Judge Duck, John A., JR.

Hearing cases: hearings are scheduled

Last hearing: January 12, 2023
Next hearing: October 20, 2026 · 8 scheduled in all
Last decision: October 2, 2025

Courts worked at: 32

Hearings scheduled here

SAN ANTONIO — IMMIGRATION COURT2009—2009 · 1 hearings

Worked here before

OAKDALE — IMMIGRATION COURT1982—2023 · 98,765 hearings
JENA — IMMIGRATION COURT2008—2019 · 26,514 hearings
FORT SNELLING — IMMIGRATION COURT2019—2019 · 101 hearings
NEW ORLEANS — IMMIGRATION COURT1986—2018 · 3,749 hearings
ATLANTA — IMMIGRATION COURT1990—2018 · 270 hearings
ELIZABETH — IMMIGRATION COURT2014—2017 · 22 hearings
MEMPHIS — IMMIGRATION COURT1988—2014 · 80 hearings
PHILADELPHIA — IMMIGRATION COURT1987—2014 · 45 hearings
CONROE — IMMIGRATION COURT2009—2014 · 1,101 hearings
HOUSTON — IMMIGRATION COURT1980—2013 · 2,386 hearings
KANSAS CITY — IMMIGRATION COURT1998—2012 · 5,234 hearings
LUMPKIN — IMMIGRATION COURT2009—2010 · 13 hearings
PEARSALL — IMMIGRATION COURT2009—2009 · 28 hearings
EL PASO — IMMIGRATION COURT2008—2009 · 17 hearings
BOSTON — IMMIGRATION COURT2003—2007 · 31 hearings
Orlando — IMMIGRATION COURT1999—2006 · 125 hearings
LOS ANGELES — WEST LOS ANGELES IMMIGRATION COURT1986—2005 · 210 hearings
DETROIT — IMMIGRATION COURT1996—2004 · 159 hearings
SAN FRANCISCO — IMMIGRATION COURT1988—2004 · 594 hearings
NEW YORK — IMMIGRATION COURT1992—2002 · 86 hearings
DALLAS — IMMIGRATION COURT1988—2000 · 25 hearings
HAGATNA — IMMIGRATION COURT1998—1999 · 19 hearings
LOS FRESNOS — IMMIGRATION COURT1988—1997 · 1,902 hearings
NAPANOCH — IMMIGRATION COURT1994—1995 · 29 hearings
FLORENCE — IMMIGRATION COURT1995—1995 · 71 hearings
MIAMI — IMMIGRATION COURT1988—1994 · 355 hearings
LAREDO — IMMIGRATION COURT1992—1993 · 55 hearings
BALTIMORE — IMMIGRATION COURT1987—1992 · 44 hearings
CHICAGO — IMMIGRATION COURT1991—1992 · 44 hearings
ANNANDALE — IMMIGRATION COURT1984—1991 · 313 hearings
HARLINGEN — IMMIGRATION COURT1979—1989 · 577 hearings

The periods overlap, and that is not an error: a judge hears cases at a new court while still closing out old ones at the previous one. Each row answers "when did this judge work here", not "from when to when did they serve here".

Status is derived from the court calendar: whether the judge has hearings scheduled after the release cutoff. The EOIR release carries no personnel data, so retirement, removal, elevation to the BIA and extended absence cannot be told apart — only what the data shows is stated here. Hearings are scheduled two to three years out, so an empty calendar for a working judge is rare; for judges who went quiet in the last few months it may still be an artifact of the cutoff, which lags by about a month. The lookup table's "active" flag is not used: it disagrees with the calendar for a third of judges.

15%

Asylum grant rate

of 1,931 decisions · FY1985–FY2023

95% interval: 14% — 17%

granted:: 294
denied:: 1,637

How this percentage is calculated

Grant rate = granted / (granted + denied). Administrative closures, withdrawals, abandonment and "not adjudicated" are excluded from the denominator. The unit of count is a decision per proceeding, not per application: applicants almost always file asylum, withholding and CAT protection together. Withholding and CAT grants are counted separately from asylum. U.S. fiscal year: October 1 – September 30.

How this compares

This judge15% (1,931)
The whole court — JENA — IMMIGRATION COURT14% (6,841)
All U.S. courts33% (1,350,724)

This comparison does not adjust for which cases a judge was given: judges see different nationalities, different shares of detained respondents, and different rates of legal representation. A difference in percentages does not by itself mean identical cases were treated differently.

Trend by fiscal year

U.S. fiscal year: October 1 – September 30.

Years with fewer than 10 decisions are not plotted (1): at that sample size the percentage is noise. They remain in the table.

