ASYLUMJUDGE · IMMIGRATION JUDGE PROFILE
Shuting Chen
San Francisco (SFR) · San Francisco, CA
Shuting Chen is listed with San Francisco (SFR). The database records 1,003 asylum outcomes: 881 approved, 122 denied, and 0 other outcomes. Historical statistics are informational and cannot predict an individual case. · 2022-01-06 – 2025-11-21
Yearly changes
Yearly asylum decision trend
Fiscal yearDecisionsGrantedDeniedOtherApproval rate
FY 2026503119062.0%
FY 202532025070078.1%
FY 202428025624091.4%
Applicant origin
Asylum decisions by fiscal year and nationality
FY 2026 · 2025-10-01 – 2026-07-01 · EOIR
NationalityDecisionsGrantedDeniedOtherApproval rate
FY 2026 · India2025-10-08 – 2025-11-178350—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Colombia2025-10-31 – 2025-11-177160—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Guatemala2025-10-03 – 2025-11-217430—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Honduras2025-10-23 – 2025-11-137520—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Nicaragua2025-10-09 – 2025-11-205500—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Mexico2025-10-27 – 2025-10-294310—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · El Salvador2025-10-15 – 2025-10-154310—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Turkey2025-10-21 – 2025-11-103210—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Nepal2025-10-22 – 2025-11-102200—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Russia2025-11-14 – 2025-11-142200—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Peru2025-10-31 – 2025-10-311100—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
Official appointment record
Judge background and appointment
Official biography
Shuting Chen was appointed as an Immigration J udge to begin hearing cas es in October 2022. Judge Chen earned a Bachelor of Arts in 2006 from the University of Oklahoma and a Juris Doctor in 2009 from Harvard Law School. From 2020 to 2022, she served as a staff attorney in the immigration unit of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in San Francisco. From 2011 to 2020, she was an immigration attorneyin private practice. From 2010 to 2011, she was an associate at Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, in Was hington, D.C. Judge Chen is a member of the State Bar of California.
Education: Judge Chen earned a Bachelor of Arts in 2006 from the University of Oklahoma and a Juris Doctor in 2009 from Harvard Law School.
Bar admission: Judge Chen is a member of the State Bar of California.
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How to read approval rates
Decision approval rateis approved ÷ (approved + denied). Blue “Other” is shown separately and includes identifiable withholding/CAT protection, cancellation or adjustment, voluntary departure, withdrawal, termination, dismissal, and administrative closure; it is excluded from the rate denominator.Approved share of all outcomesuses approved, denied, and other outcomes in the denominator.
With small samples, a few cases can move the percentage sharply. The page flags samples below 50 and below 200 decisions.
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