Immigration judge

Ragusa, Joseph M.

San Diego 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

17.1%

228 decisions

Grant rate, last 12 months on record

25.5%

38 decisions · 12 months ending August 2004

33.7%

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%Apr 2001Dec 2001Aug 2002Apr 2003Dec 2003Aug 2004Month each 12-month window ends25.5%12.5% — 12 months ending Apr 2001 (40 decisions)10.8% — 12 months ending May 2001 (37 decisions)11.8% — 12 months ending Jun 2001 (34 decisions)12.5% — 12 months ending Jul 2001 (32 decisions)12.5% — 12 months ending Aug 2001 (32 decisions)14.7% — 12 months ending Sep 2001 (34 decisions)7.4% — 12 months ending Nov 2001 (27 decisions)7.4% — 12 months ending Dec 2001 (27 decisions)7.7% — 12 months ending Jan 2002 (26 decisions)4.0% — 12 months ending Feb 2002 (25 decisions)11.1% — 12 months ending Apr 2002 (27 decisions)14.3% — 12 months ending May 2002 (28 decisions)13.8% — 12 months ending Jun 2002 (29 decisions)13.8% — 12 months ending Aug 2002 (29 decisions)16.7% — 12 months ending Sep 2002 (30 decisions)21.1% — 12 months ending Oct 2002 (38 decisions)17.5% — 12 months ending Nov 2002 (40 decisions)17.5% — 12 months ending Dec 2002 (40 decisions)20.5% — 12 months ending Jan 2003 (44 decisions)20.0% — 12 months ending Feb 2003 (45 decisions)22.0% — 12 months ending Mar 2003 (50 decisions)22.2% — 12 months ending Apr 2003 (54 decisions)22.2% — 12 months ending May 2003 (54 decisions)20.0% — 12 months ending Jun 2003 (60 decisions)22.2% — 12 months ending Jul 2003 (63 decisions)21.5% — 12 months ending Aug 2003 (65 decisions)20.3% — 12 months ending Sep 2003 (69 decisions)17.2% — 12 months ending Oct 2003 (64 decisions)18.0% — 12 months ending Nov 2003 (61 decisions)17.7% — 12 months ending Dec 2003 (62 decisions)16.4% — 12 months ending Jan 2004 (61 decisions)15.9% — 12 months ending Feb 2004 (63 decisions)16.9% — 12 months ending Mar 2004 (59 decisions)15.8% — 12 months ending Apr 2004 (57 decisions)22.2% — 12 months ending May 2004 (54 decisions)25.5% — 12 months ending Aug 2004 (47 decisions)

11 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
August 20042Not reported
May 20043Not reported
April 20046Not reported
March 20044Not reported
February 20045Not reported
January 20044Not reported
December 20032Not reported
November 20032Not reported
October 20034Not reported
September 20036Not reported
August 20034Not reported
July 20035Not reported
June 20039Not reported
May 20036Not reported
April 20038Not reported
March 20038Not reported
February 20033Not reported
January 20035Not reported
December 20021Not reported
November 20025Not reported
October 20029Not reported
September 20022Not reported
August 20022Not reported
June 20022Not 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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