Roger H. Dinh
Immigration Judge, San Francisco Immigration Court. Appointed May 2023.
Asylum record, FY 2021-2026
TRAC source →- Decisions on the merits
- 332
- Asylum granted
- 119
- Other relief granted
- 28
- Denied
- 185
- Against own court
- +27.3 pts
| FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| 21% | 63% | 53% |
Docket
Respondents represented by counsel: 72% (nationally, 81% are represented).
Most common nationalities: Colombia (34.6%), Peru (21.4%), Guatemala (9.6%), India (9.6%), Mexico (5.7%).
Official biography
Roger H. Dinh was appointed as an immigration judge to begin hearing cases in May 2023. Judge Dinh ear ned a Bachelor of Science and a Bachelor of Arts in 2007, both from Santa Clara University, and a Juris Doctor in 2011 from Hofstra University School of Law. From 2016 to 2023, he served as an assistant chief counsel, Office of the Principal Legal Advisor, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security, in Denver and San Francisco. From 2019 to 2021, while on temporary detail, he served as a special assistant U.S. attorney with the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Ohio. From 2014 to 2015, he served as a special assistant U.S. attorney with the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California. From 2012 to 2013, he was an associate attorney at Michael B. Schulman & Associates PC in New York. Judge Dinh is a member of the New York State Bar.
In the record
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Other judges at San Francisco
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.