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Inside Immigration

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

Immigration judges

Los Angeles-North Los Angeles St. Immigration Court

300 North Los Angeles Street, Rm. 4330, Los Angeles, CA 90012. 19 judges with a published asylum record; the court denied 65.4% of asylum cases against 62.9% nationally.

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Judges

median denial rate 67.3%
JudgeAppointedDecisionsDenial rateLeaning
Karen HopeDecember 202115492.2%Strict
Roberto AmayaMarch 202214589.7%Strict
Paul N. MedvedOctober 202125486.6%Strict
Kristin PiepmeierMarch 202061080.3%Strict
Nancy E. MillerAugust 201830774.3%Strict
Andrea HongJanuary 202055273.0%Strict
James M. LeftJune 20161,67372.9%Strict
Rachel A. RuaneDecember 201021170.1%Strict
Frank M. TraviesoMay 20061,36568.6%Average
Lily C HsuJanuary 202099067.3%Average
Andrea SiebertOctober 202148062.1%Average
Jaime JassoOctober 201819559.5%Average
Timothy R. EverettApril 201340958.9%Average
Kyle J. RyanNovember 202338556.1%Average
Nathan N. AinaJune 201656154.9%Lenient
Taiyyeba S. SkomraFebruary 202368653.1%Lenient
Bridget VirchisSeptember 201713549.6%Lenient
Jake NareNovember 202337745.4%Lenient
Peter A. KimFebruary 202362342.5%Lenient