# Dimple Gupta Immigration Judge · [Annandale Immigration Court](/kyj/court/va/annandale-immigration-court) Last updated October 7, 2026 ## Dimple Gupta at a glance Current role Immigration Judge Court [Annandale Immigration Court](/kyj/court/va/annandale-immigration-court) Current assignment [Annandale Immigration Court](/kyj/court/va/annandale-immigration-court) Jurisdiction Virginia · Federal Judicial service Active Historical EOIR data ## Outcomes at a glance Total outcomes 735 Relief granted 22 3.0% Denied / removal ordered 625 85.0% Other / procedural 88 12.0% National comparison for this selection: 9,249,024 outcomes; 10.0% relief granted; 52.0% denied / removal ordered; 38.0% other / procedural. Methodology and sources These are proceeding outcomes, not asylum application statistics. Completion years use EOIR COMP_DATE; 2026 contains partial-year data. Relief granted, denied / removal ordered and other / procedural exhaust the recorded outcomes. Groups of one are included. Historical outcomes do not establish a current assignment. Counts describe recorded cases and do not predict an individual's result. [Official EOIR case data](https://fileshare.eoir.justice.gov/EOIR%20Case%20Data.zip) · Source date: Tue, 01 Sep 2026 14:14:27 GMT Asylum decisions and other statistics ## Analytics Published EOIR records include 311 asylum outcomes associated with this judge. Asylum was granted in 17 (5.5%) and denied in 264 (84.9%); 30 were other or procedural outcomes. [Explore analytics](#analytics) ## Biography ### Professional career - Appointed by the Department of Justice’s Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) to begin hearing cases in March 2026 at the Annandale Immigration Court - an attorney with the Office of General Counsel, Central Intelligence Agency — January 2020–April 2025 - Attorney, Office of General Counsel, Central Intelligence Agency (Jan 2020–Apr 2025) - the senior counsel to the director, Executive Office for Immigration Review, Department of Justice — April 2019–January 2020 - Senior Counsel to the Director, Executive Office for Immigration Review, DOJ (Apr 2019–Jan 2020) - Judicial law clerk to Judge Jerry E. Smith (5th Cir.) - In summary: Judge Dimple Gupta is a highly experienced legal professional now serving as an immigration judge in Annandale, VA, with a record of very high asylum denial rates compared to national and court averages, and a background in federal government, legislative, and private legal work ### Education - B.A. from the University of Chicago (1998) and a J.D. from Harvard Law School (2001) ### Additional information - She has been active for less than a year on the bench, having transitioned from Capitol Hill in early 2026 - Deputy General Counsel, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (Apr 2025–Jan 2026) - From August 2001 to January 2020, she served in the following positions: general counsel to U.S. Senator Pat Toomey; chief counsel for constitutional law at the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee; counsel to the assistant attorney general for the Civil Division at DOJ; attorney in the appellate law group at the Securities and Exchange Commission; attorney at Covington & Burling; and judicial law clerk for Judge Jerry E. Smith of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit - She is admitted to the District of Columbia Bar and Massachusetts Bar - Judge Gupta is a member of the District of Columbia Bar and Massachusetts Bar ## Sources Identity source checked August 19, 2026 . Biography sources checked October 11, 2026 . ### DOJ EOIR current immigration judge directory Identity source · HTML · Source checked August 19, 2026 ### EOIR Policy Manual, Part II, Chapter 2.1 - Delivery and Receipt Courtwide source · HTML · Source checked July 30, 2026 ### EOIR Policy Manual, Part II, Chapter 2.3 - Documents ### EOIR Policy Manual, Part II, Chapter 3.10 - Interpreters ### EOIR Policy Manual, Part II, Chapter 3.11 - Courtroom Decorum ### EOIR Policy Manual, Part II, Chapter 3.12 - Electronic Devices ### EOIR Policy Manual, Part II, Chapter 3.15 - Individual Calendar Hearing ### Find an Immigration Court and Access Internet-Based Hearings ### Current EOIR official staff directory Current EOIR Official Staff Directory source · HTML · Source checked October 7, 2026 [Public Records & Data Use](/public-records-data-use) · [Corrections policy](/corrections) ## Published courtroom rules ### Shared court rules - [EOIR Practice Manual 2.1 — Delivery and Receipt](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-c9195b4f0bba01a19aa8df41) — Immigration Court proceedings only, not BIA or OCAHO. Preserve chapter-specific proceeding limits. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.justice.gov/eoir/policy-manual-eoir/part-II/icpm/chapter-2-1). Collected 2026-10-27. - [EOIR Practice Manual 3.11 — Courtroom Decorum](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-8d8e8e8bf80478864645291a) — Immigration Court proceedings only, not BIA or OCAHO. Preserve chapter-specific proceeding limits. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.justice.gov/eoir/policy-manual-eoir/part-II/icpm/chapter-3-11). Collected 2026-10-27. - [EOIR Practice Manual 2.3 — Documents](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-53ee093be24c18a5d1a93046) — Immigration Court proceedings only, not BIA or OCAHO. Preserve chapter-specific proceeding limits. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.justice.gov/eoir/policy-manual-eoir/part-II/icpm/chapter-2-3). Collected 2026-10-27.