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67 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.

U.S. immigration judges: volume and asylum grant rate
JudgeCourtDecisionsGranted95% interval
Dowell, J. DanielMiami Immigration Court5,58615%14% — 16%
Dornell, LisaNot hearing casesBaltimore Immigration Court3,97554%52% — 55%
Defonzo, PaulNot hearing casesNew York Immigration Court3,82243%41% — 44%
Daniel, Roy J.Not hearing casesWest Los Angeles Immigration Court3,3724%4% — 5%
Dogin, Henry S.Not hearing casesNewark Immigration Court2,99031%30% — 33%
Deiss, Ila C.San Francisco Immigration Court2,55989%88% — 90%
Dufresne, Jill H.Baltimore Immigration Court2,17243%41% — 45%
Douchy, Evalyn P.New York Immigration Court2,08873%71% — 75%
Dunkel-Bradley, DorothyNot hearing casesWest Los Angeles Immigration Court1,95935%33% — 37%
Dierkes, JosephNot hearing casesFort Snelling Immigration Court1,94932%30% — 34%
Duck, John A., JR.Jena Immigration Court1,93115%14% — 17%
Dorfman, Arlene E.Van Nuys Immigration Courtpreviously Adelanto Immigration Court1,84135%32% — 37%
Drucker, RichardCleveland Immigration Courtpreviously New York Immigration Court1,76431%29% — 34%
Defoe, Craig A.Chicago Immigration Court1,64329%27% — 31%
de Cardona, Lisa A.Charlotte Immigration Courtpreviously Lumpkin Immigration Court1,54021%19% — 23%
Durling, Walter A.Not hearing casesBuffalo Immigration Court1,33329%27% — 32%
D'Ambrosio, Billino WNot hearing casesBoston Immigration Court1,3088%7% — 9%
Doughty, BlakeAtlanta Immigration Court1,2988%7% — 10%
DeCure, JohnNew York Immigration Court1,28223%21% — 26%
De Angelis, Kathryn L.Eloy Immigration Courtpreviously Chicago Immigration Court1,27748%45% — 50%
D'Angelo, Matthew J.Not hearing casesHartford Immigration Court1,26051%48% — 53%
Daw, Alison ENothing scheduledWest Los Angeles Immigration Court1,23863%60% — 66%
Dandelet, KyleNew York Immigration Court1,12856%53% — 59%
Diaz, IrmaHyattsville Immigration Courtpreviously Chicago Immigration Court1,03310%8% — 12%
Depaolo, Zsa ZsaNot hearing casesSan Diego Immigration Court1,02343%40% — 46%
De Jongh, Lourdes RodriguezMiami Immigration Court99229%26% — 31%
Davis-Gumbs, Xiomara DianaDallas Immigration Court96716%14% — 18%
Davis, John W.Not hearing casesAurora Immigration Court95814%12% — 16%
Devitto, JamesNothing scheduledEloy Immigration Court88023%20% — 26%
Dehn, James T.Sterling73027%23% — 30%
Daugherty, Daniel J.Las Vegas Immigration Court70628%25% — 32%
Dinsdale, JustinHouston Immigration Court7002%1% — 3%
Dillon, Chloe S.San Francisco Immigration Court69790%88% — 92%
Desai, JankhanaWest Los Angeles Immigration Court68426%23% — 29%
Dvorak, CharissaDallas Immigration Courtpreviously Houston Immigration Court68212%10% — 15%
Diaz-Rex, JuliaOrlando Immigration Courtpreviously Oakdale Immigration Court65815%12% — 18%
Del Bene, Charles A.Not hearing casesWest Los Angeles Immigration Court63936%33% — 40%
Donovan, Mark D.Boston Immigration Court60350%46% — 54%
Defillo, Irma LopezNot hearing casesGuaynabo Immigration Court57324%21% — 28%
Davis, Howard R.San Francisco Immigration Court56875%72% — 79%
Diao, AnnaNew York Immigration Court54123%20% — 27%
Donoso-Stevens, KarenAnnandale Immigration Court53534%30% — 38%
Duncan, Randall W.Not hearing casesLumpkin Immigration Court53410%8% — 13%
Dodd, DianeNew York Immigration Court49925%21% — 29%
Dimarzio, Philip L.Not hearing casesChicago Immigration Court40526%22% — 30%
Davis, Michael P.Sterling40335%31% — 40%
Davey, BenjaminNothing scheduledDetroit Immigration Court39320%16% — 24%
Donnolo, PaulaNot hearing casesNew York Immigration Court38376%72% — 80%
Degaeto, Anthony M.Not hearing casesNew York Immigration Court3777%5% — 10%
Davis, Paula V.Not hearing casesKansas City Immigration Court36634%29% — 39%
Dean, Larry R.Not hearing casesNew York Immigration Court36117%14% — 21%
D'Andrea, Holly A.Conroe Immigration Court35024%20% — 29%
Dinh, Roger H.San Francisco Immigration Court34435%30% — 40%
Depowell, Bryan E.Adelanto Immigration Court3217%4% — 10%
Durkin, JenniferNew York Immigration Court32060%55% — 66%
Driscoll, RobertIndianapolis, Indianapreviously Buffalo Immigration Court30916%12% — 21%
DePuy, AlbertoNew Orleans Immigration Court30040%35% — 46%
Der-Yeghiayan, SamuelNot hearing casesChicago Immigration Court25831%26% — 37%
Doolittle, TheodoreHartford Immigration Court25848%42% — 55%
Dotson, ChadwickCharlotte Immigration Court22411%7% — 15%
Dixon, PaulaNothing scheduledOtay Mesa Immigration Court15431%24% — 39%
Douglas Richard J.Dallas Immigration Court1310%0% — 3%
Dillow, EricOmaha Immigration Court13119%13% — 27%
Dictson, DeborahDallas Immigration Court1240%0% — 3%
Day, Steven F.Not hearing casesBoston Immigration Court8322%14% — 32%
Dubuc, LucianaChelmsford Immigration Court763%1% — 9%
Driscoll, John T.Nothing scheduledWest Los Angeles Immigration Court7332%22% — 43%
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.