Judge Bain, Quynh Vu

Not hearing cases: nothing for over two years

Last hearing: January 31, 2023
Next hearing: none scheduled
Last decision: December 11, 2025

Courts worked at: 24

Worked here before

ANNANDALE — IMMIGRATION COURT2008—2023 · 22,689 hearings
BOSTON — IMMIGRATION COURT2008—2019 · 507 hearings
ELIZABETH — IMMIGRATION COURT2011—2018 · 1,042 hearings
BALTIMORE — IMMIGRATION COURT2014—2017 · 727 hearings
OTERO — IMMIGRATION COURT2017—2017 · 134 hearings
PHILADELPHIA — IMMIGRATION COURT2008—2016 · 10 hearings
NEW YORK — IMMIGRATION COURT2009—2016 · 233 hearings
DETROIT — IMMIGRATION COURT2009—2015 · 211 hearings
DALLAS — IMMIGRATION COURT2008—2015 · 170 hearings
DENVER — IMMIGRATION COURT2014—2014 · 531 hearings
AURORA — IMMIGRATION COURT2009—2014 · 14 hearings
KANSAS CITY — IMMIGRATION COURT2007—2014 · 558 hearings
PHOENIX — IMMIGRATION COURT2012—2014 · 117 hearings
CONROE — IMMIGRATION COURT2014—2014 · 174 hearings
LOS FRESNOS — IMMIGRATION COURT2008—2014 · 73 hearings
FLORENCE — IMMIGRATION COURT2009—2014 · 174 hearings
OMAHA — IMMIGRATION COURT2011—2013 · 10 hearings
PEARSALL — IMMIGRATION COURT2008—2013 · 59 hearings
TACOMA — IMMIGRATION COURT2011—2013 · 110 hearings
SAN FRANCISCO — IMMIGRATION COURT2011—2013 · 105 hearings
CHICAGO — IMMIGRATION COURT2008—2013 · 43 hearings
HARLINGEN — IMMIGRATION COURT2008—2011 · 63 hearings
SAN ANTONIO — IMMIGRATION COURT2008—2009 · 29 hearings
CLEVELAND — IMMIGRATION COURT2008—2009 · 45 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.

31%

Asylum grant rate

of 1,417 decisions · FY2008–FY2021

95% interval: 29% — 34%

granted:: 442
denied:: 975

The period has closed

This judge no longer hears cases, so the figure describes FY2008–FY2021 — not what happens in the court today. Asylum rules and the mix of cases have changed since.

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 judge31% (1,417)
The whole court — ANNANDALE — IMMIGRATION COURT42% (34,999)
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.

Show as a table

Grant rate by fiscal year
Period	decisions	granted	95% interval
FY2020	54	22%	13% — 35%
FY2019	315	18%	14% — 22%
FY2018	267	31%	26% — 37%
FY2017	164	45%	38% — 53%
FY2016	80	59%	48% — 69%
FY2015	110	20%	14% — 28%
FY2014	48	46%	33% — 60%
FY2013	67	33%	23% — 45%
FY2012	73	23%	15% — 34%
FY2011	96	40%	30% — 50%
FY2010	100	29%	21% — 39%
FY2009	29	41%	26% — 59%
FY2008	14	50%	27% — 73%

By applicant nationality

Grant rate by nationality, largest volumes first
Nationality	decisions	granted	95% interval
EL SALVADOR	550	32%	28% — 36%
HONDURAS	215	24%	19% — 30%
GUATEMALA	162	22%	17% — 29%
CHINA	69	42%	31% — 54%
MEXICO	51	12%	6% — 23%
SOMALIA	33	36%	22% — 53%
ETHIOPIA	28	86%	69% — 94%
ERITREA	24	54%	35% — 72%
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC	17	0%	0% — 18%
PERU	11	0%	0% — 26%
INDIA	11	9%	2% — 38%
NEPAL	11	27%	10% — 57%
ALBANIA	10	60%	31% — 83%
PAKISTAN	10	0%	0% — 28%
KENYA	10	60%	31% — 83%

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.

26 mo

median

half of cases: 13—38 mo

based on 1,417 cases

NTA-to-decision duration by fiscal year
Decided in	Cases	median	half of cases, mo
FY2020	54	52 mo	48—61
FY2019	315	35 mo	31—40
FY2018	267	25 mo	22—30
FY2017	164	19 mo	13—28
FY2016	80	13 mo	7—27
FY2015	110	5 mo	4—7
FY2014	48	4 mo	2—8
FY2013	67	17 mo	6—52
FY2012	73	29 mo	7—55
FY2011	96	32 mo	19—45

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	480
Remand	270
Denied	85
Dismissed (Voluntary Departure Granted)	28
Withdrawal of Appeal	26
Background Check Remand	20
Summary Affirmance	19
Summary Dismissal (e) no brief	17
ROP Returned to Court to correct deficiency	15
Other	14
Termination	12
Lacks Jurisdiction - BIA	9
Moot Bond	7
Sustain	6
Administratively Closed-DHS PD	6
Summarily Dismiss	5
Administratively Closed	5
Grant with no Remand	3
Terminate-DHS PD	3
Summary Dismissal (G) untimely or waived appeal	1
Temporary Protected Status	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.