-denial records in FY2026, so no comparison among judge codes is drawn.

Compare judges at this court

Record coverage: 7 courts with recordsFY1998–FY2026 · 32 court-years · Courts are not pooled
Hearing dates on calendar: 1 master · 0 individualAdelanto · ADL · proceedings with hearing dates, 2026-10–2029-09Hearing schedule
Data through: 2026-09-30EOIR records · official listing: San Diego, checked 2026-10-24Data 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 San Diego

Judge code JPJ
San Diego
United States · all courts

National and judge-code figures use recorded fiscal years in this source; missing values remain unavailable.

Recorded grant and denial outcomes · EOIR dated records
Completion FY	Recorded grant share	Total (N)	Grant records	Denial records	95% interval
San Diego · SND Explore this court's full context
FY2026	2.1%	188	4	184	0.8%–5.3%
FY2025	5.3%	151	8	143	2.7%–10.1%
FY2024	16.7%Small sample	42	7	35	8.3%–30.6%
FY2023	42.9%Small sample	7	3	4	15.8%–75.0%
FY2022	Not calculable	0	0	0	Not calculable
FY2021	Not calculable	0	0	0	Not calculable
FY2018	Not calculable	0	0	0	Not calculable
FY2017	0.0%Small sample	1	0	1	0.0%–79.3%
FY2016	Not calculable	0	0	0	Not calculable
FY2015	Not calculable	0	0	0	Not calculable
FY2014	0.0%Small sample	4	0	4	0.0%–49.0%
FY2013	0.0%Small sample	1	0	1	0.0%–79.3%
FY2012	0.0%Small sample	1	0	1	0.0%–79.3%
FY2011	Not calculable	0	0	0	Not calculable
FY2010	Not calculable	0	0	0	Not calculable
FY2009	Not calculable	0	0	0	Not calculable
FY2008	Not calculable	0	0	0	Not calculable
FY2007	100.0%Small sample	1	1	0	20.7%–100.0%
FY2006	Not calculable	0	0	0	Not calculable
FY2002	0.0%Small sample	1	0	1	0.0%–79.3%
FY2000	0.0%Small sample	1	0	1	0.0%–79.3%
FY1998	0.0%Small sample	1	0	1	0.0%–79.3%
FY1997	Not calculable	0	0	0	Not calculable
Otay Mesa · OTM Explore this court's full context
FY2026	0.0%Small sample	15	0	15	0.0%–20.4%
FY2025	100.0%Small sample	1	1	0	20.7%–100.0%
FY2018	0.0%Small sample	1	0	1	0.0%–79.3%
Imperial · IMP Explore this court's full context
FY2026	Not calculable	0	0	0	Not calculable
FY2025	0.0%Small sample	4	0	4	0.0%–49.0%
Santa Ana · SNC Explore this court's full context
FY2025	0.0%Small sample	3	0	3	<0.1%–56.1%
Eloy · ELO Explore this court's full context
FY2023	15.4%Small sample	13	2	11	4.3%–42.2%
FY2022	17.2%Small sample	29	5	24	7.6%–34.5%
FY2021	60.9%Small sample	46	28	18	46.5%–73.6%
FY2020	62.8%	148	93	55	54.8%–70.2%
FY2019	0.0%Small sample	1	0	1	0.0%–79.3%
FY2018	0.0%Small sample	1	0	1	0.0%–79.3%
FY2011	0.0%Small sample	1	0	1	0.0%–79.3%
Adelanto · ADL Explore this court's full context
FY2026	Not calculable	0	0	0	Not calculable
FY2020	53.8%Small sample	26	14	12	35.5%–71.2%
FY2019	30.8%	117	36	81	23.1%–39.6%
FY2018	6.6%	106	7	99	3.2%–13.0%
FY2017	2.1%Small sample	47	1	46	0.4%–11.1%
FY2016	0.0%Small sample	1	0	1	0.0%–79.3%
FY2015	0.0%Small sample	1	0	1	0.0%–79.3%
FY2014	0.0%Small sample	1	0	1	0.0%–79.3%
Tacoma · TAC Explore this court's full context
FY2017	0.0%Small sample	2	0	2	0.0%–65.8%

