Amelia Anderson
Immigration Judge, San Diego Immigration Court. Appointed January 2020 by William P. Barr.
Asylum record, FY 2021-2026
TRAC source →- Decisions on the merits
- 543
- Asylum granted
- 162
- Other relief granted
- 21
- Denied
- 360
- Against own court
- +11.7 pts
| FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18% | 42% | 89% | 93% |
Docket
Respondents represented by counsel: 86% (nationally, 81% are represented).
Most common nationalities: Mexico (26.5%), Guatemala (13.1%), Russia (11.6%), Colombia (10.5%), Haiti (4.1%).
Official biography
Attorney General Barr appointed Amelia C. Anderson to begin hearing cases in January 2020. Judge Anderson ear ned a Bachelor of Arts in 2005 from the University of Notre Dame and a Juris Doctor in 2009 from DePaul University College of Law. From 2010 to 2019, she served as an assistant chief counsel, Office of Chief Counsel, Office of the Principal Legal Advisor, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security, in San Diego. From 2017 to 2018, she served as a special assistant U.S. attorney at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of California, in San Diego. From 2009 to 2010, she served as an attorney advisor at the San Diego Immigration Court, Executive Office for Immigration Review, Department of Justice. Judge Anderson is a member of the Illinois State Bar.
In the record
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Other judges at San Diego
Court page →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.