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Inside Immigration

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

Immigration judges

Los Angeles-Van Nuys Boulevard Immigration Court

6230 Van Nuys Blvd. 3rd Floor, Suite 300, Van Nuys, CA 91401. 12 judges with a published asylum record; the court denied 60.4% of asylum cases against 62.9% nationally.

Judges

median denial rate 66.7%
JudgeAppointedDecisionsDenial rateLeaning
Tara Naselow-NahasNovember 200917285.5%Strict
Hye Y. ChonOctober 201863281.3%Strict
Kevin W. RileyNovember 200947077.7%Strict
Steven MarcusJune 202072474.2%Strict
Paul N. MedvedOctober 202189974.2%Strict
Joseph WeinerOctober 202254766.7%Average
Arlene E. DorfmanJuly 201196059.8%Average
Sandra J. Santos-GarciaJune 201690858.5%Average
Jeannette L. ParkJune 201618844.1%Lenient
David H. BurkeNovember 200965342.0%Lenient
Brian BurkeJanuary 202039228.3%Lenient
Carlos E. MauryJune 201561222.9%Lenient