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: 2026-09-30 · eoir-2026-09-case-v1 · Source files and checks · Attribution details

Historical grant and denial records by nationality

Nationality groups show FY2026 first and retain historical counts. These are proceeding records, 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 · FY2026 and historical fiscal years
Recorded nationality	Recorded grant share · FY2026	Total (N)	Court · same nationality	FY2026	FY2025	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021
San Diego
Guatemala	0.0%Small sample	43	0.5% · N 184	0 / 43	1 / 36	0 / 12	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0
Mexico	5.6%Small sample	36	2.2% · N 268	2 / 36	2 / 35	0 / 6	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0
Venezuela	0.0%Small sample	18	4.1% · N 74	0 / 18	0 / 11	0 / 1	0 / 0	—	—
Colombia	0.0%Small sample	16	0.0% · N 48	0 / 16	0 / 6	2 / 5	0 / 1	—	—
Ecuador	0.0%Small sample	14	0.0% · N 27	0 / 14	0 / 6	—	—	—	—
Russia	15.4%Small sample	13	38.5% · N 26	2 / 13	1 / 9	1 / 3	0 / 0	—	—
Haiti	0.0%Small sample	10	1.3% · N 77	0 / 10	1 / 1	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	—
China	0.0%Small sample	6	20.0% · N 15	0 / 6	0 / 2	1 / 4	—	—	—
Indonesia	0.0%Small sample	4	0.0% · N 4	0 / 4	—	—	—	—	—
Ethiopia	0.0%Small sample	3	0.0% · N 4	0 / 3	0 / 1	1 / 2	—	—	—
India	0.0%Small sample	3	0.0% · N 7	0 / 3	0 / 2	0 / 1	—	—	—
Honduras	0.0%Small sample	3	0.0% · N 13	0 / 3	0 / 0	0 / 0	—	0 / 0	—
Nicaragua	0.0%Small sample	2	0.0% · N 2	0 / 2	0 / 4	0 / 1	1 / 1	0 / 0	—
El Salvador	0.0%Small sample	2	0.0% · N 11	0 / 2	0 / 3	2 / 2	0 / 0	—	—
Azerbaijan	0.0%Small sample	2	0.0% · N 2	0 / 2	0 / 3	—	—	—	—
Chile	0.0%Small sample	2	0.0% · N 4	0 / 2	0 / 0	0 / 1	—	—	—
Nigeria	0.0%Small sample	2	0.0% · N 2	0 / 2	0 / 1	0 / 0	—	—	—
Senegal	0.0%Small sample	2	0.0% · N 5	0 / 2	0 / 1	—	—	—	—
Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan)	0.0%Small sample	2	0.0% · N 2	0 / 2	—	—	—	—	—
Peru	0.0%Small sample	1	0.0% · N 17	0 / 1	0 / 1	0 / 1	0 / 2	—	—
Uzbekistan	0.0%Small sample	1	0.0% · N 1	0 / 1	0 / 1	0 / 0	0 / 0	—	—
Bangladesh	0.0%Small sample	1	0.0% · N 1	0 / 1	0 / 0	—	—	—	—
Brazil	0.0%Small sample	1	0.0% · N 10	0 / 1	0 / 0	0 / 0	—	0 / 0	—
Nepal	0.0%Small sample	1	0.0% · N 1	0 / 1	—	—	—	—	—
Turkiye	Not calculable	0	0.0% · N 1	0 / 0	0 / 7	0 / 1	—	0 / 0	—
Iraq	Not calculable	0	0.0% · N 2	0 / 0	3 / 3	0 / 0	1 / 1	—	—
Vietnam	Not calculable	0	0.0% · N 4	0 / 0	0 / 3	0 / 0	—	—	—
Somalia	Not calculable	0	0.0% · N 4	0 / 0	0 / 2	0 / 0	—	—	—
Iran	Not calculable	0	14.3% · N 7	0 / 0	0 / 1	—	—	0 / 0	—
Afghanistan	Not calculable	0	40.0% · N 5	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	—	—	—
Algeria	Not calculable	0	Not calculable · N 0	0 / 0	—	—	—	—	—
Armenia	Not calculable	0	0.0% · N 1	0 / 0	0 / 0	—	0 / 0	—	—
Cuba	Not calculable	0	25.0% · N 4	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	—	—
Djibouti	Not calculable	0	Not calculable · N 0	0 / 0	—	—	—	—	—
Pakistan	Not calculable	0	Not calculable · N 0	0 / 0	—	—	—	—	—
Palestine	Not calculable	0	Not calculable · N 0	0 / 0	—	—	—	—	—
Tanzania	Not calculable	0	Not calculable · N 0	0 / 0	—	—	—	—	—
Ukraine	Not calculable	0	100.0% · N 1	0 / 0	—	—	—	—	—
