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From FY2021 to FY2025, 73 of 138 asylum grant-or-denial records under judge code PSL at San Diego were grants (52.90%) and 65 were denials (47.10%). In the same years, the court recorded 42.03% and the national figure was 37.33%. EOIR data through 2026-08-31; past records do not predict an individual case.

Recorded grant share · San Diego · SND

Grants 73 · Denials 65 · N 138
95% interval: 44.61%–61.04%

Judge code PSL
52.90%N 138
San Diego
42.03%N 2,955
United States · all courts
37.33%N 367,995

Among comparable judge codes at this court

13 judge codes at this court have 100 or more grant-or-denial records in FY2021–FY2025. Their recorded grant shares range from 9.00% to 61.08%; the median is 46.48%.
Record coverage
11 courts with recordsFY1987–FY2024 · 66 court-years · Courts are not pooled
Data through
2026-08-31EOIR records · not on the official listing 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 San Diego

0%25%50%75%100%FY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY202425.00%31.82%8.77%11.01%12.02%6.29%38.46%58.00%55.56%100.00%34.78%34.87%23.98%13.32%10.19%9.01%36.33%44.85%57.14%56.32%37.13%46.12%47.28%43.52%
  • Judge code PSL
  • San Diego
  • 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
San Diego · SNDExplore this court's full context
FY2024100.00%Small sample44051.01%–100.00%
FY202355.56%Small sample45252041.18%–69.06%
FY202258.00%Small sample50292144.23%–70.62%
FY202138.46%Small sample39152424.89%–54.10%
FY20206.29%159101493.45%–11.19%
FY201912.02%183221618.07%–17.53%
FY201811.01%218241947.51%–15.86%
FY20178.77%Small sample575523.81%–18.94%
FY201631.82%Small sample2271516.36%–52.68%
FY201525.00%Small sample4134.56%–69.94%
FY201433.33%Small sample1861216.28%–56.25%
FY201347.06%Small sample178926.17%–69.04%
FY201272.73%Small sample2216651.85%–86.85%
FY201181.48%Small sample2722563.30%–91.82%
FY20100.00%Small sample1010.00%–79.35%
FY20050.00%Small sample1010.00%–79.35%
FY20040.00%Small sample1010.00%–79.35%
FY20010.00%Small sample1010.00%–79.35%
FY20000.00%Small sample2020.00%–65.76%
FY19990.00%Small sample1010.00%–79.35%
FY19980.00%Small sample303<0.01%–56.15%
FY19970.00%Small sample1010.00%–79.35%
FY19960.00%Small sample1010.00%–79.35%
FY19950.00%Small sample1010.00%–79.35%
FY19890.00%Small sample2020.00%–65.76%
Otay Mesa · OTMExplore this court's full context
FY20220.00%Small sample1010.00%–79.35%
FY202133.33%Small sample124813.81%–60.94%
FY202018.75%Small sample163136.59%–43.01%
Oakdale · OAKExplore this court's full context
FY202061.54%Small sample138535.52%–82.29%
Imperial · IMPExplore this court's full context
FY20170.00%Small sample303<0.01%–56.15%
FY201625.00%Small sample4134.56%–69.94%
FY201516.67%Small sample6153.01%–56.35%
FY20140.00%Small sample707<0.01%–35.43%
FY201330.00%Small sample103710.78%–60.32%
Otero · OTOExplore this court's full context
FY20170.00%Small sample303<0.01%–56.15%
El Paso SPC · EPDExplore this court's full context
FY20160.00%Small sample2020.00%–65.76%
Conroe · CICExplore this court's full context
FY20150.00%Small sample303<0.01%–56.15%
FY19990.00%Small sample2020.00%–65.76%
Houston - Jefferson Street Immigration Court · HOUExplore this court's full context
FY201124.32%Small sample3792813.36%–40.12%
FY201026.56%Small sample64174717.30%–38.48%
FY200931.76%Small sample85275822.84%–42.27%
FY20089.21%Small sample767694.53%–17.81%
FY200712.42%153191348.10%–18.58%
FY200619.67%122249813.59%–27.60%
FY200530.68%Small sample88276122.02%–40.96%
FY200420.25%Small sample79166312.87%–30.40%
FY200315.71%Small sample7011599.01%–25.99%
FY200217.57%Small sample74136110.56%–27.77%
FY200123.53%Small sample68165215.03%–34.86%
FY200017.53%Small sample97178011.24%–26.29%
FY19998.33%Small sample484443.29%–19.55%
FY19980.00%Small sample1010.00%–79.35%
FY19960.00%Small sample1010.00%–79.35%
FY19930.00%Small sample1010.00%–79.35%
FY19880.00%Small sample1010.00%–79.35%
Adelanto · ADLExplore this court's full context
FY200825.00%Small sample4134.56%–69.94%
West Los Angeles Immigration Court · WLAExplore this court's full context
FY20030.00%Small sample9090.00%–29.91%
FY200233.33%Small sample3126.15%–79.23%
FY199912.82%Small sample7810687.12%–22.02%
FY19982.33%38793781.23%–4.36%
FY19970.00%Small sample970970.00%–3.81%
FY19910.00%Small sample1010.00%–79.35%
FY19900.00%Small sample1010.00%–79.35%
FY19890.00%Small sample1010.00%–79.35%
FY19870.00%Small sample1010.00%–79.35%
San Francisco · SFRExplore this court's full context
FY200310.00%Small sample10191.79%–40.42%

