Immigration judge

Kim, Samuel Y.

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

93.2%

177 decisions

Grant rate, last 12 months on record

95.2%

103 decisions · 12 months ending September 2022

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%Jun 2021Sep 2021Dec 2021Mar 2022Jun 2022Sep 2022Month each 12-month window ends95.1%96.3% — 12 months ending Jun 2021 (27 decisions)90.7% — 12 months ending Jul 2021 (43 decisions)91.5% — 12 months ending Aug 2021 (59 decisions)90.5% — 12 months ending Sep 2021 (74 decisions)90.0% — 12 months ending Oct 2021 (80 decisions)91.2% — 12 months ending Nov 2021 (91 decisions)91.1% — 12 months ending Dec 2021 (101 decisions)91.4% — 12 months ending Jan 2022 (105 decisions)92.6% — 12 months ending Feb 2022 (121 decisions)92.9% — 12 months ending Mar 2022 (127 decisions)92.2% — 12 months ending Apr 2022 (128 decisions)91.9% — 12 months ending May 2022 (136 decisions)92.5% — 12 months ending Jun 2022 (134 decisions)93.5% — 12 months ending Jul 2022 (123 decisions)93.9% — 12 months ending Aug 2022 (115 decisions)95.1% — 12 months ending Sep 2022 (103 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 21 months on record. Months with no decisions are not listed.

Decisions and grant rate by month for this judge
MonthDecisionsGrant rate
September 20223Not reported
August 20228Not reported
July 20225Not reported
June 20229Not reported
May 202214Not reported
April 20225Not reported
March 20229Not reported
February 202218Not reported
January 20225Not reported
December 202110Not reported
November 202111Not reported
October 20216Not reported
September 202115Not reported
August 202116Not reported
July 202116Not reported
June 202111Not reported
May 20216Not reported
April 20214Not reported
March 20213Not reported
February 20212Not reported
January 20211Not 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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