Kazakhstan	No stored cell for this period	—	0.0% · N 5	—	0 / 4	0 / 0	—	—	—
Angola	No stored cell for this period	—	—	—	—	—	0 / 1	—	—
Bolivia	No stored cell for this period	—	0.0% · N 1	—	—	0 / 1	—	—	—
Cameroon	No stored cell for this period	—	0.0% · N 1	—	0 / 1	—	—	—	—
Dominican Republic	No stored cell for this period	—	Not calculable · N 0	—	0 / 1	—	—	—	—
Egypt	No stored cell for this period	—	100.0% · N 1	—	0 / 1	—	—	—	—
Eritrea	No stored cell for this period	—	0.0% · N 1	—	0 / 1	—	—	—	—
Georgia	No stored cell for this period	—	Not calculable · N 0	—	—	—	1 / 1	—	—
Ghana	No stored cell for this period	—	0.0% · N 5	—	0 / 1	—	—	—	—
Guinea	No stored cell for this period	—	—	—	—	0 / 1	—	—	—
Jamaica	No stored cell for this period	—	Not calculable · N 0	—	0 / 1	—	0 / 0	—	—
Mauritania	No stored cell for this period	—	Not calculable · N 0	—	0 / 1	—	—	—	—
Sudan	No stored cell for this period	—	0.0% · N 4	—	0 / 1	—	—	—	—
Former Countries (YS)	No stored cell for this period	—	—	—	0 / 0	—	—	—	—
Libya	No stored cell for this period	—	Not calculable · N 0	—	0 / 0	—	—	—	—
Morocco	No stored cell for this period	—	Not calculable · N 0	—	0 / 0	—	—	—	—
Poland	No stored cell for this period	—	—	—	0 / 0	—	—	—	—
Saudi Arabia	No stored cell for this period	—	Not calculable · N 0	—	0 / 0	—	—	—	—
Spain	No stored cell for this period	—	0.0% · N 1	—	—	0 / 0	—	—	—
Otay Mesa
Venezuela	0.0%Small sample	3	25.0% · N 16	0 / 3	—	—	—	—	—
Cameroon	0.0%Small sample	2	57.1% · N 56	0 / 2	—	—	—	—	—
Nicaragua	0.0%Small sample	2	0.0% · N 5	0 / 2	—	—	—	—	—
Bangladesh	0.0%Small sample	1	0.0% · N 5	0 / 1	—	—	—	—	—
Cuba	0.0%Small sample	1	0.0% · N 7	0 / 1	—	—	—	—	—
Ecuador	0.0%Small sample	1	0.0% · N 5	0 / 1	—	—	—	—	—
El Salvador	0.0%Small sample	1	0.0% · N 15	0 / 1	—	—	—	—	—
Guatemala	0.0%Small sample	1	0.0% · N 21	0 / 1	—	—	—	—	—
Honduras	0.0%Small sample	1	0.0% · N 11	0 / 1	—	—	—	—	—
Iran	0.0%Small sample	1	39.4% · N 33	0 / 1	—	—	—	—	—
Nepal	0.0%Small sample	1	0.0% · N 9	0 / 1	—	—	—	—	—
China	Not calculable	0	26.1% · N 46	0 / 0	—	—	—	—	—
Haiti	Not calculable	0	12.5% · N 8	0 / 0	—	—	—	—	—
Mexico	Not calculable	0	0.0% · N 39	0 / 0	—	—	—	—	—
Russia	No stored cell for this period	—	42.7% · N 75	—	1 / 1	—	—	—	—
Azerbaijan	No stored cell for this period	—	14.3% · N 7	—	0 / 0	—	—	—	—
Adelanto · ADL
Colombia	Not calculable	0	3.6% · N 28	0 / 0	—	—	—	—	—
Mexico	Not calculable	0	0.5% · N 210	0 / 0	—	—	—	—	—
Nicaragua	Not calculable	0	2.3% · N 44	0 / 0	—	—	—	—	—
Pakistan	Not calculable	0	0.0% · N 5	0 / 0	—	—	—	—	—
Sri Lanka	Not calculable	0	Not calculable · N 0	0 / 0	—	—	—	—	—
Dallas
Venezuela	No stored cell for this period	—	2.5% · N 1,931	—	0 / 0	—	—	—	—
Eloy
Nicaragua	No stored cell for this period	—	0.0% · N 14	—	—	—	—	1 / 6	1 / 2
Mexico	No stored cell for this period	—	0.8% · N 132	—	—	—	0 / 0	0 / 5	1 / 8
Guatemala	No stored cell for this period	—	3.6% · N 28	—	—	—	0 / 1	0 / 3	0 / 2
Peru	No stored cell for this period	—	0.0% · N 4	—	—	—	0 / 1	0 / 3	0 / 1
Uzbekistan	No stored cell for this period	—	66.7% · N 3	—	—	—	—	1 / 3	0 / 0
Colombia	No stored cell for this period	—	14.3% · N 7	—	—	—	1 / 2	0 / 0	0 / 1
Cuba	No stored cell for this period	—	7.5% · N 40	—	—	—	1 / 1	0 / 1	13 / 13
