Immigration judge

Ford, Nicholas R

San Francisco Immigration Court

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

Lifetime grant rate

41.0%

637 decisions

Grant rate, last 12 months on record

34.7%

75 decisions · 12 months ending April 2021

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%Oct 2019Feb 2020Jun 2020Oct 2020Apr 2021Month each 12-month window ends34.7%52.5% — 12 months ending Oct 2019 (242 decisions)46.4% — 12 months ending Nov 2019 (317 decisions)43.1% — 12 months ending Dec 2019 (364 decisions)42.2% — 12 months ending Jan 2020 (453 decisions)42.6% — 12 months ending Feb 2020 (521 decisions)42.1% — 12 months ending Mar 2020 (554 decisions)41.8% — 12 months ending Apr 2020 (562 decisions)41.5% — 12 months ending May 2020 (561 decisions)41.0% — 12 months ending Jun 2020 (541 decisions)38.1% — 12 months ending Jul 2020 (486 decisions)38.9% — 12 months ending Aug 2020 (440 decisions)36.5% — 12 months ending Sep 2020 (389 decisions)34.1% — 12 months ending Oct 2020 (355 decisions)35.4% — 12 months ending Nov 2020 (294 decisions)37.1% — 12 months ending Dec 2020 (256 decisions)37.6% — 12 months ending Jan 2021 (170 decisions)32.4% — 12 months ending Feb 2021 (105 decisions)35.4% — 12 months ending Mar 2021 (79 decisions)34.7% — 12 months ending Apr 2021 (75 decisions)

5 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
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 20206Not reported
July 20201Not reported
June 20205Not reported
May 20203Not reported
April 20208Not 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 20192544.0%
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 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.

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