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Inside Immigration

Plain-language guides to US immigration, asylum and USCIS procedure.

Immigration judges

Alison E. Daw

Immigration Judge, Sacramento Immigration Court. Appointed May 2006.

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

TRAC source →
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

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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.