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In FY2017, 22 of 113 asylum grant-or-denial records under judge code TSC at Tacoma were grants (19.47%) and 91 were denials (80.53%). That year, the court recorded 21.55%. EOIR data through 2026-08-31; past records do not predict an individual case.

Recorded grant share · Tacoma · TAC

Grants 22 · Denials 91 · N 113
95% interval: 13.22%–27.72%

Judge code TSC
19.47%N 113
Tacoma
21.55%N 608
United States · all courts
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 FY2017, so no comparison among judge codes is drawn.

FY2026 so far
10.00%10 records through 2026-08-31 · court: 5.72%
Record coverage
6 courts with recordsFY1997–FY2026 · 33 court-years · Courts are not pooled
Hearing dates on calendar
959 master · 1 individualSeattle · proceedings with hearing dates, 2026-09–2029-08Hearing schedule
Data through
2026-08-31EOIR records · official listing: Portland · Seattle · Salt Lake City · Tacoma, 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 Tacoma

0%25%50%75%100%FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY202619.47%26.92%32.26%50.00%0.00%25.00%8.33%36.36%23.08%10.00%21.55%27.20%27.86%38.05%17.35%36.89%27.50%21.86%10.21%5.72%37.13%46.12%47.28%43.52%23.13%
  • Judge code TSC
  • Tacoma
  • 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
Tacoma · TACExplore this court's full context
FY2026Partial year10.00%Small sample10191.79%–40.42%
FY202523.08%Small sample2662011.03%–42.05%
FY202436.36%Small sample114715.17%–64.62%
FY20238.33%Small sample121111.49%–35.39%
FY202225.00%Small sample8267.15%–59.07%
FY20210.00%Small sample1010.00%–79.35%
FY202050.00%Small sample20101029.93%–70.07%
FY201932.26%Small sample31102118.57%–49.86%
FY201826.92%Small sample52143816.77%–40.25%
FY201719.47%113229113.22%–27.72%
FY201625.22%115298618.17%–33.87%
FY201532.76%116387824.89%–41.73%
FY201429.33%Small sample75225320.24%–40.44%
FY201319.57%Small sample4693710.65%–33.17%
FY201222.22%Small sample3682811.72%–38.08%
FY201131.87%Small sample91296223.20%–42.01%
FY201066.67%Small sample1812643.75%–83.72%
FY20080.00%Small sample1010.00%–79.35%
FY19970.00%Small sample1010.00%–79.35%
Seattle · SEAExplore this court's full context
FY2026Partial year16.67%Small sample6153.01%–56.35%
FY20250.00%Small sample707<0.01%–35.43%
FY20240.00%Small sample150150.00%–20.39%
FY202350.00%Small sample2119.45%–90.55%
FY20220.00%Small sample8080.00%–32.44%
FY202133.33%Small sample3126.15%–79.23%
FY202023.08%Small sample133108.18%–50.26%
FY201992.31%Small sample1312166.69%–98.63%
FY20000.00%Small sample1010.00%–79.35%
FY19970.00%Small sample1010.00%–79.35%
Annandale · WASExplore this court's full context
FY202017.65%Small sample173146.19%–41.03%
Los Angeles – N. Los Angeles Street · NLAExplore this court's full context
FY20200.00%Small sample606<0.01%–39.03%
Otay Mesa · OTMExplore this court's full context
FY20180.00%Small sample1010.00%–79.35%
Pearsall · PSDExplore this court's full context
FY2018100.00%Small sample11020.65%–100.00%

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
Tacoma
Mexico0.00%Small sample183.64% · N 2470 / 90 / 20 / 40 / 20 / 1
Honduras0.00%Small sample68.89% · N 450 / 30 / 20 / 1——
Guatemala0.00%Small sample44.35% · N 460 / 10 / 20 / 1——
Nicaragua25.00%Small sample430.30% · N 331 / 2—0 / 10 / 1—
China100.00%Small sample347.37% · N 38—3 / 3———
Afghanistan100.00%Small sample271.88% · N 321 / 11 / 1———
Colombia0.00%Small sample213.64% · N 220 / 1—0 / 1——
India100.00%Small sample211.48% · N 611 / 1——1 / 1—
Peru0.00%Small sample225.00% · N 120 / 1—0 / 1——
Armenia0.00%Small sample10.00% · N 10 / 1————
Austria0.00%Small sample10.00% · N 1——0 / 1——
Brazil0.00%Small sample10.00% · N 70 / 1————
Canada0.00%Small sample10.00% · N 2——0 / 1——
Cuba0.00%Small sample150.00% · N 220 / 1————
Egypt100.00%Small sample121.88% · N 321 / 1————
El Salvador100.00%Small sample17.89% · N 38———1 / 1—
Haiti0.00%Small sample114.29% · N 7———0 / 1—
Iran100.00%Small sample144.44% · N 91 / 1————
Kenya100.00%Small sample142.86% · N 7——1 / 1——
Russia100.00%Small sample146.67% · N 151 / 1————
Senegal0.00%Small sample120.00% · N 10———0 / 1—
Sudan0.00%Small sample10.00% · N 40 / 1————
Sweden0.00%Small sample10.00% · N 1———0 / 1—
Ukraine0.00%Small sample114.29% · N 7—0 / 1———
Seattle
Mexico15.38%Small sample139.74% · N 2,5680 / 30 / 61 / 2—1 / 2
Brazil0.00%Small sample105.61% · N 570—0 / 3—0 / 7—
Ecuador0.00%Small sample45.62% · N 89—0 / 4———
Honduras0.00%Small sample214.80% · N 7570 / 1——0 / 1—
Cuba0.00%Small sample152.17% · N 460 / 1————
Ethiopia0.00%Small sample180.00% · N 850 / 1————
Haiti0.00%Small sample125.00% · N 20—0 / 1———
Iraq0.00%Small sample188.00% · N 25————0 / 1
Philippines0.00%Small sample10.00% · N 20 / 1————
Thailand0.00%Small sample10.00% · N 1—0 / 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.

