Skip to content
Asylum BeaconU.S. immigration court data
← All judges

Judges: L

64 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
Laforest, BrigitteNew York Immigration Court7,78876%75% — 77%
Lamb, Elizabeth A.Not hearing casesNew York Immigration Court6,05677%76% — 78%
Lane, Denise A. MarksMiami Immigration Court4,19116%15% — 17%
Ling, Lisa W.New York Immigration Court3,48638%37% — 40%
Latimore, Jan D.Nothing scheduledWest Los Angeles Immigration Court3,26220%19% — 22%
Loprest, F. James, JR.New York Immigration Court2,84666%64% — 68%
Leeds, Frederic G.New York Immigration Court2,81377%75% — 78%
Law, Philip S.Not hearing casesWest Los Angeles Immigration Court2,63717%16% — 19%
Little, Anna C.New York Immigration Courtpreviously San Francisco Immigration Court2,54257%55% — 58%
Livingston, Donn L.Not hearing casesAurora Immigration Court2,51143%41% — 45%
Left, James M.Los Angeles Immigration Courtpreviously Adelanto Immigration Court2,34420%19% — 22%
La Rocca, Joseph B.New Orleans Immigration Court2,31120%18% — 21%
Lee, Mary C.Philadelphia Immigration Court1,90831%29% — 33%
Lazare-Raphael, ShirleyNew York Immigration Court1,90123%21% — 25%
Lee, Amy T.Charlotte Immigration Courtpreviously Adelanto Immigration Court1,70813%12% — 15%
Leadbetter, Philip P.Not hearing casesSan Francisco Immigration Court1,68957%55% — 60%
Lane, NicoleNewark Immigration Court1,6027%6% — 8%
Lurye, MariaNew York Immigration Court1,59777%75% — 79%
Lopez-Enriquez, MariaCharlotte Immigration Courtpreviously Miami Immigration Court1,35813%12% — 15%
Lippman, DanielNot hearing casesOrlando Immigration Court1,31722%20% — 25%
Larsen, Alexandra R.Omaha Immigration Court1,2883%2% — 4%
Lang, Elizabeth G.Orlando Immigration Court1,23834%31% — 36%
Levine, Shira M.San Francisco Immigration Court1,22094%93% — 95%
Lyons, JorenNot hearing casesSan Francisco Immigration Court1,19856%54% — 59%
Lloyd, MichaelTucson Immigration Court1,10724%21% — 26%
Landis, Brent H.Houston Immigration Court1,0914%3% — 6%
Lee, WilburSanta Ana Immigration Court1,00010%8% — 12%
Lukose, Lolita M.Annandale Immigration Court94440%37% — 43%
Lee, AlexanderHouston Immigration Court8908%7% — 10%
Lee, JuneHyattsville Immigration Court84020%18% — 23%
Lake, Kelly B.Memphis Immigration Courtpreviously San Francisco Immigration Court83436%33% — 39%
Lafuente, CynthiaSan Antonio Immigration Courtpreviously Pearsall Immigration Court76930%27% — 33%
Luskin, Joshua D.Chicago Immigration Court76143%40% — 47%
Lewandowski, Robert M.Charlotte Immigration Court7517%5% — 9%
Lee, KalennaNew York Immigration Court74327%24% — 30%
Little, Monica M.Not hearing casesWest Los Angeles Immigration Court72538%34% — 41%
Lebreton, TanawaNew York Immigration Court70441%38% — 45%
Libeu, HeatherSanta Ana Immigration Court70111%9% — 14%
Lewis, Michael A.Annandale Immigration Court66225%22% — 28%
Lundberg, Robert K.Charlotte Immigration Courtpreviously Annandale Immigration Court57018%15% — 21%
Leonard, Joseph T.Harlingen Immigration Courtpreviously Houston Immigration Court52220%17% — 23%
Laurent, ScottNothing scheduledAdelanto Immigration Court49033%29% — 37%
Lerner, RomyMiami Immigration Court47815%12% — 19%
Lilien, Kyra S.Concord Immigration Court46168%64% — 72%
Luis, LisaNothing scheduledConroe Immigration Court4486%4% — 8%
Lakomy, Michelle L.Annandale Immigration Court42128%24% — 32%
Laragy, W. ScottNothing scheduledOakdale Immigration Court41310%7% — 13%
Lohr, BrandiBuffalo Immigration Court38322%18% — 26%
Levin, VictoriaFlorence Immigration Courtpreviously Santa Ana Immigration Court34748%43% — 54%
Lyons, Francis J.Not hearing casesNew York Immigration Court34225%21% — 30%
Lee, EdwardNothing scheduledWest Los Angeles Immigration Court30443%37% — 48%
Levay, Dean A.Not hearing casesEloy Immigration Court29356%50% — 62%
London, Charlesa E.Nothing scheduledNew York Immigration Court21931%25% — 37%
Le, HuyChelmsford Immigration Court20736%30% — 42%
Lomartire, Nicole C.Nothing scheduledAnnandale Immigration Court20754%47% — 61%
Lalor, KieranNew York Immigration Court1936%3% — 10%
Lauer, Charles A.Not hearing casesBaltimore Immigration Court1817%4% — 12%
Levinsky, Mitchell A.Not hearing casesNapanoch Immigration Court15816%11% — 23%
Lemke, Kathy J.Nothing scheduledPortland Immigration Court14157%48% — 65%
Lopez, SilviaNothing scheduledNew York Immigration Court12473%65% — 80%
Lipiec, KeithPhiladelphia Immigration Court1003%1% — 8%
Lampley-Fortson, Christa J.Atlanta Immigration Courtpreviously Lumpkin Immigration Court810%0% — 5%
Lucic, Nicholas B.El Paso Immigration Court761%<1% — 7%
Lawrence, ClaytonNew York Immigration Court522%<1% — 10%
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.