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Dimple Gupta

Immigration Judge, Annandale Immigration Court. Appointed March 2026.

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

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Judge Gupta90.8%
Annandale court79.6%
All judges nationally62.9%
Decisions on the merits
174
Asylum granted
16
Other relief granted
0
Denied
158
Against own court
+11.2 pts
Denial rate by fiscal year
FY26
91%

Read from TRAC's chart to the nearest point. Years with fewer than 25 decisions are not shown.

Docket

Respondents represented by counsel: 86% (nationally, 81% are represented).

Most common nationalities: Bolivia (19%), Honduras (16.7%), El Salvador (13.8%), Venezuela (9.2%), Colombia (8.6%).

Official biography

Dimple Gupta was appointed as an immigration judge to begin hearing cases in March 2026. Judge Gupta ear ned a Bachelor of Arts in 1998 from the University of Chicago and a Juris Doctor in 2001 from Harvard Law School. From April 2025 to January 2026, she was the deputy general counsel at the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on Capitol Hill. From January 2020 to April 2025, she served as an attorney with the Office of General Counsel, Central Intelligence Agency. From April 2019 to January 2020, she served as the senior counsel to the director, Executive Office for Immigration Review, Department of Justice. From August 2001 to January 2020, she served in the following positions: general counsel to U.S. Senator Pat Toomey; chief counsel for constitutional law at the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee; counsel to the assistant attorney general for the Civil Division at DOJ; attorney in the appellate law group at the Securities and Exchange Commission; attorney at Covington & Burling; and judicial law clerk for Judge Jerry E. Smith of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Judge Gupta is a member of the District of Columbia Bar and Massachusetts Bar.

As published by the Executive Office for Immigration Review at appointment, via TRAC.

In the record

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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.