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Grant rate by fiscal year
Period	decisions	granted	95% interval
FY2023	7	0%	0% — 35%
FY2022	43	5%	1% — 15%
FY2021	32	47%	31% — 64%
FY2020	92	15%	9% — 24%
FY2019	131	11%	7% — 18%
FY2018	70	14%	8% — 24%
FY2017	77	21%	13% — 31%
FY2016	52	6%	2% — 16%
FY2015	53	9%	4% — 20%
FY2014	64	19%	11% — 30%
FY2013	37	11%	4% — 25%
FY2012	21	0%	0% — 15%
FY2011	24	0%	0% — 14%
FY2010	29	31%	17% — 49%
FY2009	22	59%	39% — 77%
FY2008	11	36%	15% — 65%
FY2007	26	23%	11% — 42%
FY2006	49	14%	7% — 27%
FY2005	72	26%	18% — 38%
FY2004	76	26%	18% — 37%
FY2003	31	26%	14% — 43%
FY2002	24	33%	18% — 53%
FY2001	27	41%	25% — 59%
FY2000	22	18%	7% — 39%
FY1999	25	8%	2% — 25%
FY1998	27	0%	0% — 12%
FY1997	19	5%	1% — 25%
FY1996	20	5%	1% — 24%
FY1995	26	8%	2% — 24%
FY1994	23	4%	1% — 21%
FY1993	41	2%	0% — 13%
FY1992	30	3%	1% — 17%
FY1991	64	14%	8% — 25%
FY1990	191	10%	7% — 16%
FY1989	224	8%	5% — 12%
FY1988	116	24%	17% — 33%
FY1987	33	15%	7% — 31%

By applicant nationality

Grant rate by nationality, largest volumes first
Nationality	decisions	granted	95% interval
CUBA	420	7%	5% — 10%
EL SALVADOR	174	4%	2% — 8%
HAITI	169	7%	4% — 11%
HONDURAS	127	5%	2% — 10%
NICARAGUA	119	29%	21% — 37%
MEXICO	85	1%	0% — 6%
GUATEMALA	69	4%	1% — 12%
CHINA	68	21%	13% — 32%
SOMALIA	49	31%	20% — 45%
INDIA	45	11%	5% — 23%
IRAN	44	52%	38% — 66%
JAMAICA	29	0%	0% — 12%
ERITREA	29	38%	23% — 56%
CAMEROON	22	68%	47% — 84%
NIGERIA	22	5%	1% — 22%

How long a case takes

How long it took from service of the NTA to the decision on the application, for the cases this judge has already finished.

7 mo

median

half of cases: 5—13 mo

based on 1,931 cases

NTA-to-decision duration by fiscal year
Decided in	Cases	median	half of cases, mo
FY2022	43	4 mo	3—5
FY2021	32	13 mo	4—19
FY2020	92	6 mo	5—9
FY2019	131	5 mo	4—6
FY2018	70	3 mo	3—4
FY2017	77	6 mo	4—8
FY2016	52	7 mo	6—9
FY2015	53	5 mo	5—7
FY2014	64	28 mo	16—37
FY2013	37	7 mo	5—24

Duration runs from the NTA date (charging document served) to the decision on the application. Median, not mean: the distribution has a long right tail. Cases decided this year may have begun a decade ago, so duration by year of decision is not a forecast for a case filed today.

The queue

Cases with no decision yet. A different figure from the duration of completed cases: quick cases leave the queue first, so the long ones accumulate among those still waiting.

No undecided cases in this release.

What became of appeals to the BIA

An immigration judge's decision can be appealed to the Board of Immigration Appeals. This is what the Board did with those appeals. A high share of reversals and remands tells a different story than a low grant rate alone.

What became of appeals to the BIA
BIA decision	Appeals
Dismiss Appeal/Affirm IJ's Decision	2,238
Remand	439
Withdrawal of Appeal	430
Denied	363
Summary Affirmance	239
Other	181
Dismiss Soriano	105
Lacks Jurisdiction - BIA	99
Sustain	89
Dismissed (Grant V/D 30 days)	87
Granted	64
Moot Bond	52
Dismissed (Voluntary Departure Granted)	51
Temporary Protected Status	50
Summarily Dismiss	49
SUMMARY AFFIRMANCE/VD	39
Background Check Remand	36
Termination	36
Dismiss as Untimely	29
Denied Soriano	13
Summary Dismissal (e) no brief	11
Grant with no Remand	10
Rejection	7
Summary Dismissal (G) untimely or waived appeal	7
Continued	4
Terminate-DHS PD	4
Other Soriano	4
Administratively Closed	3
ROP Returned to Court to correct deficiency	2
SUMMARY DISMISSAL - BOTH (a) & (e)	1
American Baptist Church Settlement	1
MB	1
Summary Dismissal (o) Other	1
Summary Dismissal (a) inad reason on appeal	1

Data comes from the monthly EOIR Case Data release (U.S. DOJ FOIA Library). This service is not affiliated with the U.S. government and does not provide legal advice. The data lags by roughly a month; for current case status use ACIS and Respondent Access. The source is known to have missing records, including relief applications — absent data does not mean it is absent from your case.