10 judges · GA
The Atlanta Detained, GA Immigration Court has an overall asylum approval rate of 3.2% across 34,974 decided cases. The court has 10 immigration judges. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
The Atlanta Detained, GA Immigration Court has an overall asylum grant rate of 3.2% 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 Pelletier, J. Dan (15,740 total cases), Gallow,Sheila E. (3,231 total cases), and Lampley-Fortson, Christa J. (2,742 total cases). The largest nationality groups shown for this court include Guatemala (3,628 decided, 0.4% grant rate), Mexico (1,577 decided, 2.7% grant rate), and Honduras (1,568 decided, 0.4% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pelletier, J. Dan | 3.9% | 452 | 11,174 | 11,626 |
| Gallow,Sheila E. | 2.5% | 72 | 2,800 | 2,872 |
| Lampley-Fortson, Christa J. | 0.2% | 2 | 889 | 891 |
| Wright, Daniel J. | 0.0% | 0 | 70 | 70 |
| Gullo, Benedict | 0.0% | 0 | 40 | 40 |
| McBride, Robert | 0.0% | 0 | 25 | 25 |
| Pelletier, Dan | 5.9% | 1 | 16 | 17 |
| Yates, Clarease Rankin (Visiting Judge) | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Lasseur, Crystal | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Randall, Anthony J. | 75.0% | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guatemala | 0.4% | 14 | 3,614 | 3,628 |
| Mexico | 2.7% | 43 | 1,534 | 1,577 |
| Honduras | 0.4% | 7 | 1,561 | 1,568 |
| El Salvador | 1.2% | 4 | 340 | 344 |
| Venezuela | 4.9% | 14 | 272 | 286 |
| Colombia | 3.4% | 5 | 143 | 148 |
| Nicaragua | 0.0% | 0 | 137 | 137 |
| Cuba | 4.1% | 4 | 93 | 97 |
| Ecuador | 0.0% | 0 | 80 | 80 |
| Peru | 0.0% | 0 | 65 | 65 |
| Jamaica | 1.7% | 1 | 59 | 60 |
| Dominican Republic | 0.0% | 0 | 54 | 54 |
| India | 2.2% | 1 | 44 | 45 |
| Haiti | 10.3% | 4 | 35 | 39 |
| Brazil | 2.9% | 1 | 34 | 35 |
| Nigeria | 19.4% | 6 | 25 | 31 |
| China | 3.3% | 1 | 29 | 30 |
| Nepal | 0.0% | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| Romania | 0.0% | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| Russia | 0.0% | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Cameroon | 57.1% | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| Vietnam | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Pakistan | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Ghana | 20.0% | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| United Kingdom | 20.0% | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Guadeloupe | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Afghanistan | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Bangladesh | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Senegal | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Egypt | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Mauritania | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Jordan | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Turkey | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 2 |