ICOP Observation Sheet

Observer Name

Law School, Firm or Organization

Phone/Email

Hearing Date

Time

Proceeding Type

Master

Bond

Court

Detained (630 Sansome St)

Non-Detained (100 Montgomery St)

Judge

Nelson, Julie

O'Brien, Patrick

Park, Joseph

Ford, Nicholas

Gambill, Scott

Other

Judge not listed

Immigrant Name

A Number

Immigrant represented by attorney?

Yes

No

Trial attorney (ICE)

If yes, attorney name

If not, was detainee given continuance to find an attorney?

Yes

No

How long?

Immigrant appeared by

via video (VTC)

In person

Type of proceeding (circle all that apply)

First Hearing

Continued

Bond

Removal

Language(s) spoken by immigrant

Detention Facility

Yuba/Sacramento

Mesa Verde

Taft

Dublin

Did immigrant express fear of returning to their home country?

Yes

No

Explain

Trouble communicating with judge?

Yes

No

Explain

Issues with interpretation?

Yes

No

Explain

Trouble communicating with family, lawyers or medical care providers?

Yes

No

Explain

Was immigrant asked eligbility questions (eg. Are family members US citizens, how long have they resided in the US? etc)

Yes

No

If yes, please explain

Next Hearing Date and Time

Next Hearing Type

Individual

Master

Bond

Did immigrant file any application for relief?

Yes

No

Explain

Deadlines set for filing applications, etc?

Yes

No

Explain

Was an individual/merits hearing set without immigrant having filed an application for relief?

Yes

No

If yes, were they asked to fill out and bring an asylum application to their hearing?

Yes

No

Did IJ grant bond?

Yes

No

Bond amount

If bond denied, reasons given

Comments/Notes

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