What is Judge SJC's grant rate?

Immigration Judge SJC has an overall grant rate of 62.1% across 153 decisions at the Oakdale Immigration Court. The denial rate is 37.9%.

Where does Judge SJC serve?

Judge SJC serves at the Oakdale Immigration Court. You can view all judges and court-wide statistics on the court page.

How many cases has Judge SJC decided?

Judge SJC has decided 153 cases on record in DOJ EOIR data, including 95 grants and 58 denials.

Does a judge's grant rate predict my case outcome?

No. Judge SJC's 62.1% grant-leaning history aggregates many case types and nationalities, your merits hearing depends on your facts, relief sought, and representation. Always consult a licensed immigration attorney.

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Immigration Judge SJC

Name: Immigration Judge SJC - Case Outcome Data
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Published: 2025-09-30
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According to the DOJ EOIR FOIA release (vintage 2026-08), signature read: Judge SJC's 62.1% grant rate is among the highest in the tracked IJ corpus. Grant rate sits in the upper third of tracked IJs at 62.1% (above the 48.3% national average).

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Data updated 2026-09-05

62.1%
Asylum grant rate: 37.9%
Asylum denial rate: 153
Asylum decisions

Judge SJC in one line

Judge SJC's asylum grant rate is 62.1% (upper-third grant rate, above the 48.3% national average) across 153 FY2015-2025 merits decisions (mid-band volume).

62.1%
Asylum grant rate · Upper-third grant rate: 153
Merits decisions · Mid-band volume: +13.8 pp
vs. national average

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"SJC" is the anonymized judge code DOJ's Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) assigns in its public case-data release, not a verified public identity. EOIR does not publish immigration judges' full names in this dataset, so this code should not be read as confirming, or attributing these statistics to, any specific named individual. See our methodology for detail.

This judge's merits outcome mix

153merits decisions FY2015–2025

Granted95(62%)Denied58(38%)

Statistical data only. Judge SJC's 62.1% grant-leaning history still mixes case types and nationalities, not a forecast for a future merits hearing. Consult a licensed immigration attorney.

Judge SJC vs all tracked IJs by asylum grant rate

Where this judge's FY2015–2025 asylum grant rate sits among every tracked immigration judge (a leniency measure, not a quality ranking)

62.1% 337th of 1696 higher than 1,359 of 1,696 judges

Immigration judges, banded by asylum grant rate

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Source DOJ EOIR asylum merits decisions · FY2015–2025

Year-by-Year Outcomes

Historical asylum merits decisions for this anonymized EOIR judge code. Annual rows can be thin, and are not a forecast of any future case.

FY	Decisions	Grants	Denials	Grant %
2021	18	11	7	61.1%
2022	63	37	26	58.7%
2023	72	47	25	65.3%

IJ rate-band chamber

Anonymized codes nearest Judge SJC's grant rate

This chamber tracks nationwide IJs nearest Judge SJC's 62.1% grant rate, an upper-third corpus rate, with THIN/LIGHT/FULL/HEAVY merits stamps on each peer row.

1,695 other immigration judges nationwide have a tracked asylum grant rate; the 6 closest matches to Judge SJC are shown here.

IJ	Grant	Δ vs here	Merits	Stamp	Court
DCV	62.1%	same	694	FULL	Hyattsville
DED	62.1%	same	551	FULL	New York - Broadway
SNA	62.2%	+0.1 pp	1,115	FULL	Chicago
TAL	62.0%	-0.1 pp	658	FULL	New York - Broadway
ANS	62.0%	-0.1 pp	279	LIGHT	Los Angeles - N. Los Angeles Street
LL1	62.2%	+0.1 pp	278	LIGHT	Annandale

Same-bench poles at Oakdale

Same-bench spread at Oakdale: Judge SJC runs 62.1% - above both the 48.3% national average and several benchmates with at least 20 merits.

Nationwide judges with similar asylum caseload

Immigration judges at other courts with a comparable merits-decision volume, distinct from same-bench grant-rate peers above.

IJ ELG · Laredo Immigration Court · 153 merits · 19.6% grant
IJ DBC · LaSalle Immigration Court (Jena) · 154 merits · 22.7% grant
IJ CAM · Miami Immigration Court · 154 merits · 17.5% grant
IJ KBJ · LaSalle Immigration Court (Jena) · 154 merits · 6.5% grant

Data from DOJ EOIR FOIA bulk case data for Judge SJC at Oakdale Immigration Court. Statistical information only, not legal advice.

Read our methodology - how Judge SJC's 153-decision EOIR row is sourced, computed, and verified.

DOJ Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) FOIA bulk case data for IJ SJC at Oakdale Immigration Court; asylum grant rate 62.1%. PlainImmigration computed grant/denial aggregates FY2015–FY2025; Merits volume is mid-band at 153 decisions FY2015–2025.

Judge SJC's figures are computed from EOIR case-level records - asylum grant rate 62.1%, not hand-typed editorial values. justice.gov/eoir/foia-library-0

Every figure on PlainImmigration is rendered directly from federal immigration court records, no number is typed in by an editor. Judge SJC's grant/denial/merits 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.