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Immigration judge

Kirchner, Steven M.

San Francisco Immigration Court

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

San Francisco Immigration Court

Lifetime grant rate

40.3%

2,259 decisions

Grant rate, last 12 months on record

8.4%

829 decisions · 12 months ending July 2026

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%Aug 2023Mar 2024Oct 2024May 2025Dec 2025Jul 2026Month each 12-month window ends8.4%71.3% — 12 months ending Aug 2023 (369 decisions)73.1% — 12 months ending Sep 2023 (383 decisions)73.0% — 12 months ending Oct 2023 (389 decisions)72.6% — 12 months ending Nov 2023 (387 decisions)72.1% — 12 months ending Dec 2023 (387 decisions)72.6% — 12 months ending Jan 2024 (394 decisions)73.4% — 12 months ending Feb 2024 (398 decisions)71.9% — 12 months ending Mar 2024 (395 decisions)69.8% — 12 months ending Apr 2024 (397 decisions)69.8% — 12 months ending May 2024 (377 decisions)66.5% — 12 months ending Jun 2024 (376 decisions)66.2% — 12 months ending Jul 2024 (391 decisions)62.3% — 12 months ending Aug 2024 (403 decisions)58.6% — 12 months ending Sep 2024 (374 decisions)56.8% — 12 months ending Oct 2024 (382 decisions)54.0% — 12 months ending Nov 2024 (391 decisions)52.6% — 12 months ending Dec 2024 (407 decisions)50.3% — 12 months ending Jan 2025 (443 decisions)49.3% — 12 months ending Feb 2025 (442 decisions)45.2% — 12 months ending Mar 2025 (445 decisions)46.2% — 12 months ending Apr 2025 (463 decisions)42.8% — 12 months ending May 2025 (488 decisions)42.0% — 12 months ending Jun 2025 (514 decisions)38.5% — 12 months ending Jul 2025 (507 decisions)36.7% — 12 months ending Aug 2025 (499 decisions)33.8% — 12 months ending Sep 2025 (521 decisions)30.1% — 12 months ending Oct 2025 (554 decisions)29.1% — 12 months ending Nov 2025 (567 decisions)27.6% — 12 months ending Dec 2025 (562 decisions)24.5% — 12 months ending Jan 2026 (511 decisions)21.4% — 12 months ending Feb 2026 (528 decisions)19.9% — 12 months ending Mar 2026 (569 decisions)14.0% — 12 months ending Apr 2026 (635 decisions)11.7% — 12 months ending May 2026 (651 decisions)10.2% — 12 months ending Jun 2026 (719 decisions)8.4% — 12 months ending Jul 2026 (829 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
July 20261420.0%
June 20261178.6%
May 2026681.5%
April 20261100.0%
March 20268713.8%
February 2026508.0%
January 202615Not reported
December 20252927.6%
November 20254411.4%
October 20257517.3%
September 20255217.3%
August 20254020.0%
July 2025329.4%
June 20254926.5%
May 20255226.9%
April 20254454.6%
March 20254626.1%
February 20253348.5%
January 20256645.5%
December 20243452.9%
November 20243122.6%
October 20244252.4%
September 20243053.3%
August 20244841.7%

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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.

Open the source data — Deportation Data Project

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