Government counsel / Ninth Circuit

Southern District of California

The attorneys who appeared for the government in this court's agency-delay suits, read from each suit's attorneys of record. It is a record of who has appeared, not the office's staff list.

Read from the attorneys of record of 197 of the 486 agency-delay suits in the docket record for this court; 81 of them name government counsel. Only the 197 suits with a public docket on CourtListener can be read, and a suit names no government counsel until an attorney appears and that public copy is refreshed afterwards, so older suits, recent suits and quiet districts are thin. Updated November 14, 2026 at 1:17 a.m. CT. How this list is made.

How this court's decisions and suits came out. This court's suits. Every district's attorneys (CSV).

U.S. Attorney's Office

AttorneyCityTelephone and emailSuitsOpen nowFiled in the past yearLatest suit filed
Erin DimblebySan Diego, CA(619) 546-6987
erin.dimbleby@usdoj.gov
1456August 20, 2026
Sheldon A. SmithSan Diego, CA(619) 546-7304
sheldon.smith@usdoj.gov
624July 21, 2026
Janet A CabralSan Diego, CA(619) 546-8715
janet.cabral@usdoj.gov
303January 15, 2026
Douglas D. NelsonSan Diego, CA(619) 723-7616
douglas.nelson@usdoj.gov
212July 21, 2026
Mary Tommicile Glover-RogersSan Diego, CA(619) 546-7643
mary.glover-rogers@usdoj.gov
201November 19, 2025
Betsey BoutelleSan Diego, CA(619) 546-8764
betsey.boutelle@usdoj.gov
111March 10, 2026
Fithawi BerhaneWashington, DC(202) 252-6653101January 5, 2026
Ian PikeSan Diego, CA(619) 546-8936
ian.pike@usdoj.gov
111August 19, 2026
Caroline Clark PrimeSan Diego, CA(619) 546-7183
caroline.prime@usdoj.gov
910August 11, 2024
Linda A FrakesSan Diego, CA(619) 557-5610
linda.frakes@usdoj.gov
400November 8, 2023
Samuel William BettwySan Diego, CA(619) 546-7125
samuel.bettwy@usdoj.gov
300September 6, 2023
Douglas KeehnSan Diego, CA(619) 546-7573
douglas.keehn@usdoj.gov
200February 7, 2022
Jennifer Anne BrookerSan Diego, CA(619) 546-9619
jennifer.brooker@usdoj.gov
200February 14, 2022
Lisa M. HemannSan Diego, CA(619) 546-6964
lisa.hemann@usdoj.gov
210September 4, 2025
Matthew Bryan RileySan Diego, CA(619) 546-9675
matthew.riley2@usdoj.gov
100September 4, 2025
U S Attorney CV
office entry, not a person
San Diego, CA(619) 557-5662
efile.dkt.civ@usdoj.gov
781317August 20, 2026

From the Justice Department in Washington

Attorneys of the Office of Immigration Litigation and the rest of the Civil Division, who appear in many districts. All of them, with their districts.

AttorneyOfficeTelephone and emailSuitsOpen nowFiled in the past yearLatest suit filed
Aneesa AhmedOffice of Immigration Litigation(202) 451-7744
aneesa.ahmed@usdoj.gov
110September 24, 2024
Angel FlemingOffice of Immigration Litigation(202) 598-7431
angel.fleming@usdoj.gov
110September 24, 2024
Brandon Davis ZellerOffice of Immigration Litigation(771) 217-8120
brandon.d.zeller@usdoj.gov
100November 14, 2024
Christina B. ParascandolaOffice of Immigration Litigation(202) 514-3097
christina.parascandola@usdoj.gov
100June 6, 2023
James Joseph WalkerOffice of Immigration Litigation(202) 532-4468
james.walker3@usdoj.gov
100November 14, 2024
Jason WisecupCivil Division(202) 451-7743100July 28, 2023
Katherine J ShinnersOffice of Immigration Litigation(202) 598-8259
katherine.j.shinners@usdoj.gov
100July 28, 2023
Marie Hermine FeycheOffice of Immigration Litigation(202) 598-9724
marie.feyche@usdoj.gov
100June 6, 2023
McKenna Nicole RackleffOffice of Immigration Litigation(202) 532-4525
mckenna.rackleff@usdoj.gov
100September 9, 2024
Ruth Ann MuellerOffice of Immigration Litigation(202) 598-2445
ruth.a.mueller@usdoj.gov
100September 9, 2024

Suits counts the agency-delay suits in the docket record in which the attorney is counsel of record; the past-year count runs back one year from the newest suit in the record. Some dockets name an office in an attorney's place, usually before a suit is assigned ("AUSA - Chicago"); those are listed last, marked as office entries, with the office's own mailbox. Telephone numbers and email addresses are the ones printed on the public docket of the attorney's latest suit; confirm them on that docket before relying on them. An attorney who has moved on stays listed, and the date of the latest suit shows how current an entry is. Nothing here says how any attorney's suits ended. Tell us about a correction.