21 judges · GA
The Atlanta, GA Immigration Court has an overall asylum approval rate of 0.6% across 55,118 decided cases. The court has 21 immigration judges. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
The Atlanta, GA Immigration Court has an overall asylum grant rate of 0.6% 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 Rast, G. M. (17,731 total cases), Houser, Wayne K., JR. (17,462 total cases), and Maldonado, Njeri B. (9,859 total cases). The largest nationality groups shown for this court include Guatemala (17,325 decided, 0.9% grant rate), Mexico (11,291 decided, 2.5% grant rate), and Honduras (8,948 decided, 0.7% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rast, G. M. | 6.9% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Houser, Wayne K., JR. | 4.0% | 8 | 191 | 199 |
| Maldonado, Njeri B. | 1.7% | 81 | 4,557 | 4,638 |
| Fisher, Ryan | 1.3% | 79 | 6,189 | 6,268 |
| Taylor, Philip P. | 0.6% | 36 | 5,751 | 5,787 |
| Haer, Amy Fairchild | 1.9% | 89 | 4,720 | 4,809 |
| Doughty, Blake | 2.9% | 143 | 4,712 | 4,855 |
| Smikle, Suzette | 1.3% | 62 | 4,564 | 4,626 |
| Murray, Winfield W. | 3.1% | 134 | 4,173 | 4,307 |
| Coaxum, Ghunise L. | 0.5% | 20 | 3,958 | 3,978 |
| Bell, Jennifer R. | 1.3% | 49 | 3,756 | 3,805 |
| Kinnicutt, Daniel P. | 2.9% | 31 | 1,048 | 1,079 |
| Farrar-Crockett, Emily | 9.8% | 199 | 1,823 | 2,022 |
| Sydnor, Kelley N | 2.8% | 58 | 1,994 | 2,052 |
| Johnston, Paul L. | 12.5% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Barr, Philip A. | 4.3% | 58 | 1,290 | 1,348 |
| Watson, Bryan D. | 12.2% | 82 | 592 | 674 |
| Redwood, Daniel J. | 15.3% | 22 | 122 | 144 |
| Owens, Alfredia | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alexander, Scott C. | 66.7% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Visiting Judge 25 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guatemala | 0.9% | 153 | 17,172 | 17,325 |
| Mexico | 2.5% | 280 | 11,011 | 11,291 |
| Honduras | 0.7% | 66 | 8,882 | 8,948 |
| Venezuela | 4.0% | 192 | 4,646 | 4,838 |
| Nicaragua | 3.4% | 121 | 3,426 | 3,547 |
| El Salvador | 4.1% | 93 | 2,194 | 2,287 |
| Colombia | 1.6% | 35 | 2,182 | 2,217 |
| Peru | 1.8% | 16 | 876 | 892 |
| Brazil | 2.6% | 15 | 563 | 578 |
| India | 6.8% | 33 | 453 | 486 |
| Haiti | 1.4% | 6 | 418 | 424 |
| Cuba | 6.5% | 17 | 246 | 263 |
| Ecuador | 0.9% | 2 | 211 | 213 |
| Jamaica | 13.4% | 26 | 168 | 194 |
| Turkey | 10.9% | 19 | 156 | 175 |
| Senegal | 9.2% | 15 | 148 | 163 |
| Nigeria | 17.6% | 25 | 117 | 142 |
| Dominican Republic | 0.9% | 1 | 115 | 116 |
| Russia | 29.2% | 31 | 75 | 106 |
| Vietnam | 11.4% | 12 | 93 | 105 |
| Ghana | 22.2% | 14 | 49 | 63 |
| China | 40.0% | 24 | 36 | 60 |
| Romania | 0.0% | 0 | 55 | 55 |
| Guinea | 28.8% | 15 | 37 | 52 |
| Unknown Nationality | 0.0% | 0 | 49 | 49 |
| Chile | 4.3% | 2 | 45 | 47 |
| Kenya | 30.8% | 12 | 27 | 39 |
| Afghanistan | 10.8% | 4 | 33 | 37 |
| Costa Rica | 2.9% | 1 | 33 | 34 |
| Cameroon | 36.7% | 11 | 19 | 30 |
| Panama | 10.3% | 3 | 26 | 29 |
| Belize | 0.0% | 0 | 25 | 25 |
| South Korea | 4.0% | 1 | 24 | 25 |
| Gambia | 25.0% | 6 | 18 | 24 |
| Turkmenistan | 0.0% | 0 | 22 | 22 |
| Pakistan | 35.0% | 7 | 13 | 20 |
| Angola | 10.0% | 2 | 18 | 20 |
| Ethiopia | 50.0% | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| Mauritania | 0.0% | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| Iran | 38.5% | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| Bangladesh | 0.0% | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| Democratic Republic Of Congo | 0.0% | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| Jordan | 0.0% | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| Argentina | 8.3% | 1 | 11 | 12 |
| Iraq | 30.0% | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| Guadeloupe | 0.0% | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Sri Lanka | 0.0% | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Trinidad And Tobago | 50.0% | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Sudan | 83.3% | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| Kazakhstan | 83.3% | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoire) | 20.0% | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Dominica | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Indonesia | 20.0% | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Mali | 50.0% | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Niger | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Somalia | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Sierra Leone | 33.3% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Germany | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Liberia | 33.3% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Zimbabwe | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 2 |