Chloe S. Dillon
Immigration Judge, San Francisco Immigration Court. Appointed October 2022.
Asylum record, FY 2021-2026
TRAC source →- Decisions on the merits
- 676
- Asylum granted
- 618
- Other relief granted
- 31
- Denied
- 27
- Against own court
- -24.4 pts
| FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| 1% | 3% | 10% |
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 earned 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.
In the record
Trump admin. fires S.F. immigration judge with high asylum rate
Reports that the Department of Justice fired Judge Chloe S. Dillon, who had the second-highest asylum clearance rate in San Francisco immigration court (96.5 percent granted, per TRAC data), and that she was outside the standard two-year probationary period for immigration judges.
Other judges at San Francisco
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.