Susan Phan
Immigration Judge, Sacramento Immigration Court. Appointed May 2019 by William P. Barr.
Asylum record, FY 2021-2026
TRAC source →- Decisions on the merits
- 1,002
- Asylum granted
- 671
- Other relief granted
- 20
- Denied
- 311
- Against own court
- +4.0 pts
| FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26% | 17% | 28% | 67% |
Docket
Respondents represented by counsel: 72% (nationally, 81% are represented).
Most common nationalities: Russia (41.5%), Afghanistan (14.7%), Mexico (12%), India (8.9%), Nicaragua (3.7%).
Official biography
Attorney General William Barr appointed Susan Phan to begin hearing cases in May 2019.Judge Phan ear ned a Bachelor of Arts in 2001 and a Juris Doctor in 2004, both from the University of California, Los Angeles. From 2015 to 2019, she served as an assistant chief counsel for the Office of the Chief Counsel, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Departmentof Homeland Security, in San Francisco, California. From 2012 to 2015, she served as an assistant general counsel for the State Bar of California, in San Francisco. From 2009 to 2014,she served as a special assistant U.S. attorney and assistant U.S. attorney for the Northern District of California in San Francisco, and for the Eastern District of California in Fresno. From2005 to 2009, she served as an assistant attorney general with the District of Columbia Attorney General's Office in Washington, D.C. Judge Phan is a member of the California State Bar and District of Columbia Bar.
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Other judges at Sacramento
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.