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Immigration judge

Yamaguchi, Michael J.

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.

San Francisco Immigration Court

Lifetime grant rate

33.6%

1,553 decisions

Grant rate, last 12 months on record

21.4%

42 decisions · 12 months ending May 2015

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 2012Jan 2013Aug 2013Mar 2014Oct 2014May 2015Month each 12-month window ends21.4%13.6% — 12 months ending Jun 2012 (44 decisions)12.5% — 12 months ending Jul 2012 (48 decisions)10.9% — 12 months ending Aug 2012 (46 decisions)12.8% — 12 months ending Sep 2012 (47 decisions)14.3% — 12 months ending Oct 2012 (49 decisions)10.6% — 12 months ending Nov 2012 (47 decisions)13.0% — 12 months ending Dec 2012 (46 decisions)13.0% — 12 months ending Jan 2013 (46 decisions)14.0% — 12 months ending Feb 2013 (50 decisions)11.5% — 12 months ending Mar 2013 (52 decisions)12.5% — 12 months ending Apr 2013 (56 decisions)13.8% — 12 months ending May 2013 (58 decisions)12.7% — 12 months ending Jun 2013 (63 decisions)12.7% — 12 months ending Jul 2013 (63 decisions)13.7% — 12 months ending Aug 2013 (73 decisions)12.3% — 12 months ending Sep 2013 (73 decisions)12.7% — 12 months ending Oct 2013 (71 decisions)13.7% — 12 months ending Nov 2013 (73 decisions)12.3% — 12 months ending Dec 2013 (73 decisions)12.3% — 12 months ending Jan 2014 (73 decisions)9.9% — 12 months ending Feb 2014 (71 decisions)10.1% — 12 months ending Mar 2014 (69 decisions)10.8% — 12 months ending Apr 2014 (65 decisions)9.4% — 12 months ending May 2014 (64 decisions)11.7% — 12 months ending Jun 2014 (60 decisions)14.1% — 12 months ending Jul 2014 (64 decisions)15.5% — 12 months ending Aug 2014 (58 decisions)15.5% — 12 months ending Sep 2014 (58 decisions)14.3% — 12 months ending Oct 2014 (56 decisions)13.5% — 12 months ending Nov 2014 (52 decisions)13.5% — 12 months ending Dec 2014 (52 decisions)14.0% — 12 months ending Jan 2015 (50 decisions)18.2% — 12 months ending Feb 2015 (44 decisions)18.2% — 12 months ending Mar 2015 (44 decisions)15.9% — 12 months ending Apr 2015 (44 decisions)21.4% — 12 months ending May 2015 (42 decisions)

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

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
May 20153Not reported
April 20153Not reported
March 20153Not reported
February 20152Not reported
January 20151Not reported
December 20141Not reported
November 20142Not reported
October 20143Not reported
September 20146Not reported
August 20147Not reported
July 20149Not reported
June 20142Not reported
May 20145Not reported
April 20143Not reported
March 20143Not reported
February 20148Not reported
January 20143Not reported
December 20131Not reported
November 20136Not reported
October 20135Not reported
September 20136Not reported
August 201313Not reported
July 20135Not reported
June 20136Not reported

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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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