23 judges · GA
The Atlanta, GA Immigration Court has an overall asylum approval rate of 5.1% across 122,764 decided cases. The court has 23 immigration judges. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
The Atlanta, GA Immigration Court has an overall asylum grant rate of 5.1% 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 Rast, G. M. (17,730 total cases), Houser, Wayne K., JR. (17,461 total cases), and Maldonado, Njeri B. (10,602 total cases). The largest nationality groups shown for this court include Guatemala (19,305 decided, 0.8% grant rate), Mexico (13,804 decided, 2.2% grant rate), and Honduras (9,994 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 2026-07-01. The data is informational and should not be treated as legal advice or a prediction for any individual case.
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Based on the official EOIR ZIP-code assignment, the Atlanta, GA Immigration Court is the assigned filing location for 1,408 ZIP codes. Main cities by state:
AL — Birmingham, Mobile, Montgomery, Huntsville, Gadsden, Tuscaloosa, Anniston, Florence, Athens, Bessemer, Cullman, Dothan, Jasper, Madison, Northport and 516 more cities
GA — Atlanta, Savannah, Macon, Marietta, Augusta, Athens, Columbus, Albany, Decatur, Valdosta, Alpharetta, Brunswick, Gainesville, Lawrenceville, Carrollton and 576 more cities
MS — Meridian
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| Judge | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rast, G. M. | 6.9% | 944 | 12,766 | 13,710 |
| Houser, Wayne K., JR. | 7.8% | 950 | 11,259 | 12,209 |
| Maldonado, Njeri B. | 1.8% | 157 | 8,799 | 8,956 |
| Chapman, Kevin Jerome. | 17.2% | 1,429 | 6,870 | 8,299 |
| Fisher, Ryan | 1.4% | 106 | 7,674 | 7,780 |
| Taylor, Philip P. | 0.9% | 59 | 6,516 | 6,575 |
| Doughty, Blake | 2.7% | 171 | 6,183 | 6,354 |
| Haer, Amy Fairchild | 1.9% | 112 | 5,706 | 5,818 |
| Smikle, Suzette | 1.4% | 80 | 5,791 | 5,871 |
| Murray, Winfield W. | 2.7% | 152 | 5,495 | 5,647 |
| Bell, Jennifer R. | 1.2% | 58 | 4,743 | 4,801 |
| Coaxum, Ghunise L. | 0.6% | 28 | 4,898 | 4,926 |
| Hewitt, Andrew | 1.5% | 32 | 2,149 | 2,181 |
| Johnston, Paul L. | 12.5% | 210 | 1,475 | 1,685 |
| Barr, Philip A. | 5.3% | 75 | 1,340 | 1,415 |
| Watson, Bryan D. | 13.2% | 103 | 680 | 783 |
| Redwood, Daniel J. | 15.9% | 31 | 164 | 195 |
| Stroberg, Kevin D. | 3.1% | 4 | 123 | 127 |
| Jeter, Kimberly | 7.4% | 13 | 163 | 176 |
| Pearson, Kyle A. | 3.1% | 3 | 94 | 97 |
| Gopaul, Donna S. | 0.0% | 0 | 26 | 26 |
| Owens, Alfredia | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Visiting Judge 25 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guatemala | 0.8% | 158 | 19,147 | 19,305 |
| Mexico | 2.2% | 304 | 13,500 | 13,804 |
| Honduras | 0.7% | 67 | 9,927 | 9,994 |
| Venezuela | 3.2% | 192 | 5,760 | 5,952 |
| Nicaragua | 3.1% | 121 | 3,787 | 3,908 |
| Colombia | 1.3% | 35 | 2,612 | 2,647 |
| El Salvador | 3.7% | 94 | 2,458 | 2,552 |
| Peru | 1.5% | 16 | 1,026 | 1,042 |
| Brazil | 2.2% | 15 | 675 | 690 |
| India | 5.9% | 33 | 528 | 561 |
| Haiti | 1.1% | 6 | 526 | 532 |
| Cuba | 5.7% | 17 | 279 | 296 |
| Ecuador | 0.7% | 2 | 269 | 271 |
| Jamaica | 11.8% | 26 | 194 | 220 |
| Senegal | 6.9% | 15 | 203 | 218 |
| Turkey | 10.0% | 19 | 171 | 190 |
| Nigeria | 15.6% | 25 | 135 | 160 |
| Dominican Republic | 0.7% | 1 | 145 | 146 |
| Vietnam | 9.7% | 12 | 112 | 124 |
| Russia | 26.5% | 31 | 86 | 117 |
| Romania | 0.0% | 0 | 69 | 69 |
| Ghana | 20.6% | 14 | 54 | 68 |
| China | 36.9% | 24 | 41 | 65 |
| Guinea | 23.8% | 15 | 48 | 63 |
| Chile | 3.3% | 2 | 58 | 60 |
| Unknown Nationality | 0.0% | 0 | 58 | 58 |
| Afghanistan | 15.7% | 8 | 43 | 51 |
| Kenya | 29.3% | 12 | 29 | 41 |
| Costa Rica | 4.9% | 2 | 39 | 41 |
| Panama | 8.3% | 3 | 33 | 36 |
| Belize | 0.0% | 0 | 33 | 33 |
| Gambia | 24.2% | 8 | 25 | 33 |
| Cameroon | 36.7% | 11 | 19 | 30 |
| South Korea | 3.4% | 1 | 28 | 29 |
| Pakistan | 25.0% | 7 | 21 | 28 |
| Turkmenistan | 3.6% | 1 | 27 | 28 |
| Indonesia | 4.5% | 1 | 21 | 22 |
| Angola | 10.0% | 2 | 18 | 20 |
| Ethiopia | 52.6% | 10 | 9 | 19 |
| Mauritania | 0.0% | 0 | 19 | 19 |
| Iran | 29.4% | 5 | 12 | 17 |
| Bangladesh | 0.0% | 0 | 16 | 16 |
| Democratic Republic Of Congo | 0.0% | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| Jordan | 0.0% | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| Argentina | 8.3% | 1 | 11 | 12 |
| Sierra Leone | 10.0% | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| Iraq | 30.0% | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| Guadeloupe | 0.0% | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Sri Lanka | 0.0% | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Liberia | 11.1% | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| Mali | 22.2% | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| Trinidad And Tobago | 50.0% | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Somalia | 0.0% | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Syria | 0.0% | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Sudan | 83.3% | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| Kazakhstan | 83.3% | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| Spain | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoire) | 20.0% | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Dominica | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Gabon | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Niger | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Belarus | 75.0% | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Germany | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Guyana | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Zimbabwe | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Canada | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |