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Inside Immigration

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

Immigration judges

Louis A. Gordon

Immigration Judge, San Francisco Immigration Court. Appointed October 2021.

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

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Judge Gordon14.9%
San Francisco court28.4%
All judges nationally62.9%
Decisions on the merits
1,164
Asylum granted
959
Other relief granted
32
Denied
173
Against own court
-13.5 pts
Denial rate by fiscal year
FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
1%6%4%33%67%

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

Docket

Respondents represented by counsel: 98% (nationally, 81% are represented).

Most common nationalities: India (21.7%), Guatemala (21.2%), El Salvador (17.8%), Mexico (14.8%), Honduras (7.5%).

Official biography

Louis A. Gordon was appointed as an Immigration Judge to begin hearing cases in October 2021. Judge Gordon ear ned a Bachelor of Arts in 1985 from Brandeis University, a Juris Doctorin 1989 from Benjamin Cardozo School of Law, and a Doctor of Philosophy in 2010 from the University of Southern California. From 1995 to 2021, he practiced immigration law with the Law Offices of Louis A. Gordon in Pasadena and Los Angeles, California. Judge Gordon is am ember of the District of Columbia Bar, New Jersey State Bar and Pennsylvania Bar.

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

In the record

No published reporting or appellate decisions naming this judge have been collected yet.

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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.