El Salvador	No stored cell for this period	—	14.3% · N 21	—	—	—	0 / 1	0 / 1	0 / 1
Honduras	No stored cell for this period	—	0.0% · N 19	—	—	—	0 / 1	0 / 1	1 / 1
India	No stored cell for this period	—	10.3% · N 29	—	—	—	—	1 / 2	0 / 0
Pakistan	No stored cell for this period	—	0.0% · N 1	—	—	—	0 / 1	0 / 1	—
Venezuela	No stored cell for this period	—	0.0% · N 29	—	—	—	—	2 / 2	7 / 9
Azerbaijan	No stored cell for this period	—	0.0% · N 3	—	—	—	0 / 1	0 / 0	—
Brazil	No stored cell for this period	—	0.0% · N 3	—	—	—	0 / 1	0 / 0	—
Dominican Republic	No stored cell for this period	—	Not calculable · N 0	—	—	—	0 / 1	—	—
Iran	No stored cell for this period	—	11.1% · N 9	—	—	—	—	0 / 1	—
Jamaica	No stored cell for this period	—	0.0% · N 1	—	—	—	0 / 1	—	—
Russia	No stored cell for this period	—	44.4% · N 18	—	—	—	0 / 1	0 / 0	1 / 1
Bangladesh	No stored cell for this period	—	25.0% · N 8	—	—	—	—	0 / 0	—
Cameroon	No stored cell for this period	—	45.5% · N 11	—	—	—	—	0 / 0	—
Ecuador	No stored cell for this period	—	0.0% · N 9	—	—	—	—	0 / 0	0 / 2
Eritrea	No stored cell for this period	—	100.0% · N 1	—	—	—	—	—	1 / 1
Georgia	No stored cell for this period	—	0.0% · N 1	—	—	—	0 / 0	0 / 0	—
Ghana	No stored cell for this period	—	0.0% · N 1	—	—	—	—	—	2 / 2
Guadeloupe	No stored cell for this period	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0 / 0
Morocco	No stored cell for this period	—	0.0% · N 2	—	—	—	—	—	0 / 1
Nationality not recorded	No stored cell for this period	—	—	—	—	—	—	0 / 0	0 / 0
Nepal	No stored cell for this period	—	0.0% · N 5	—	—	—	—	—	1 / 1
Rwanda	No stored cell for this period	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0 / 0
Sudan	No stored cell for this period	—	0.0% · N 2	—	—	—	—	—	0 / 0
Unknown Nationality	No stored cell for this period	—	50.0% · N 2	—	—	—	—	—	0 / 0
Unspecified nationality code	No stored cell for this period	—	—	—	—	—	—	0 / 0	—
Imperial
Guatemala	Not calculable	0	0.0% · N 17	0 / 0	—	—	—	—	—
Russia	No stored cell for this period	—	51.4% · N 35	—	0 / 3	—	—	—	—
Bolivia	No stored cell for this period	—	0.0% · N 1	—	0 / 1	—	—	—	—
Cuba	No stored cell for this period	—	31.3% · N 16	—	0 / 0	—	—	—	—
Honduras	No stored cell for this period	—	0.0% · N 5	—	0 / 0	—	—	—	—
India	No stored cell for this period	—	25.0% · N 8	—	0 / 0	—	—	—	—
Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan)	No stored cell for this period	—	50.0% · N 2	—	0 / 0	—	—	—	—
Morocco	No stored cell for this period	—	0.0% · N 1	—	0 / 0	—	—	—	—
Nicaragua	No stored cell for this period	—	0.0% · N 4	—	0 / 0	—	—	—	—
Venezuela	No stored cell for this period	—	0.0% · N 7	—	0 / 0	—	—	—	—
Indianapolis, Indiana · INP
Chile	No stored cell for this period	—	0.0% · N 14	—	0 / 0	—	—	—	—
Haiti	No stored cell for this period	—	0.8% · N 257	—	0 / 0	—	—	—	—
Miami · MIA
Chile	No stored cell for this period	—	0.0% · N 171	—	—	0 / 0	—	—	—
Haiti	No stored cell for this period	—	0.4% · N 249	—	—	0 / 0	—	—	—
New York - Federal Plaza
Russia	Not calculable	0	23.2% · N 568	0 / 0	—	—	—	—	—
Orlando
Venezuela	Not calculable	0	8.0% · N 1,185	0 / 0	—	—	—	—	—
San Francisco · SFR
Russia	No stored cell for this period	—	84.6% · N 13	—	—	0 / 0	—	—	—
Santa Ana
China	No stored cell for this period	—	19.4% · N 504	—	0 / 3	—	—	—	—
Tacoma

