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Immigration judges

1,270 judges

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

EOIR data through August 31, 2026 · built September 11, 2026 · What these dates mean

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, a transfer and an extended absence cannot be told apart — only what the calendar shows is stated here.

How this is counted

Hearings are scheduled two to three years out, so an empty calendar for a working judge is rare; but for a judge who went quiet in the last few months it may simply be the data lagging. The lookup table's "active" flag is not used: it disagrees with the calendar for a third of judges.

Found: 1,270 · not hearing cases: 455

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 Court8,26063%62% — 64%
Mcmanus, MargaretNot hearing casesNew York Immigration Court8,06676%75% — 77%
Laforest, BrigitteNew York Immigration Court7,78876%75% — 77%
Bain, Terry A.Nothing scheduledNew York Immigration Court7,57588%87% — 88%
Nelson, Barbara A.New York Immigration Court7,45932%31% — 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 Court6,14387%87% — 88%
Lamb, Elizabeth A.Not hearing casesNew York Immigration Court6,05677%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 Court5,61753%52% — 55%
Videla, Gabriel C.Nothing scheduledMiami Immigration Court5,60024%23% — 25%
Gordon-Uruakpa, Vivienne E.New York Immigration Court5,59683%82% — 84%
Gossart, John F., JR.Not hearing casesBaltimore Immigration Court5,59435%33% — 36%
Dowell, J. DanielMiami Immigration Court5,58615%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 MiloNot hearing casesMiami Immigration Court5,20339%38% — 41%
Straus, Michael W.Hartford Immigration Court5,10525%24% — 27%
Barrett, Bruce M.Not hearing casesBaltimore Immigration Court5,04627%26% — 28%
Alexander, Scott G.Miami Immigration Court4,90918%17% — 19%
Torreh-Bayouth, LillianaMiami Immigration Court4,86923%22% — 24%
Burman, Lawrence O.Annandale Immigration Courtpreviously Memphis Immigration Court4,81059%58% — 60%
Ortiz-Segura, RafaelNot hearing casesGuaynabo Immigration Court4,80445%44% — 47%
Parchert, Brett M.Seattle Immigration Court4,72229%28% — 31%
Burr, Sarah M.Not hearing casesNew York Immigration Court4,60454%52% — 55%
Christensen, Jesse B.New York Immigration Court4,50340%38% — 41%
Bukszpan, Joanna M.Not hearing casesNew York Immigration Court4,49165%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 Court4,38448%46% — 49%
Endelman, Gary E.Houston Immigration Court4,21511%10% — 12%
Marks, Dana LeighNothing scheduledSan Francisco Immigration Court4,20867%65% — 68%
Lane, Denise A. MarksMiami Immigration Court4,19116%15% — 17%
Walton, Richard D.Not hearing casesWest Los Angeles Immigration Court4,15318%16% — 19%
Mander, Stephen E.Miami Immigration Court4,14029%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 Court4,03435%34% — 37%
Bhagat, NimmoHouston Immigration Court4,01212%11% — 13%
Dornell, LisaNot hearing casesBaltimore Immigration Court3,97554%52% — 55%
Riefkohl, Alberto J.Newark Immigration Court3,96251%49% — 52%
Horn, Michael C.Miami Immigration Court3,89523%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 Court3,82243%41% — 44%
Holmes-Simmons, TheresaCharlotte Immigration Courtpreviously New York Immigration Court3,77058%56% — 59%
Poczter, Aviva L.New York Immigration Court3,66855%53% — 56%
Honeyman, Charles M.Not hearing casesPhiladelphia Immigration Court3,66541%39% — 42%
Slavin, Denise N.Nothing scheduledMiami Immigration Court3,65357%55% — 59%
Stancill, Christine EWest Los Angeles Immigration Court3,58242%40% — 44%
Anderson, David C.West Valley Immigration Court3,54844%42% — 46%
Williams, Keith C.Not hearing casesMiami Immigration Court3,51012%11% — 13%
Ling, Lisa W.New York Immigration Court3,48638%37% — 40%
Stockton, Bette KaneNot hearing casesSan Francisco Immigration Court3,47635%33% — 36%

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If you know the surname, the search above is quicker. The letter index is for browsing: all 1,270 judges on a single page would be unreadable.

Judges of a particular court are listed on that court's page.

How this percentage is calculated

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