What is Judge Susan Phan's background?
EOIR's notice says that Susan Phan was appointed in May 2019. Judge Phan earned a Bachelor of Arts in 2001 and a Juris Doctor in 2004, both from the University of California, Los Angeles. From 2015 to 2019, she served as an assistant chief. From 2012 to 2015, she served as an assistant general counsel for the State Bar of California, in San Francisco. From 2009 to 2014, she served as a special assistant U.S. attorney and assistant U.S. attorney for the Northern District of California in San Francisco, and for the Eastern District of California in Fresno. From 2005 to 2009, she served as an assistant attorney general with the District of Columbia Attorney General’s Office in Washington, D.C.
What does TRAC report about Judge Susan Phan'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 Susan Phan decided 1002 asylum cases at Sacramento Immigration Court and denied 31.0 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 Susan Phan 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 Sacramento Immigration Court. The relationship is recorded as listed 2026-10-20; it may include supervisory coverage rather than a merits-hearing assignment.