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Inside Immigration

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Immigration judges

Chloe S. Dillon

Immigration Judge, San Francisco Immigration Court. Appointed October 2022.

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

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Judge Dillon4.0%
San Francisco court28.4%
All judges nationally62.9%
Decisions on the merits
676
Asylum granted
618
Other relief granted
31
Denied
27
Against own court
-24.4 pts
Denial rate by fiscal year
FY23FY24FY25
1%3%10%

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: India (30.5%), El Salvador (16.6%), Guatemala (12.4%), Mexico (8.9%), Nepal (5.3%).

Official biography

Chloe S. Dillon was appointed as an Immigration Judge to begin hearing cases in October 2022. Judge Dillon ear ned a Bachelor of Arts in 2000 from Dartmouth College, a Master of Arts in 2003 from the University of California at Berkeley, and a Juris Doctor in 2010 from the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law. From 2012 to 2022, Judge Dillon was a trial attorney at Federal Defenders of San Diego Inc. From 2010 to 2012, she served as an attorney advisor at the Los Angeles Immigration Court. Judge Dillon is a member of the State Bar of California.

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.