Small sample: fewer than 100 grant or denial records. This share can swing widely. Each fiscal year shows grants / N; — means no stored cell. A zero denominator cannot give a share.

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-2026-09-case-v1 · Download complete counts

Hearing schedule

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Asylum-associated records are a subset of All proceedings.

Schedule display range: 2026-10–2029-09 (36 months)

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Proceedings

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Individual / Merits Hearings · 0 proceedings with recorded hearing dates

Months with no retained records show 0.

Adelanto · ADL

Monthly counts

Jose L. Penalosa Jr. · JPJ · Adelanto · ADL · 2026-10–2029-09 · All proceedings · Asylum-associated proceedings · Proceedings with recorded hearing dates · EOIR · 2026-09 edition
Month	All proceedings · Master proceedings	All proceedings · Individual proceedings	Asylum-associated proceedings · Master proceedings	Asylum-associated proceedings · Individual proceedings
2026-10	1	0	0	0
2026-11	0	0	0	0
2026-12	0	0	0	0
2027-01	0	0	0	0
2027-02	0	0	0	0
2027-03	0	0	0	0
2027-04	0	0	0	0
2027-05	0	0	0	0
2027-06	0	0	0	0
2027-07	0	0	0	0
2027-08	0	0	0	0
2027-09	0	0	0	0
2027-10	0	0	0	0
2027-11	0	0	0	0
2027-12	0	0	0	0
2028-01	0	0	0	0
2028-02	0	0	0	0
2028-03	0	0	0	0
2028-04	0	0	0	0
2028-05	0	0	0	0
2028-06	0	0	0	0
2028-07	0	0	0	0
2028-08	0	0	0	0
2028-09	0	0	0	0
2028-10	0	0	0	0
2028-11	0	0	0	0
2028-12	0	0	0	0
2029-01	0	0	0	0
2029-02	0	0	0	0
2029-03	0	0	0	0
2029-04	0	0	0	0
2029-05	0	0	0	0
2029-06	0	0	0	0
2029-07	0	0	0	0
2029-08	0	0	0	0
2029-09	0	0	0	0