Seattle · SEA · 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.

Monthly counts are available for all recorded courts below.

Adelanto · ADL

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

Harlingen · HLG

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

Imperial · IMP

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

Otay Mesa · OTM

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

Portland · POO

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

Portland · POR

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

Pearsall · PSD

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

Seattle · SEA

Monthly counts

Theresa Scala · TSC · Seattle · SEA · 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
2026-0947011100
2026-101350200
2026-11740300
2026-12960290
2027-0133060
2027-0217000
2027-0315010
2027-047020
2027-0513000
2027-0617030
2027-079010
2027-087000
2027-098000
2027-106000
2027-1119030
2027-1226050
2028-011000
2028-024020
2028-030000
2028-040000
2028-051000
2028-060000
2028-070000
2028-080000
2028-090000
2028-100000
2028-110000
2028-121010
2029-010000
2029-020000
2029-030000
2029-040000
2029-050000
2029-060000
2029-070000
2029-080000

Retained: 960Excluded: 1,797Unable to confirm: 0Source files and checks

Salt Lake City · SLC

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

Sacramento · SMO

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

Tacoma · TAC

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
3923808

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

Questions about these records

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

It is the recorded grant share: of 113 asylum grant-or-denial records under judge code TSC at Tacoma in FY2017, 22 were grants (19.47%) and 91 were denials (80.53%).

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 6 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 Portland · Seattle · Salt Lake City · Tacoma.

Under this judge code, the 2026-08 EOIR edition records hearing dates from 2026-09 to 2029-08 at Seattle: 959 master and 1 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

18,936Associated proceeding records
2,640Proceedings linked to asylum applications
2,405Eligible dated asylum records
877Dated 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
10
Earliest recorded completion FY
FY1997
Latest recorded completion FY
FY2026 · Partial year
Why some source records are outside the dated results
  • 235 eligible asylum records have no completion date.
  • 261 eligible asylum records have no application result; 26 of them appear in the dated list. 235 records lack both a usable completion date and an application result. The missing-date and missing-result counts overlap.

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.

2,640 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
26
Other schedule types
11
Reliable asylum association
4
No identifiable asylum association
22

Harlingen

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
0
Unconfirmed proportion
Not calculable
Historical schedule records
65
Reliable asylum association
2
No identifiable asylum association
63

Imperial

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
0
Unconfirmed proportion
Not calculable
Historical schedule records
6
Reliable asylum association
5
No identifiable asylum association
1

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
15
Reliable asylum association
13
No identifiable asylum association
2

Otay Mesa

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

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

Portland

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
0
Unconfirmed proportion
Not calculable
Historical schedule records
6
No identifiable asylum association
6

Portland

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

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

Pearsall

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

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

Seattle

Retained: 960Excluded: 1,797Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
2,757
Unconfirmed proportion
0.00%
Recorded handling reason
1,797
Historical schedule records
11,468
Future schedule records
2,757
Other schedule types
14
Reliable asylum association
5,903
No identifiable asylum association
8,322

Salt Lake City

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
0
Unconfirmed proportion
Not calculable
Historical schedule records
11
Reliable asylum association
5
No identifiable asylum association
6

Sacramento · SMO

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
0
Unconfirmed proportion
Not calculable
Historical schedule records
142
Reliable asylum association
88
No identifiable asylum association
54

Tacoma

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
0
Unconfirmed proportion
Not calculable
Historical schedule records
45,997
Other schedule types
14,388
Reliable asylum association
12,812
No identifiable asylum association
33,184
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: TSC · 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 coverageFY1997–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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