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Immigration judges

1,232 judges

Lists are ordered by number of decisions, not by grant rate: a best-to-worst ranking of this data would mislead.

Judges with fewer than 50 decisions are not listed: at that sample size the percentage is noise rather than a characteristic. Their pages still open by direct link.

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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.

Found: 1,232 · not hearing cases: 452

U.S. immigration judges: volume and asylum grant rate
JudgeCourtDecisionsGranted95% interval
Rohan, Patricia A.not hearing casesNEW YORK — IMMIGRATION COURT8,85556%55% — 57%
Morace, Philip L.not hearing casesNEW YORK — IMMIGRATION COURT8,26163%62% — 64%
Mcmanus, Margaretnot hearing casesNEW YORK — IMMIGRATION COURT8,06776%75% — 77%
Laforest, BrigitteNEW YORK — IMMIGRATION COURT7,78576%75% — 77%
Bain, Terry A.nothing scheduledNEW YORK — IMMIGRATION COURT7,57588%87% — 88%
Nelson, Barbara A.NEW YORK — IMMIGRATION COURT7,36733%32% — 34%
Chew, George T.not hearing casesNEW YORK — IMMIGRATION COURT7,11371%70% — 72%
Schoppert, Douglas B.nothing scheduledNEW YORK — IMMIGRATION COURT6,83974%73% — 75%
Weisel, Robert D.not hearing casesNEW YORK — IMMIGRATION COURT6,45549%48% — 50%
Brennan, Noel A.NEW YORK — IMMIGRATION COURT6,14287%87% — 88%
Lamb, Elizabeth A.not hearing casesNEW YORK — IMMIGRATION COURT6,05777%76% — 78%
Hom, Sandynot hearing casesNEW YORK — IMMIGRATION COURT5,86023%22% — 24%
Cassidy, William A.not hearing casesATLANTA — IMMIGRATION COURT5,6513%3% — 4%
Sichel, Helennot hearing casesNEW YORK — IMMIGRATION COURT5,65072%71% — 73%
Elstein, Annette S.not hearing casesNEW YORK — IMMIGRATION COURT5,61853%52% — 55%
Videla, Gabriel C.nothing scheduledMIAMI — IMMIGRATION COURT5,60024%23% — 25%
Gossart, John F., JR.not hearing casesBALTIMORE — IMMIGRATION COURT5,59535%33% — 36%
Gordon-Uruakpa, Vivienne E.NEW YORK — IMMIGRATION COURT5,59383%82% — 84%
Dowell, J. DanielMIAMI — IMMIGRATION COURT5,55915%14% — 16%
Solow, Bruce W.not hearing casesMIAMI — IMMIGRATION COURT5,51418%17% — 19%
Josephson, Kennethnot hearing casesTACOMA — IMMIGRATION COURT5,38933%31% — 34%
Ghartey, Victoria L.Orlando — IMMIGRATION COURT5,38548%47% — 49%
Bryant, John Milonothing scheduledMIAMI — IMMIGRATION COURT5,20139%38% — 41%
Straus, Michael W.HARTFORD — IMMIGRATION COURT5,10025%24% — 27%
Barrett, Bruce M.not hearing casesBALTIMORE — IMMIGRATION COURT5,04627%26% — 28%
Alexander, Scott G.MIAMI — IMMIGRATION COURT4,89118%17% — 19%
Torreh-Bayouth, LillianaMIAMI — IMMIGRATION COURT4,86823%22% — 24%
Burman, Lawrence O.ANNANDALE — IMMIGRATION COURTpreviously MEMPHIS — IMMIGRATION COURT4,80959%58% — 60%
Ortiz-Segura, Rafaelnot hearing casesGUAYNABO — IMMIGRATION COURT4,80445%44% — 47%
Parchert, Brett M.SEATTLE — IMMIGRATION COURT4,70130%28% — 31%
Burr, Sarah M.not hearing casesNEW YORK — IMMIGRATION COURT4,60554%52% — 55%
Christensen, Jesse B.NEW YORK — IMMIGRATION COURT4,50340%38% — 41%
Bukszpan, Joanna M.not hearing casesNEW YORK — IMMIGRATION COURT4,49265%64% — 67%
Churchill, Joan V.not hearing casesANNANDALE — IMMIGRATION COURT4,44816%15% — 17%
Ford, Rex J.not hearing casesMIAMI — IMMIGRATION COURT4,42112%11% — 13%
Balasquide, Javier E.MIAMI — IMMIGRATION COURTpreviously NEW YORK — IMMIGRATION COURT4,34648%47% — 50%
Marks, Dana Leighnothing scheduledSAN FRANCISCO — IMMIGRATION COURT4,20867%65% — 68%
Endelman, Gary E.HOUSTON — IMMIGRATION COURT4,17911%10% — 12%
Lane, Denise A. MarksMIAMI — IMMIGRATION COURT4,16316%15% — 17%
Walton, Richard D.not hearing casesLOS ANGELES — WEST LOS ANGELES IMMIGRATION COURT4,15318%16% — 19%
Mander, Stephen E.MIAMI — IMMIGRATION COURT4,13629%28% — 30%
Wyke, William Vannot hearing casesNEW YORK — IMMIGRATION COURT4,13078%77% — 80%
Iskra, Waynenot hearing casesNEW YORK — IMMIGRATION COURT4,05036%34% — 37%
Williams, Phillip T.HYATTSVILLE — IMMIGRATION COURTpreviously BALTIMORE — IMMIGRATION COURT4,03535%34% — 37%
Bhagat, NimmoHOUSTON — IMMIGRATION COURT3,97612%11% — 13%
Dornell, Lisanot hearing casesBALTIMORE — IMMIGRATION COURT3,97554%52% — 55%
Riefkohl, Alberto J.NEWARK — IMMIGRATION COURT3,94851%50% — 53%
Horn, Michael C.MIAMI — IMMIGRATION COURT3,89423%21% — 24%
Vinikoor, Robert D.not hearing casesCHICAGO — IMMIGRATION COURT3,89030%28% — 31%
Sanders, Charles J.not hearing casesMIAMI — IMMIGRATION COURT3,82518%17% — 20%
Defonzo, Paulnot hearing casesNEW YORK — IMMIGRATION COURT3,82343%41% — 44%
Holmes-Simmons, TheresaCHARLOTTE — IMMIGRATION COURTpreviously NEW YORK — IMMIGRATION COURT3,76758%56% — 59%
Honeyman, Charles M.not hearing casesPHILADELPHIA — IMMIGRATION COURT3,66641%39% — 42%
Slavin, Denise N.nothing scheduledMIAMI — IMMIGRATION COURT3,65357%55% — 59%
Poczter, Aviva L.NEW YORK — IMMIGRATION COURT3,64855%53% — 56%
Stancill, Christine ELOS ANGELES — WEST LOS ANGELES IMMIGRATION COURT3,57842%40% — 44%
Anderson, David C.WEST VALLEY — IMMIGRATION COURT3,53344%42% — 46%
Williams, Keith C.not hearing casesMIAMI — IMMIGRATION COURT3,51012%11% — 13%
Stockton, Bette Kanenot hearing casesSAN FRANCISCO — IMMIGRATION COURT3,47635%33% — 36%
Fong, Thomasnot hearing casesLOS ANGELES — WEST LOS ANGELES IMMIGRATION COURT3,46210%9% — 11%

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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.