36 judges · VA
The Arlington, VA Immigration Court has an overall asylum approval rate of 10.4% across 23,063 decided cases. The court has 36 immigration judges. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
The Arlington, VA Immigration Court has an overall asylum grant rate of 10.4% in the current AsylumTracker dataset. Court-level statistics aggregate judges and cases assigned to that court, so the court average can differ sharply from any one judge's profile.
High-volume judge profiles at this court include Burman, Lawrence O. (20,694 total cases), Mendez, Francisco (4,103 total cases), and Farrar-Crockett, Emily (3,902 total cases). The largest nationality groups shown for this court include Honduras (4,108 decided, 7.0% grant rate), El Salvador (3,448 decided, 10.3% grant rate), and Guatemala (3,217 decided, 4.2% grant rate).
Asylum grant rate is calculated as granted / (granted + denied). Procedural outcomes are separated so users can distinguish merits decisions from docket-management outcomes.
This page uses public EOIR records last updated 2026-07-01. The data is informational and should not be treated as legal advice or a prediction for any individual case.
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| Judge | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burman, Lawrence O. | 34.4% | 5,285 | 10,097 | 15,382 |
| Mendez, Francisco | 16.0% | 585 | 3,070 | 3,655 |
| Farrar-Crockett, Emily | 9.5% | 327 | 3,119 | 3,446 |
| Nadkarni, Deepali | 18.9% | 572 | 2,461 | 3,033 |
| Torg, Cynthia Shepherd | 9.6% | 319 | 3,000 | 3,319 |
| Choi, Raphael | 10.9% | 330 | 2,694 | 3,024 |
| Mccloskey, Paul A. | 5.2% | 161 | 2,926 | 3,087 |
| Donoso-Stevens, Karen | 17.5% | 440 | 2,078 | 2,518 |
| Barnes, John C. | 9.5% | 215 | 2,058 | 2,273 |
| Campanella, Lorianne | 28.8% | 654 | 1,618 | 2,272 |
| Lukose, Lolita M. | 20.3% | 453 | 1,779 | 2,232 |
| Braun, Jason E. | 12.1% | 181 | 1,319 | 1,500 |
| Pratt, Sherease R. | 11.6% | 245 | 1,862 | 2,107 |
| Lewis, Michael A. | 10.9% | 207 | 1,697 | 1,904 |
| Vanveldhuisen, Richard W. | 12.8% | 223 | 1,517 | 1,740 |
| Lakomy, Michelle L. | 8.0% | 121 | 1,398 | 1,519 |
| Lundberg, Robert K. | 10.1% | 154 | 1,375 | 1,529 |
| Gardey, David A. | 5.9% | 74 | 1,172 | 1,246 |
| Welsh, Alysha M. | 9.5% | 128 | 1,218 | 1,346 |
| Gadson-Andrews, Ashley | 12.4% | 127 | 896 | 1,023 |
| Petit, Anam Rahman. | 17.3% | 153 | 732 | 885 |
| Perry, Jamie B. | 19.7% | 124 | 504 | 628 |
| O'Brien, Matthew J. | 4.9% | 24 | 463 | 487 |
| Walters, Rebecca J. | 33.8% | 111 | 217 | 328 |
| Gupta, Dimple | 4.4% | 16 | 350 | 366 |
| Lomartire, Nicole C. | 49.3% | 139 | 143 | 282 |
| Mayberry, Karen E. | 25.4% | 16 | 47 | 63 |
| Soto, Jorene S. | 8.3% | 14 | 154 | 168 |
| Koss, Lenka J. | 4.6% | 7 | 146 | 153 |
| McBride, Kimberly C. | 43.4% | 53 | 69 | 122 |
| Sweet, Matthew | 3.4% | 3 | 84 | 87 |
| Eyes, Megan H. | 1.5% | 1 | 67 | 68 |
| Day, Christopher | 87.5% | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| Karram, Omar Z. | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Jaysura, Tanzania | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Bennett, Joshua L. | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Honduras | 7.0% | 286 | 3,822 | 4,108 |
| El Salvador | 10.3% | 354 | 3,094 | 3,448 |
| Guatemala | 4.2% | 134 | 3,083 | 3,217 |
| Bolivia | 5.4% | 141 | 2,455 | 2,596 |
| Mexico | 3.7% | 60 | 1,542 | 1,602 |
| Peru | 8.7% | 124 | 1,305 | 1,429 |
| Venezuela | 13.1% | 145 | 962 | 1,107 |
