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Immigration court · Concord, CA

Concord Immigration Court

According to the DOJ EOIR FOIA release (vintage 2026-08), signature read: Concord's 68.1% grant rate is among the highest in the tracked court corpus. Grant rate sits in the upper third of tracked courts at 68.1% (above the 48.3% national average).

Data updated 2026-09-05

68.1%
Asylum grant rate
31.9%
Asylum denial rate
57,690
Pending cases
35 mo
Time to decision

Concord in one line

Concord's asylum grant rate is 68.1% (upper-third grant rate, above the 48.3% national average) across 5,289 FY2015-2025 merits decisions (mid-band volume).

68.1%
Asylum grant rate · Upper-third grant rate
5,289
Merits decisions · Mid-band volume
+19.8 pp
vs. national average
37.7 pp
Judge-level grant spread · wide
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What this court's record shows

Concord Immigration Court sits in the upper third of tracked courts at 68.1% across 5,289 FY2015–2025 merits (19.8 pp above the 48.3% national average). Historical docket context only.

Wide judge lottery: 52.2% to 89.9% (37.7 pp) across 12 reported judges at Concord. Case mix and assignment still shape the court aggregate.

57,690 pending cases and an average recorded wait of 35 months describe administrative pressure in this snapshot. Use the peer comparisons below to place this court against similar caseloads and grant-rate profiles, then consult the methodology for the extract's scope and limits.

Court outlook score

D

Court outlook score

45/100

Concord, weighted across 3 of 3 tracked dimensions

A weighted composite of asylum grant rate, time to decision, and backlog ratio against the full tracked-court corpus. It describes the historical docket, not the odds of any one case, and does not weigh legal representation, case type, or judge assignment.

  • Asylum grant rate A+ 68.1%

    Share of merits decisions granting relief, FY2015-2025

  • Time to decision F 35 mo

    Average recorded months from filing to decision

  • Backlog ratio F 62.8%

    Pending cases as a share of the court's own total caseload

EOIR bench spread roll

Grant-rate neighbourhood for Concord

Upper-third grant-rate neighbors for Concord (68.1%), with bench-spread stamps for the same-docket judge lottery.

SPREAD 37.7pp WIDE JUDGES 12 WAIT MID PEND 57,690 GRANT 68.1% RANK #44 of 77
Concord68.1%Honolulu, HI64.1%New York, NY74.7%Chicago, IL61.3%West Valley City, UT59.3%
Asylum grant rate · Concord highlighted · DOJ EOIR FY2015–2025

Concord Immigration Court vs all courts by asylum merits caseload

Where this court's FY2015–2025 asylum merits-decision count sits among every tracked immigration court (inventory signal, not a quality ranking)

5,289 44th of 77 higher than 33 of 77 courts

Immigration courts, banded by asylum merits-decision count

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more courts. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source DOJ EOIR asylum merits decisions · FY2015–2025

Where Concord sits: Favorable but Slow

Each dot is one of the 41 largest immigration courts by merits decisions, split at the MEDIAN grant rate (47.6%) and median average wait (31.4 months) across this set. Concord's own grant rate is 68.1% and its average wait is 35.1 months.

Grant rate vs. average wait time, 41 largest courts by merits decisions (DOJ EOIR FY2015–2025). Concord highlighted. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Asylum grant rate (X) and Average wait (months) (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Favorable but SlowSlow & ToughFast & FavorableFast but Tough 20%40%60%80% 10mo20mo30mo40mo50mo Asylum grant rate Average wait (months) Concord Immigration Court: grant rate vs. average wait among the largest immigration courts
Grant rate vs. average wait time, 41 largest courts by merits decisions (DOJ EOIR FY2015–2025). Concord highlighted.

How to read this

  • Fast & Favorable
  • Favorable but Slow
  • Fast but Tough
  • Slow & Tough
Statistical data only. Concord's 68.1% upper-third grant history still mixes judges, case types, and counsel rates, not a forecast for a future merits hearing. Consult a licensed immigration attorney.
Granted3603Denied1686
Asylum Outcomes at Concord Immigration Court - 5,289 merits decisions, FY2015–2025

Grant rate over time

Upper-third court Concord: fiscal-year grant path across FY2015–2025 merits.

Fiscal year Decisions Grant rate
FY2024 1,319 75.8%
FY2025 3,970 65.6%

The judge lottery at Concord Immigration Court

12 judges with enough asylum decisions to report. Grant rates run from 89.9% (711 decisions) down to 52.2% (577 decisions) - a 37.7-point spread on the same bench. Rates based on smaller decision counts carry more statistical noise.

Judge names below are the anonymized judge codes EOIR assigns in its public case-data release, not verified public identities. EOIR does not publish immigration judges' full names in this dataset. See our methodology for detail.

# Judge Decisions Asylum grant rate
1 Judge JMP 711
89.9%
2 Judge FAC 424
75.7%
3 Judge JJS 421
74.3%
4 Judge KSL 430
68.1%
5 Judge SMS 419
67.1%
6 Judge JYB 473
65.3%
7 Judge SFT 432
65.3%
8 Judge LWP 64
62.5%
9 Judge RAW 695
62.4%
10 Judge MWN 377
60.2%
11 Judge JLN 226
57.5%
12 Judge CPE 577
52.2%

Nationwide courts with similar asylum profiles

Cross-state peers matched on grant rate and merits caseload, not the same-state browse list.

Similar grant rate (± asylum merits volume)

Similar merits caseload (± grant rate)

Why judge-level rates vary · Browse every tracked immigration court

Data from the DOJ Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) via FOIA bulk case data. Statistical information only, not legal advice.

DOJ Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) FOIA bulk case data for Concord Immigration Court; asylum grant rate 68.1%. PlainImmigration computed grant/denial aggregates FY2015–FY2025; Merits volume is mid-band at 5,289 decisions FY2015–2025.

Source: U.S. EOIR, Immigration Court Statistics Immigration court outcomes by court and case type · 2025

Every figure on PlainImmigration is rendered directly from federal immigration court records, no number is typed in by an editor. Concord Immigration Court's outcome and grant-rate figures are recomputed live from the EOIR case-level extract on every request, never hand-typed. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-09-05.