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Alicia Brooks

Immigration Judge, Santa Ana Immigration Court. Appointed December 2021.

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

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Judge Brooks72.0%
Santa Ana court76.5%
All judges nationally62.9%
Decisions on the merits
754
Asylum granted
198
Other relief granted
13
Denied
543
Against own court
-4.5 pts
Denial rate by fiscal year
FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
34%60%54%79%94%

Read from TRAC's chart to the nearest point. Years with fewer than 25 decisions are not shown.

Docket

Respondents represented by counsel: 96% (nationally, 81% are represented).

Most common nationalities: Mexico (18.4%), Nicaragua (14.2%), Colombia (13.9%), China (11.3%), India (10.2%).

Official biography

Alicia D. Brooks was appointed as an Immigration Judge to begin hearing cases in December 2021. Judge Brooks ear ned a Bachelor of Science in 1988 and a Juris Doctor in 1991 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. From 2019 to 2021, she served as a Judicial Hearing Officer with the Clerk of Superior Court in Mecklenburg County in Charlotte, North Carolina. From 2014 to 2018, she served as an elected District Court Judge, in Charlotte. From 2003 to 2014, she was a solo practitioner with The Brooks Law Firm PC, in Charlotte. From 1999 to 2003, she was in private practice with Klein and Brooks, in Charlotte. From 1997 to 1999, she served as an Assistant District Attorney with the Mecklenburg County District Attorney's Office. From 1992 to 1997, she served as an Assistant Public Defender for Mecklenburg County. Judge Brooks is a member of the North Carolina Bar.

As published by the Executive Office for Immigration Review at appointment, via TRAC.

In the record

No published reporting or appellate decisions naming this judge have been collected yet.

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About these figures. Denial rates describe outcomes in the cases a judge happened to hear, which differ by detention, nationality and representation. They are not a measure of fairness or competence. Method and sources are on the judges index.