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
San Diego
Guatemala6.67%Small sample3013.67% · N 512——1 / 11 / 110 / 18
Russia88.89%Small sample1887.47% · N 375—3 / 37 / 76 / 8—
Mexico25.00%Small sample1211.98% · N 409——0 / 30 / 33 / 6
China66.67%Small sample646.99% · N 83——1 / 32 / 21 / 1
Iraq100.00%Small sample681.91% · N 94—1 / 1—5 / 5—
Nigeria16.67%Small sample641.67% · N 12——1 / 6——
Honduras40.00%Small sample534.41% · N 93——0 / 31 / 11 / 1
Iran80.00%Small sample585.45% · N 55——4 / 5——
Nicaragua60.00%Small sample550.44% · N 113——1 / 20 / 12 / 2
Somalia75.00%Small sample461.11% · N 54——1 / 21 / 11 / 1
Vietnam100.00%Small sample457.50% · N 40———4 / 4—
Belarus100.00%Small sample394.74% · N 19——3 / 3——
Brazil33.33%Small sample312.00% · N 25———1 / 20 / 1
Bangladesh50.00%Small sample230.00% · N 10——1 / 2——
Cameroon50.00%Small sample275.86% · N 29——1 / 2——
Haiti0.00%Small sample227.20% · N 125——0 / 1—0 / 1
India100.00%Small sample243.59% · N 39———1 / 11 / 1
Jamaica50.00%Small sample244.44% · N 9———1 / 2—
Kazakhstan100.00%Small sample269.23% · N 13————2 / 2
Syria100.00%Small sample290.91% · N 11———1 / 11 / 1
Afghanistan100.00%Small sample189.74% · N 39——1 / 1——
Armenia100.00%Small sample181.82% · N 11——1 / 1——
Azerbaijan100.00%Small sample180.00% · N 15———1 / 1—
Colombia0.00%Small sample126.90% · N 145——0 / 1——
Congo100.00%Small sample1100.00% · N 2————1 / 1
El Salvador0.00%Small sample127.78% · N 72————0 / 1
Eritrea0.00%Small sample177.78% · N 27———0 / 1—
Ethiopia100.00%Small sample167.57% · N 37———1 / 1—
Indonesia0.00%Small sample150.00% · N 2———0 / 1—
Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan)100.00%Small sample150.00% · N 4——1 / 1——
Lithuania100.00%Small sample1100.00% · N 1——1 / 1——
Macau100.00%Small sample1100.00% · N 1————1 / 1
Peru100.00%Small sample118.75% · N 48———1 / 1—
Romania0.00%Small sample150.00% · N 2———0 / 1—
Stateless - Alien Unable To Name A Country100.00%Small sample1100.00% · N 2————1 / 1
Turkiye100.00%Small sample143.75% · N 48———1 / 1—
Ukraine100.00%Small sample1100.00% · N 6———1 / 1—
Otay Mesa
Mexico0.00%Small sample31.49% · N 201————0 / 3
Russia66.67%Small sample363.26% · N 215————2 / 3
China0.00%Small sample133.33% · N 39————0 / 1
Egypt100.00%Small sample166.67% · N 6————1 / 1
Guatemala0.00%Small sample10.00% · N 43———0 / 1—
Honduras0.00%Small sample10.00% · N 27————0 / 1
Peru0.00%Small sample10.00% · N 12————0 / 1
Tajikistan (Tadzhik)0.00%Small sample141.67% · N 12————0 / 1
Uganda100.00%Small sample1100.00% · N 1————1 / 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.

