Immigration judge

Ford, Nicholas R

San Francisco Immigration Court

How current these figures are

Captured October 23, 2026 — 13 days ago. Decisions made since then are not included.

618

Lifetime decisions on record

Grant rate, last 12 months on record

40.0%

65 decisions · 12 months ending April 2021

22.9%

FY2026 court 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%Oct 2019Feb 2020Aug 2020Dec 2020Apr 2021Month each 12-month window ends40.0%53.1% — 12 months ending Oct 2019 (239 decisions)46.8% — 12 months ending Nov 2019 (314 decisions)43.5% — 12 months ending Dec 2019 (361 decisions)42.4% — 12 months ending Jan 2020 (450 decisions)42.9% — 12 months ending Feb 2020 (518 decisions)42.3% — 12 months ending Mar 2020 (551 decisions)42.5% — 12 months ending Apr 2020 (553 decisions)40.3% — 12 months ending Aug 2020 (424 decisions)38.1% — 12 months ending Sep 2020 (373 decisions)35.7% — 12 months ending Oct 2020 (339 decisions)37.4% — 12 months ending Nov 2020 (278 decisions)39.6% — 12 months ending Dec 2020 (240 decisions)41.6% — 12 months ending Jan 2021 (154 decisions)38.2% — 12 months ending Feb 2021 (89 decisions)44.4% — 12 months ending Mar 2021 (63 decisions)40.0% — 12 months ending Apr 2021 (65 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.

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

Monthly decisions

Showing the most recent 21 months on record. Months with no decisions are not listed.

Decisions and grant rate by month for this judge
MonthDecisionsGrant rate
April 20214Not reported
March 20217Not reported
February 20213Not reported
January 20213Not reported
December 20209Not reported
November 202014Not reported
October 202019Not reported
September 20201Not reported
August 20205Not reported
April 20202Not reported
March 20203333.3%
February 20206845.6%
January 20208938.2%
December 20194721.3%
November 20197526.7%
October 20195352.8%
September 20195257.7%
August 20195236.5%
July 20195666.1%
June 201922Not reported
May 20194Not 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 October 23, 2026, 13 days ago. The record covers decisions from May 2019 through April 2021; nothing filed or decided after April 2021 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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