What is Judge Roberto Amaya's background?
EOIR's notice says that Roberto Amaya was appointed in March 2022. Judge Amaya earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1998 from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a Juris Doctor in 2001 from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, in San Francisco. From 2006 to 2022, he was in private practice at the Law Offices of Roberto K. Amaya, in Lancaster and Panorama City, California. From 2003 to 2006, he was an Associate Attorney with the Law Offices of Alma Rosa Nieto, in Los Angeles. In 2002, he was an Associate Attorney with the Law Offices of Edgardo Quintanilla, in Sherman Oaks, California.
What does TRAC report about Judge Roberto Amaya's asylum decisions?
TRAC, a research center that began at Syracuse University, reports that for FY 2021 - 2026 (data covers the first 9 months of fiscal year 2026), Judge Roberto Amaya decided 145 asylum cases at Los Angeles - North Immigration Court and denied 89.7 percent, based on its report of Aug 27, 2026. These are past figures for one court. They do not predict your case, which turns on your facts, evidence, nationality and representation, and TRAC cautions against simple comparisons between judges at different courts. Read the full report at TRAC, and talk to a lawyer about your own case.
What the official record establishes
The source lists the name Roberto Amaya in 1 alphabetical row. The recorded title is Immigration Judge. The record is not an appointment history or an employment certification.
Dated court associations
EOIR’s court-specific tables associate this entry with Los Angeles - Van Nuys Boulevard Immigration Court. The relationship is recorded as listed 2026-10-20; it may include supervisory coverage rather than a merits-hearing assignment.