Retained: 1Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0Source files and checks

Eloy · ELO

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

Imperial · IMP

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

Orlando · ORL

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

Otay Mesa · OTM

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

Santa Ana · SNC

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

San Diego · SND

Monthly counts

Jose L. Penalosa Jr. · JPJ · San Diego · SND · 2026-10–2029-09 · All proceedings · Asylum-associated proceedings · Proceedings with recorded hearing dates · EOIR · 2026-09 edition
Month	All proceedings · Master proceedings	All proceedings · Individual proceedings	Asylum-associated proceedings · Master proceedings	Asylum-associated proceedings · Individual proceedings
2026-10	152	32	55	13
2026-11	208	14	56	8
2026-12	83	19	28	9
2027-01	228	32	57	18
2027-02	102	34	39	18
2027-03	130	37	44	18
2027-04	68	27	24	15
2027-05	0	6	0	4
2027-06	0	0	0	0
2027-07	0	0	0	0
2027-08	0	0	0	0
2027-09	0	0	0	0
2027-10	0	0	0	0
2027-11	0	0	0	0
2027-12	0	0	0	0
2028-01	0	0	0	0
2028-02	0	0	0	0
2028-03	0	0	0	0
2028-04	0	0	0	0
2028-05	0	0	0	0
2028-06	0	0	0	0
2028-07	0	0	0	0
2028-08	0	0	0	0
2028-09	0	0	0	0
2028-10	0	0	0	0
2028-11	0	0	0	0
2028-12	0	0	0	0
2029-01	0	0	0	0
2029-02	0	0	0	0
2029-03	0	0	0	0
2029-04	0	0	0	0
2029-05	0	0	0	0
2029-06	0	0	0	0
2029-07	0	0	0	0
2029-08	0	0	0	0
2029-09	0	0	0	0

Retained: 1,172Excluded: 401Unable to confirm: 3Source files and checks

Tacoma · TAC

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

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Bar length shows total records, not grant share. Inspect a month to see every result category. Use arrow keys to explore values; Home and End jump to the first and last.

Exact monthly record counts
Calendar month	Granted	Denied	Recorded as abandoned	Recorded as withdrawn	Recorded as not adjudicated	Recorded as administratively closed	Other recorded categories	No application result recorded	Total records	Grant or denial results (N)	Recorded grant share

Grant share = grants ÷ (grants + denials). Other categories are excluded; a zero denominator is not calculable.

Empty months mean no eligible source rows in this selection, not verified inactivity.

Filtered records by court and fiscal year

All eight saved result categories · same filters as the result list
Historical record court	Fiscal year	Granted	Denied	Recorded as abandoned	Recorded as withdrawn	Recorded as not adjudicated	Recorded as administratively closed	Other recorded categories	No application result recorded	Total 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 date	Historical record court	Saved application result

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

Source cutoff: 2026-09-30 · eoir-2026-09-case-v1 · Source files and checks

Recorded BIA appeals associated with this judge code · FY2026

These records are linked to proceedings carrying this EOIR judge code in the 2026-09 source snapshot. The data do not establish that the coded judge personally issued the decision under BIA review.

Decision FY2026 · 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 · FY2026
Appeal events (denominator)	DIS · recorded dismissal/affirmance	REM · remand as recorded	SUS · appeal sustained as recorded	Other · mixed recorded dispositions
23	7	1	0	15

Small sample: N is below 100. Counts remain visible; a few events can change the pattern substantially.

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Recorded BIA appeals associated with this judge code · FY2025

These records are linked to proceedings carrying this EOIR judge code in the 2026-09 source snapshot. The data do not establish that the coded judge personally issued the decision under BIA review.

