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Inside Immigration

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Immigration judges

Alison E. Daw

Immigration Judge, Sacramento Immigration Court. Appointed May 2006.

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

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Judge Daw15.0%
Sacramento court27.0%
All judges nationally62.9%
Decisions on the merits
361
Asylum granted
303
Other relief granted
4
Denied
54
Against own court
-12.0 pts
Denial rate by fiscal year
FY24FY25
11%22%

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

Docket

Respondents represented by counsel: 85% (nationally, 81% are represented).

Most common nationalities: Russia (38.2%), Afghanistan (16.6%), India (15.8%), Mexico (4.4%), Nicaragua (3.9%).

Official biography

Judge Daw was appointed as an Immigration Judge in May 2006. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1985 from the University of California, Berkeley, and a Juris Doctorate in 1988 from Georgetown University Law Center. Judge Daw served as an assistant U.S. attorney in San Jose, California, from September 1999 to June 2005. She worked as a deputy county counsel for the County of Amador, Jackson, California, from September 1996 to September 1999. Judge Daw was in private practice from September 1988 to September 1996. She is a member of the California 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.