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Vikram Badrinath
Sacramento (SMO) · Sacramento, CA
Vikram Badrinath is listed with Sacramento (SMO). The database records 1,246 asylum outcomes: 833 approved, 413 denied, and 0 other outcomes. Historical statistics are informational and cannot predict an individual case.
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Asylum decisions by fiscal year and nationality
Each row shows fiscal year, nationality, valid decisions, and approval rate.
Official appointment record
Judge background and appointment
Official biography
Vikram K. Badrinath was appointed as an Immigration Judge to begin hearing cases in October 2022. Judge B adrinath earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1992 from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and a Juris Doctor in 1995 from the University of Ari zona James E. Rogers College of Law. Since 2001, Judge Badrinath has been a certified s pecialist in Immigration and Nationality Law from the State Bar of California, Board of Legal Specialization. From 1998 to 2022, he was a s enior immigration attorney in private practice in Tucson, Arizona, repres enting individuals before the im migration court, Board of Immigration Appeals, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, U.S. District Courts, and Federal Circuit Courts of Appeal. From 1997 to 1998, he served as a managing attorney with a Phoenix- based immigration law firm in Tucson. From 1996 to 1997, he was an associat e immigration attorney in private practice in Tucson Judge Badrinath is a member of the State Bar of Ari zona, the State Bar of Californ ia, the District of Columbia Bar, the Hawai i State Bar, and is admitted to practice befo re the Supreme Court of the United States.
Education: Judge B adrinath earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1992 from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and a Juris Doctor in 1995 from the University of Ari zona James E.
Bar admission: Judge Badrinath is a member of the State Bar of Ari zona, the State Bar of Californ ia, the District of Columbia Bar, the Hawai i State Bar, and is admitted to practice befo re the Supreme Court of the United States.
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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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