Decision FY2025 · 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 · FY2025
Appeal events (denominator)	DIS · recorded dismissal/affirmance	REM · remand as recorded	SUS · appeal sustained as recorded	Other · mixed recorded dispositions
12	3	1	0	8

Small sample: N is below 100. Counts remain visible; a few events can change the pattern substantially.

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Recorded BIA appeals associated with this judge code · FY2024

These records are linked to proceedings carrying this EOIR judge code in the 2026-09 source snapshot. The data do not establish that the coded judge personally issued the decision under BIA review.

Decision FY2024 · 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 · FY2024
Appeal events (denominator)	DIS · recorded dismissal/affirmance	REM · remand as recorded	SUS · appeal sustained as recorded	Other · mixed recorded dispositions
7	3	2	0	2

Small sample: N is below 100. Counts remain visible; a few events can change the pattern substantially.

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Recorded BIA appeals associated with this judge code · FY2023

These records are linked to proceedings carrying this EOIR judge code in the 2026-09 source snapshot. The data do not establish that the coded judge personally issued the decision under BIA review.

Decision FY2023 · 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 · FY2023
Appeal events (denominator)	DIS · recorded dismissal/affirmance	REM · remand as recorded	SUS · appeal sustained as recorded	Other · mixed recorded dispositions
18	6	3	0	9

Small sample: N is below 100. Counts remain visible; a few events can change the pattern substantially.

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Recorded BIA appeals associated with this judge code · FY2022

These records are linked to proceedings carrying this EOIR judge code in the 2026-09 source snapshot. The data do not establish that the coded judge personally issued the decision under BIA review.

Decision FY2022 · 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 · FY2022
Appeal events (denominator)	DIS · recorded dismissal/affirmance	REM · remand as recorded	SUS · appeal sustained as recorded	Other · mixed recorded dispositions
12	5	4	0	3

Small sample: N is below 100. Counts remain visible; a few events can change the pattern substantially.

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Recorded BIA appeals associated with this judge code · FY2021

These records are linked to proceedings carrying this EOIR judge code in the 2026-09 source snapshot. The data do not establish that the coded judge personally issued the decision under BIA review.

Decision FY2021 · 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 · FY2021
Appeal events (denominator)	DIS · recorded dismissal/affirmance	REM · remand as recorded	SUS · appeal sustained as recorded	Other · mixed recorded dispositions
22	17	1	0	4

Small sample: N is below 100. Counts remain visible; a few events can change the pattern substantially.

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Questions about these records

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

It is the recorded grant share: of 188 asylum grant-or-denial records under judge code JPJ at San Diego in FY2026, 4 were grants (2.1%) and 184 were denials (97.9%).

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 7 courts. They are shown separately and never pooled, and the official listing does not move older records to a new court.

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 2026-10-24, lists this name at San Diego.

Under this judge code, the 2026-09 EOIR edition records hearing dates from 2026-10 to 2029-09 at Adelanto · ADL: 1 master and 0 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.

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Data and sources

Source cutoff: 2026-09-30 · eoir-2026-09-case-v1

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

Result record coverage

15,914Associated proceeding records

2,436Proceedings linked to asylum applications

1,999Eligible dated asylum records

963Dated 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: 13
Earliest recorded completion FY: FY1997
Latest recorded completion FY: FY2026

Why some source records are outside the dated results

436 eligible asylum records have no completion date.
605 eligible asylum records have no application result; 171 of them appear in the dated list. 434 records lack both a usable completion date and an application result. The missing-date and missing-result counts overlap.
1 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: 2026-09-30. FY2026 spans its complete fiscal-year calendar; reporting may be incomplete and later revised. Earlier stored dates do not prove service dates or decision authorship.

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.

2,435 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.

