13 judges · VA
The Arlington, VA Immigration Court has an overall asylum approval rate of 9.1% across 18,144 decided cases. The court has 13 immigration judges. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
The Arlington, VA Immigration Court has an overall asylum grant rate of 9.1% 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 Mendez, Francisco (3,639 total cases), Barnes, John C. (2,238 total cases), and Braun, Jason E. (2,018 total cases). The largest nationality groups shown for this court include Honduras (3,328 decided, 7.6% grant rate), El Salvador (2,705 decided, 11.0% grant rate), and Guatemala (2,628 decided, 4.7% 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 2026-05-08. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mendez, Francisco | 14.1% | 363 | 2,217 | 2,580 |
| Barnes, John C. | 10.8% | 180 | 1,494 | 1,674 |
| Braun, Jason E. | 12.8% | 143 | 972 | 1,115 |
| Pratt, Sherease R. | 12.8% | 213 | 1,452 | 1,665 |
| Welsh, Alysha M. | 8.8% | 106 | 1,101 | 1,207 |
| Lundberg, Robert K. | 11.4% | 123 | 960 | 1,083 |
| Petit, Anam Rahman. | 16.2% | 137 | 709 | 846 |
| Perry, Jamie B. | 18.6% | 106 | 463 | 569 |
| O'Brien, Matthew J. | 4.0% | 18 | 432 | 450 |
| Walters, Rebecca J. | 40.6% | 91 | 133 | 224 |
| Lomartire, Nicole C. | 49.4% | 123 | 126 | 249 |
| McBride, Kimberly C. | 39.2% | 40 | 62 | 102 |
| Soto, Jorene S. | 14.3% | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Honduras | 7.6% | 252 | 3,076 | 3,328 |
| El Salvador | 11.0% | 298 | 2,407 | 2,705 |
| Guatemala | 4.7% | 123 | 2,505 | 2,628 |
| Bolivia | 5.8% | 116 | 1,887 | 2,003 |
| Mexico | 3.4% | 44 | 1,269 | 1,313 |
| Peru | 9.5% | 112 | 1,072 | 1,184 |
| Venezuela | 13.7% | 115 | 722 | 837 |
| Nicaragua | 14.3% | 93 | 558 | 651 |
| Colombia | 7.7% | 49 | 586 | 635 |
| Mauritania | 16.1% | 62 | 322 | 384 |
| Turkey | 30.4% | 73 | 167 | 240 |
| Afghanistan | 65.7% | 142 | 74 | 216 |
| Ecuador | 3.3% | 6 | 176 | 182 |
| Ethiopia | 54.3% | 88 | 74 | 162 |
| Russia | 50.8% | 60 | 58 | 118 |
| Haiti | 3.7% | 4 | 103 | 107 |
| China | 51.6% | 48 | 45 | 93 |
| India | 15.5% | 13 | 71 | 84 |
| Egypt | 32.1% | 25 | 53 | 78 |
| Brazil | 1.3% | 1 | 76 | 77 |
| Ghana | 27.4% | 20 | 53 | 73 |
| Burkina Faso | 17.5% | 11 | 52 | 63 |
| Dominican Republic | 6.5% | 4 | 58 | 62 |
| Pakistan | 19.0% | 11 | 47 | 58 |
| Romania | 0.0% | 0 | 53 | 53 |
| Bangladesh | 25.5% | 13 | 38 | 51 |
| Argentina | 2.2% | 1 | 44 | 45 |
| Somalia | 47.6% | 20 | 22 | 42 |
| Azerbaijan | 43.9% | 18 | 23 | 41 |
| Cameroon | 50.0% | 20 | 20 | 40 |
| Cuba | 13.9% | 5 | 31 | 36 |
| Morocco | 14.3% | 5 | 30 | 35 |
| Jamaica | 5.7% | 2 | 33 | 35 |
| Nepal | 14.3% | 5 | 30 | 35 |
| Vietnam | 20.0% | 7 | 28 | 35 |
| Jordan | 21.9% | 7 | 25 | 32 |
| Senegal | 9.7% | 3 | 28 | 31 |
| Eritrea | 63.0% | 17 | 10 | 27 |
| Uzbekistan | 48.1% | 13 | 14 | 27 |
| Sierra Leone | 30.8% | 8 | 18 | 26 |
| Iran | 53.8% | 14 | 12 | 26 |
| Nigeria | 13.6% | 3 | 19 | 22 |
| Georgia | 66.7% | 14 | 7 | 21 |
| Iraq | 73.7% | 14 | 5 | 19 |
| Guinea | 35.3% | 6 | 11 | 17 |
| Sudan | 47.1% | 8 | 9 | 17 |
| South Korea | 30.8% | 4 | 9 | 13 |
| Tajikistan (Tadzhik) | 30.8% | 4 | 9 | 13 |
| Philippines | 15.4% | 2 | 11 | 13 |
| Turkmenistan | 58.3% | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| Mongolia | 8.3% | 1 | 11 | 12 |
| Panama | 9.1% | 1 | 10 | 11 |
| Thailand | 20.0% | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| Congo | 14.3% | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| Kazakhstan | 42.9% | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Moldavia (Moldova) | 33.3% | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Chile | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Costa Rica | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Democratic Republic Of Congo | 20.0% | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| United Kingdom | 20.0% | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Unknown Nationality | 80.0% | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Ukraine | 40.0% | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Trinidad And Tobago | 25.0% | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Gambia | 50.0% | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| France | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Tunisia | 33.3% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Liberia | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |