Paula Dixon
Immigration Judge, Otay Mesa Immigration Court. Appointed May 2024.
Asylum record, FY 2021-2026
TRAC source →- Decisions on the merits
- 144
- Asylum granted
- 45
- Other relief granted
- 34
- Denied
- 65
- Against own court
- -11.1 pts
| FY25 |
|---|
| 44% |
Docket
Respondents represented by counsel: 85% (nationally, 81% are represented).
Most common nationalities: Russia (20.1%), Mexico (9%), Afghanistan (7.6%), China (6.3%), Georgia (6.3%).
Official biography
Paula Dixon was appointed as an immigration judge to begin hearing cases in May 2024. Judge Dixon ear ned a Bachelor of Arts in 2002 from Arizona State University and a Juris Doctor in 2006 from Seattle University School of Law. From 2018 to 2024, she served as an assistant chief counsel with the Office of the Principal Legal Advisor, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security, in Otay Mesa, California. From 2017 to 2018, she served as a special assistant U.S. attorney for the Southern District of California in San Diego, California. From 2014 to 2016, she was a criminal defense attorney in private practice in Phoenix, Arizona. From 2012 to 2014, she served as an assistant city prosecutor with the City of Scottsdale in Scottsdale, Arizona. From 2007 to 2012, she served as a deputy county attorney at the Maricopa County Attorney's Office in Phoenix, Arizona. Judge Dixon is a member of the State Bar of California.
In the record
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Other judges at Otay Mesa
Court page →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.