Coverage counts Source files and checks

Official court listing

Directory checked: 2026-10-24EOIR hearing directory

On the checked official listing

San Diego · IJ · EOIR hearing directory

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 2026-09 EOIR edition is grouped using a source cutoff of 2026-09-30. 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 2036-09-30

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

Adelanto · ADL

Retained: 1Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records: 1
Unconfirmed proportion: 0.0%
Historical schedule records: 11,601
Future schedule records: 1
Other schedule types: 3,475
Reliable asylum association: 4,316
No identifiable asylum association: 7,286

Eloy

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records: 0
Unconfirmed proportion: Not calculable
Historical schedule records: 15,214
Other schedule types: 3,155
Reliable asylum association: 2,449
No identifiable asylum association: 12,764
Unlinked asylum records: 1

Imperial

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records: 0
Unconfirmed proportion: Not calculable
Historical schedule records: 788
Other schedule types: 100
Reliable asylum association: 241
No identifiable asylum association: 547

Orlando

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records: 0
Unconfirmed proportion: Not calculable
Historical schedule records: 1
Reliable asylum association: 1

Otay Mesa

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records: 0
Unconfirmed proportion: Not calculable
Historical schedule records: 1,320
Other schedule types: 942
Reliable asylum association: 172
No identifiable asylum association: 1,148

Santa Ana

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records: 0
Unconfirmed proportion: Not calculable
Historical schedule records: 10
Reliable asylum association: 2
No identifiable asylum association: 8

San Diego

Retained: 1,172Excluded: 401Unable to confirm: 3

Raw Master and Individual records: 1,576
Unconfirmed proportion: 0.2%
Recorded handling reason: 401
Multiple future records without a handling reason: 3
Historical schedule records: 12,613
Future schedule records: 1,591
Other schedule types: 270
Reliable asylum association: 6,310
No identifiable asylum association: 7,894
Schedule and proceeding judge codes differ: 1

Tacoma

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records: 0
Unconfirmed proportion: Not calculable
Historical schedule records: 74
Other schedule types: 34
Reliable asylum association: 30
No identifiable asylum association: 44

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BIA appeal sources

BIA scope and counting rules

These counts describe the selected disposition period. 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 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: 31,264 · Linked to a stored judge code: 31,252.

Respondent-filed source events: 29,285 · Linked to a stored judge code: 29,275 · Published respondent-filed events: 29,088 · Respondent-filed events with identity limitations: 187.

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

Disposition date basis: disposition_fy · Historical period: 2025-10-01–2026-09-30 · Source cutoff: 2026-09-30.

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.

Download certified judge-code BIA aggregates · Historical comparison · FY2022–FY2026 · pooled · Companion manifest · Source files and checks · Methods

By historical court and period BIA appeal outcomes by year Data package changes

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 coverageFY1997–FY2026

Source edition2026-09

Source snapshot cutoff2026-09-30

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.

Official FOIA library Original CASE ZIP · about 4.55 GB EOIR code key Edition details and fingerprint

Fiscal years offered on web pagesFY2021–FY2026

Official source recheck · 2026-10-24

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

Official judge hearing directory

Used on this page: Checked judge names, roles and court listings

Saved observation date2026-10-24

Official source website Edition details and fingerprint

Official source recheck

No later source recheck recorded for this edition

Cite this page AsylumCompass. “Judge Jose L. Penalosa Jr. · San Diego Immigration Court asylum records.” https://asylumcompass.com/judge/jose-l-penalosa-jr-jpj Include the source edition and period of the figure you cite.

Jose L. Penalosa Jr. — Immigration judge records

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Recorded grant share by fiscal year at San Diego

Historical grant and denial records by nationality

Hearing schedule

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Adelanto · ADL

Monthly counts

Eloy · ELO

Imperial · IMP

Orlando · ORL

Otay Mesa · OTM

Santa Ana · SNC

San Diego · SND

Monthly counts

Tacoma · TAC

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Recorded BIA appeals associated with this judge code · FY2026

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Recorded BIA appeals associated with this judge code · FY2024

Recorded BIA appeals associated with this judge code · FY2023

Recorded BIA appeals associated with this judge code · FY2022

Recorded BIA appeals associated with this judge code · FY2021

Questions about these records

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

Why do other websites show a different number?

Why are courts listed separately?

What does a small sample mean here?

Where does this judge hear cases now?

Can these numbers predict my case?

Data and sources

Result record coverage

Available historical coverage

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