21 judges · MD
The Baltimore, MD Immigration Court has an overall asylum approval rate of 2.8% across 26,350 decided cases. The court has 21 immigration judges. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
The Baltimore, MD Immigration Court has an overall asylum grant rate of 2.8% 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 Gossart, John F., JR. (21,005 total cases), Barrett, Bruce M. (20,012 total cases), and Slavin, Denise N. (16,724 total cases). The largest nationality groups shown for this court include Honduras (6,649 decided, 14.9% grant rate), El Salvador (5,910 decided, 31.0% grant rate), and Guatemala (4,872 decided, 13.0% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gossart, John F., JR. | 39.4% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Barrett, Bruce M. | 31.6% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Slavin, Denise N. | 20.8% | 20 | 76 | 96 |
| Dornell, Lisa | 31.4% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Crosland, David W. | 36.4% | 352 | 615 | 967 |
| Dufresne, Jill H. | 31.1% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Koelsch, David C. | 35.7% | 1,344 | 2,419 | 3,763 |
| Hansell, Renae M. | 1.2% | 45 | 3,694 | 3,739 |
| Vargas-Padilla, Nelson A. | 16.1% | 635 | 3,301 | 3,936 |
| Verma, Dinesh C. | 32.4% | 873 | 1,825 | 2,698 |
| Hartye, Alice Song | 19.2% | 599 | 2,528 | 3,127 |
| Mahasa, Zakia | 21.4% | 533 | 1,959 | 2,492 |
| Greene JR., William P. | 51.9% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shirole, Pallavi S. | 10.9% | 271 | 2,214 | 2,485 |
| Maya, Elizabeth Kohler | 9.9% | 163 | 1,477 | 1,640 |
| Smulow, Daniel | 11.4% | 169 | 1,309 | 1,478 |
| Julius, Derek | 17.7% | 94 | 436 | 530 |
| Watters, Matthew H | 10.5% | 29 | 246 | 275 |
| Live Judge - Bal | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Video Judge - Bal | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Visiting Judge 14 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Honduras | 14.9% | 988 | 5,661 | 6,649 |
| El Salvador | 31.0% | 1,832 | 4,078 | 5,910 |
| Guatemala | 13.0% | 631 | 4,241 | 4,872 |
| Romania | 2.9% | 37 | 1,229 | 1,266 |
| Mexico | 14.0% | 165 | 1,017 | 1,182 |
| Nicaragua | 18.5% | 164 | 722 | 886 |
| Ecuador | 3.7% | 30 | 780 | 810 |
| Haiti | 4.1% | 23 | 533 | 556 |
| Venezuela | 18.6% | 100 | 437 | 537 |
| Peru | 5.5% | 26 | 445 | 471 |
| Cameroon | 74.9% | 337 | 113 | 450 |
| Nigeria | 50.6% | 176 | 172 | 348 |
| Colombia | 6.1% | 19 | 291 | 310 |
| Brazil | 7.2% | 16 | 207 | 223 |
| India | 29.4% | 52 | 125 | 177 |
| Ethiopia | 75.9% | 132 | 42 | 174 |
| Turkey | 17.9% | 22 | 101 | 123 |
| Senegal | 7.2% | 8 | 103 | 111 |
| Pakistan | 48.6% | 51 | 54 | 105 |
| Nepal | 40.7% | 35 | 51 | 86 |
| Jamaica | 23.8% | 20 | 64 | 84 |
| Russia | 47.6% | 40 | 44 | 84 |
| Bolivia | 13.6% | 11 | 70 | 81 |
| Dominican Republic | 2.5% | 2 | 78 | 80 |
| Ghana | 35.5% | 22 | 40 | 62 |
| China | 57.4% | 31 | 23 | 54 |
| Bangladesh | 60.0% | 30 | 20 | 50 |
| Kenya | 64.4% | 29 | 16 | 45 |
| Afghanistan | 20.5% | 8 | 31 | 39 |
| Uzbekistan | 23.1% | 9 | 30 | 39 |
| Guinea | 27.0% | 10 | 27 | 37 |
| Eritrea | 78.8% | 26 | 7 | 33 |
| Belize | 0.0% | 0 | 32 | 32 |
| Niger | 65.5% | 19 | 10 | 29 |
| Georgia | 50.0% | 14 | 14 | 28 |
| Cuba | 37.5% | 9 | 15 | 24 |
| Chile | 4.8% | 1 | 20 | 21 |
| Vietnam | 36.8% | 7 | 12 | 19 |
| Sierra Leone | 44.4% | 8 | 10 | 18 |
| Sri Lanka | 13.3% | 2 | 13 | 15 |
| Costa Rica | 6.7% | 1 | 14 | 15 |
| Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoire) | 28.6% | 4 | 10 | 14 |
| Congo | 92.9% | 13 | 1 | 14 |
| Panama | 0.0% | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| Uganda | 84.6% | 11 | 2 | 13 |
| Democratic Republic Of Congo | 25.0% | 3 | 9 | 12 |
| Mali | 25.0% | 3 | 9 | 12 |
| Liberia | 63.6% | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| Philippines | 55.6% | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| Ukraine | 50.0% | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Argentina | 12.5% | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan) | 37.5% | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| Egypt | 28.6% | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| Central African Republic | 100.0% | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Mauritania | 0.0% | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Somalia | 28.6% | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| Togo | 83.3% | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| Tanzania | 16.7% | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| South Africa | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Benin | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Jordan | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Belarus | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Iraq | 80.0% | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Burkina Faso | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Moldavia (Moldova) | 75.0% | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Guyana | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Djibouti | 25.0% | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| South Korea | 66.7% | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Trinidad And Tobago | 33.3% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Iran | 66.7% | 2 | 1 | 3 |