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Inside Immigration

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

Immigration judges

Santa Ana Immigration Court

1241 E. Dyer Road, Suite 200, Santa Ana, CA 92705. 27 judges with a published asylum record; the court denied 76.5% of asylum cases against 62.9% nationally.

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Judges

median denial rate 76.7%
JudgeAppointedDecisionsDenial rateLeaning
Kristin PiepmeierMarch 202079691.1%Strict
Lindsay W. PepiNovember 202322689.8%Strict
Wilbur LeeOctober 202080488.1%Strict
Heather LibeuAugust 202362287.6%Strict
Aggie NorregardMarch 202299187.6%Strict
Jonathan HuangDecember 202188884.6%Strict
Gregory L. SimmonsOctober 201956083.4%Strict
Lily C HsuJanuary 202086883.1%Strict
Iman GhasriMarch 202290682.7%Strict
Jerome M. Rothschild, Jr.March 20191,10682.4%Strict
Roberto AmayaMarch 202253880.9%Strict
Howard C. HomAugust 201890379.6%Strict
Karen HopeDecember 202132979.0%Strict
Nathaniel B. WalkerFebruary 201852976.7%Strict
Christopher D. McNaryAugust 202342676.5%Strict
Anita McFaddenDecember 202166476.4%Strict
Leon J. FrancisOctober 201897976.1%Strict
Alicia BrooksDecember 202175472.0%Strict
Joyce NocheMarch 20221,08868.5%Average
Jennifer WinfieldMarch 202228367.5%Average
Andrew FishkinDecember 20211,05166.0%Average
Matthew ChanDecember 202150664.4%Average
Terese Tadros-IbarraOctober 202154762.3%Average
Charlotte D. BrownAugust 201713151.1%Lenient
Jason R. WaterlooAugust 201824745.7%Lenient
William Mabry IiiMay 202222822.4%Lenient
Victoria LevinOctober 202115114.6%Lenient