| Colombia | 7.1% | 57 | 746 | 803 |
| Nicaragua | 13.1% | 102 | 676 | 778 |
| Mauritania | 13.2% | 67 | 439 | 506 |
| Turkey | 31.1% | 92 | 204 | 296 |
| Afghanistan | 66.0% | 175 | 90 | 265 |
| Ecuador | 2.5% | 6 | 231 | 237 |
| Ethiopia | 49.0% | 103 | 107 | 210 |
| Haiti | 3.7% | 6 | 156 | 162 |
| Russia | 48.9% | 64 | 67 | 131 |
| China | 51.6% | 64 | 60 | 124 |
| India | 13.9% | 16 | 99 | 115 |
| Brazil | 1.0% | 1 | 99 | 100 |
| Egypt | 31.2% | 30 | 66 | 96 |
| Ghana | 23.1% | 21 | 70 | 91 |
| Burkina Faso | 16.0% | 13 | 68 | 81 |
| Pakistan | 14.1% | 11 | 67 | 78 |
| Dominican Republic | 6.6% | 5 | 71 | 76 |
| Bangladesh | 21.3% | 13 | 48 | 61 |
| Argentina | 1.7% | 1 | 59 | 60 |
| Romania | 0.0% | 0 | 58 | 58 |
| Cuba | 23.6% | 13 | 42 | 55 |
| Cameroon | 40.4% | 21 | 31 | 52 |
| Azerbaijan | 45.1% | 23 | 28 | 51 |
| Somalia | 40.8% | 20 | 29 | 49 |
| Jamaica | 6.2% | 3 | 45 | 48 |
| Morocco | 12.5% | 6 | 42 | 48 |
| Senegal | 8.3% | 4 | 44 | 48 |
| Nepal | 14.0% | 6 | 37 | 43 |
| Vietnam | 19.0% | 8 | 34 | 42 |
| Jordan | 18.9% | 7 | 30 | 37 |
| Uzbekistan | 41.2% | 14 | 20 | 34 |
| Iran | 46.9% | 15 | 17 | 32 |
| Eritrea | 56.7% | 17 | 13 | 30 |
| Sierra Leone | 26.7% | 8 | 22 | 30 |
| Nigeria | 17.9% | 5 | 23 | 28 |
| Sudan | 40.7% | 11 | 16 | 27 |
| Guinea | 34.6% | 9 | 17 | 26 |
| Georgia | 58.3% | 14 | 10 | 24 |
| Iraq | 58.3% | 14 | 10 | 24 |
| South Korea | 16.7% | 4 | 20 | 24 |
| Mongolia | 4.3% | 1 | 22 | 23 |
| Turkmenistan | 41.2% | 7 | 10 | 17 |
| Philippines | 12.5% | 2 | 14 | 16 |
| Panama | 6.7% | 1 | 14 | 15 |
| Tajikistan (Tadzhik) | 26.7% | 4 | 11 | 15 |
| Thailand | 15.4% | 2 | 11 | 13 |
| Costa Rica | 0.0% | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| Ukraine | 16.7% | 2 | 10 | 12 |
| Congo | 9.1% | 1 | 10 | 11 |
| Unknown Nationality | 36.4% | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| Chile | 0.0% | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Kazakhstan | 30.0% | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| United Kingdom | 10.0% | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| Canada | 10.0% | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| Serbia | 22.2% | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| Indonesia | 12.5% | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| Tunisia | 28.6% | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| Togo | 14.3% | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| Moldavia (Moldova) | 33.3% | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Ireland | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Saudi Arabia | 16.7% | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Democratic Republic Of Congo | 20.0% | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Kenya | 20.0% | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Tanzania | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| France | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Gambia | 50.0% | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Trinidad And Tobago | 25.0% | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Germany | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Netherlands | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Algeria | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Israel | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Italy | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Liberia | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |