Immigration judge

Burch, Valerie A.

San Francisco Immigration Court

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These figures are not current

Captured September 18, 2026 — about 0 months ago. Decisions made since then are not included.

Lifetime grant rate

47.6%

189 decisions

Grant rate, last 12 months on record

Not reported

Fewer than 25 decisions on record. A percentage drawn from so few decisions would be misleading, so it is withheld rather than shown.

63.5%

Court lifetime average

Grant-rate trend

Each point is the grant rate across the 12 months ending in that month — a rolling window, not a single month on its own. A point appears only where those 12 months hold at least 25 decisions. A rolling window covers a much shorter span than the lifetime figure above, so the two can differ materially; both are correct measures of different periods.

0%25%50%75%100%Jul 2017Mar 2018Nov 2018Jan 2021Month each 12-month window ends67.2%11.1% — 12 months ending Jul 2017 (27 decisions)9.7% — 12 months ending Aug 2017 (31 decisions)11.8% — 12 months ending Sep 2017 (34 decisions)16.2% — 12 months ending Oct 2017 (37 decisions)11.4% — 12 months ending Nov 2017 (35 decisions)8.3% — 12 months ending Dec 2017 (36 decisions)9.5% — 12 months ending Jan 2018 (42 decisions)9.3% — 12 months ending Feb 2018 (43 decisions)9.8% — 12 months ending Mar 2018 (51 decisions)12.7% — 12 months ending Apr 2018 (55 decisions)13.3% — 12 months ending May 2018 (60 decisions)15.4% — 12 months ending Jun 2018 (65 decisions)15.9% — 12 months ending Jul 2018 (63 decisions)18.5% — 12 months ending Aug 2018 (65 decisions)16.9% — 12 months ending Sep 2018 (71 decisions)27.2% — 12 months ending Oct 2018 (81 decisions)41.7% — 12 months ending Nov 2018 (103 decisions)52.4% — 12 months ending Dec 2018 (126 decisions)54.5% — 12 months ending Jan 2019 (121 decisions)55.8% — 12 months ending Apr 2019 (120 decisions)62.8% — 12 months ending Sep 2020 (113 decisions)67.2% — 12 months ending Jan 2021 (119 decisions)

The line is broken where this record has no decisions for several months. It is left open rather than joined, because joining it would imply decisions that were never recorded.

9 months are not plotted: the 12 months ending there held fewer than 25 decisions.

Same judge name at other courts

This record covers one court only. The same judge name also appears at the courts below, with separate statistics.

Monthly decisions

Showing the most recent 24 months on record. Months with no decisions are not listed.

Decisions and grant rate by month for this judge
MonthDecisionsGrant rate
January 202111Not reported
September 20205Not reported
April 20191Not reported
January 20192Not reported
December 20182592.0%
November 20182584.0%
October 201815Not reported
September 20189Not reported
August 20186Not reported
July 20182Not reported
June 20189Not reported
May 20189Not reported
April 20185Not reported
March 201812Not reported
February 20182Not reported
January 20187Not reported
December 20172Not reported
November 20173Not reported
October 20175Not reported
September 20173Not reported
August 20174Not reported
July 20174Not reported
June 20174Not reported
May 20174Not reported

Source and method

These figures come from case data released by the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) under the Freedom of Information Act, published by the Deportation Data Project. Imigrar did not produce or estimate them.

Captured on September 18, 2026, about 0 months ago, so it is out of date. The record covers decisions from October 1997 through July 2026; nothing filed or decided after July 2026 appears here.

Grant rates are historical aggregates. They describe decisions already made. They do not predict the outcome of any individual case, and no figure on this page should be read as a forecast of what will happen in yours.

This page is informational only and is not legal advice. Reading it does not create an attorney-client relationship. Only the official EOIR record is authoritative.

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