Conroe · CIC · All proceedings · 2026-09–2029-08

Asylum-associated records are a subset of All proceedings.

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

Historical schedule records exist, but no future hearing date is recorded for this selection in this edition.

Concord · CCC

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

Conroe · CIC

Historical schedule records exist, but no future hearing date is recorded for this selection in this edition.

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

Eloy · ELO

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

El Paso SPC · EPD

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

Houston – Greenspoint Park · HGP

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

Houston - Jefferson Street Immigration Court · HOU

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

Houston – S. Gessner Road · HSG

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

Imperial · IMP

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

Oakdale · OAK

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

Otay Mesa · OTM

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

Otero · OTO

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

Pearsall · PSD

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

San Francisco · SFR

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

San Antonio · SNA

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

San Diego · SND

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0Source 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
37923945095

Questions about these records

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

It is the recorded grant share: of 138 asylum grant-or-denial records under judge code PSL at San Diego in FY2021–FY2025, 73 were grants (52.90%) and 65 were denials (47.10%).

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 11 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.

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

27,624Associated proceeding records
5,789Proceedings linked to asylum applications
5,778Eligible dated asylum records
2,619Dated 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
17
Earliest recorded completion FY
FY1987
Latest recorded completion FY
FY2024
Why some source records are outside the dated results
  • 141 eligible asylum records have no application result; 141 of them appear in the dated list.
  • 1 asylum-linked proceedings are outside the included proceeding types.
  • 10 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.

5,778 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

Not on the checked official listing

The checked listing does not establish why this name is absent or where this person works now.

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.

Concord

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
0
Unconfirmed proportion
Not calculable
Historical schedule records
23
Other schedule types
23
Reliable asylum association
16
No identifiable asylum association
7

Conroe

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
0
Unconfirmed proportion
Not calculable
Historical schedule records
106
Other schedule types
87
Reliable asylum association
18
No identifiable asylum association
87
Unlinked asylum records
1

Eloy

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
0
Unconfirmed proportion
Not calculable
Historical schedule records
17
Reliable asylum association
1
No identifiable asylum association
16

El Paso SPC

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
0
Unconfirmed proportion
Not calculable
Historical schedule records
49
Other schedule types
1
Reliable asylum association
5
No identifiable asylum association
44

Houston – Greenspoint Park

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
0
Unconfirmed proportion
Not calculable
Historical schedule records
29
No identifiable asylum association
29

Houston - Jefferson Street Immigration Court

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
0
Unconfirmed proportion
Not calculable
Historical schedule records
27,449
Other schedule types
18,511
Reliable asylum association
6,483
No identifiable asylum association
20,958
Unlinked asylum records
8

Houston – S. Gessner Road

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

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

Imperial

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
0
Unconfirmed proportion
Not calculable
Historical schedule records
1,873
Other schedule types
657
Reliable asylum association
576
No identifiable asylum association
1,297

Oakdale

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
0
Unconfirmed proportion
Not calculable
Historical schedule records
130
Other schedule types
30
Reliable asylum association
48
No identifiable asylum association
82

Otay Mesa

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
0
Unconfirmed proportion
Not calculable
Historical schedule records
517
Other schedule types
215
Reliable asylum association
180
No identifiable asylum association
337

Otero

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
0
Unconfirmed proportion
Not calculable
Historical schedule records
39
Other schedule types
2
Reliable asylum association
19
No identifiable asylum association
20

Pearsall

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
0
Unconfirmed proportion
Not calculable
Historical schedule records
67
Other schedule types
14
Reliable asylum association
5
No identifiable asylum association
62

San Francisco · SFR

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
0
Unconfirmed proportion
Not calculable
Historical schedule records
86
Other schedule types
86
Reliable asylum association
56
No identifiable asylum association
30

San Antonio

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
0
Unconfirmed proportion
Not calculable
Historical schedule records
227
Other schedule types
220
Reliable asylum association
1
No identifiable asylum association
226

San Diego

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
0
Unconfirmed proportion
Not calculable
Historical schedule records
39,652
Other schedule types
388
Reliable asylum association
13,364
No identifiable asylum association
26,287
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
4,744
Other schedule types
4,724
Reliable asylum association
3,290
No identifiable asylum association
1,454
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: PSL · 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 coverageFY1987–FY2024

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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