Ravit R. Halperin

Immigration Judge, San Francisco Immigration Court. Appointed December 2020 by William P. Barr.

StrictDenies more often than the national average+14.3 points

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

Judge Halperin77.2%

San Francisco court28.4%

All judges nationally62.9%

Decisions on the merits: 241
Asylum granted: 55
Other relief granted: 0
Denied: 186
Against own court: +48.8 pts

Denial rate by fiscal year
FY22
77%

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

Docket

Respondents represented by counsel: 91% (nationally, 81% are represented).

Most common nationalities: El Salvador (24.9%), Nicaragua (24.9%), Mexico (13.7%), Guatemala (10.8%), Honduras (10%).

Official biography

Attorney General William P. Barr appointed Ravit R. Halperin as an Immigration Judge in December 2020. Judge Halperin ear ned a Bachelor of Arts in 1989 from the State University of New York in Stony Brook and a Juris Doctor in 1992 from the City University of New York Law School. From 2008 to 2020, she was in private practice as the founder of Immigration Law Offices of R. Rae Halperin, in Adelanto and Lancaster, California. From 2000 to 2008, sheserved as a staff attorney for ASK Law Group, in Sherman Oaks, California. Judge Halperin is am ember of the Utah State 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.