24 judges · MD
The Baltimore, MD Immigration Court has an overall asylum approval rate of 27.6% across 98,538 decided cases. The court has 24 immigration judges. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
The Baltimore, MD Immigration Court has an overall asylum grant rate of 27.6% 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 Durling, Walter A. (28,123 total cases), Weil, Jack H. (26,134 total cases), and Gossart, John F., JR. (21,005 total cases). The largest nationality groups shown for this court include Honduras (7,145 decided, 14.0% grant rate), El Salvador (6,293 decided, 29.3% grant rate), and Guatemala (5,187 decided, 12.4% 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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Based on the official EOIR ZIP-code assignment, the Baltimore, MD Immigration Court is the assigned filing location for 358 ZIP codes. Main cities by state:
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| Judge | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Durling, Walter A. | 11.7% | 2,670 | 20,219 | 22,889 |
| Weil, Jack H. | 6.9% | 1,683 | 22,636 | 24,319 |
| Gossart, John F., JR. | 39.4% | 5,566 | 8,557 | 14,123 |
| Barrett, Bruce M. | 31.6% | 3,997 | 8,660 | 12,657 |
| Slavin, Denise N. | 41.0% | 5,398 | 7,758 | 13,156 |
| Dornell, Lisa | 31.4% | 3,700 | 8,072 | 11,772 |
| Crosland, David W. | 25.2% | 3,090 | 9,177 | 12,267 |
| Dufresne, Jill H. | 31.1% | 1,987 | 4,407 | 6,394 |
| Vargas-Padilla, Nelson A. | 16.0% | 852 | 4,488 | 5,340 |
| Golparvar, Kuyomars Q. | 6.9% | 374 | 5,010 | 5,384 |
| Hartye, Alice Song | 17.1% | 723 | 3,500 | 4,223 |
| Mahasa, Zakia | 22.0% | 790 | 2,805 | 3,595 |
| Shirole, Pallavi S. | 10.4% | 328 | 2,827 | 3,155 |
| Greene JR., William P. | 51.9% | 1,287 | 1,193 | 2,480 |
| Maya, Elizabeth Kohler | 10.8% | 184 | 1,516 | 1,700 |
| Smulow, Daniel | 11.7% | 192 | 1,446 | 1,638 |
| Watters, Matthew H | 12.1% | 44 | 320 | 364 |
| Vincent, Gordon S. | 3.2% | 11 | 336 | 347 |
| Sprague, Jeffrey T. | 4.8% | 16 | 320 | 336 |
| Taylor, Michael | 3.4% | 7 | 198 | 205 |
| Adams, Julie | 3.5% | 6 | 167 | 173 |
| Live Judge - Bal | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Video Judge - Bal | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Visiting Judge 14 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Honduras | 14.0% | 999 | 6,146 | 7,145 |
| El Salvador | 29.3% | 1,845 | 4,448 | 6,293 |
| Guatemala | 12.4% | 642 | 4,545 | 5,187 |
| Romania | 2.7% | 37 | 1,324 | 1,361 |
| Mexico | 13.2% | 170 | 1,117 | 1,287 |
| Nicaragua | 17.3% | 170 | 810 | 980 |
| Ecuador | 3.1% | 30 | 933 | 963 |
| Haiti | 3.2% | 23 | 702 | 725 |
| Venezuela | 16.1% | 109 | 569 | 678 |
| Peru | 4.7% | 26 | 523 | 549 |
| Cameroon | 68.5% | 348 | 160 | 508 |
| Nigeria | 42.5% | 183 | 248 | 431 |
| Colombia | 5.1% | 20 | 374 | 394 |
| Brazil | 6.2% | 17 | 257 | 274 |
| India | 24.9% | 58 | 175 | 233 |
| Ethiopia | 74.6% | 135 | 46 | 181 |
| Senegal | 5.9% | 9 | 144 | 153 |
| Turkey | 16.4% | 22 | 112 | 134 |
| Pakistan | 44.2% | 53 | 67 | 120 |
| Jamaica | 19.6% | 20 | 82 | 102 |
| Dominican Republic | 2.0% | 2 | 96 | 98 |
| Nepal | 36.7% | 36 | 62 | 98 |
| Bolivia | 12.4% | 11 | 78 | 89 |
| Russia | 46.0% | 40 | 47 | 87 |
| Ghana | 29.9% | 23 | 54 | 77 |
| China | 51.6% | 32 | 30 | 62 |
| Bangladesh | 55.6% | 30 | 24 | 54 |
| Kenya | 60.8% | 31 | 20 | 51 |
| Uzbekistan | 18.8% | 9 | 39 | 48 |
| Afghanistan | 20.5% | 9 | 35 | 44 |
| Belize | 0.0% | 0 | 44 | 44 |
| Guinea | 26.2% | 11 | 31 | 42 |
| Niger | 55.6% | 20 | 16 | 36 |
| Georgia | 52.8% | 19 | 17 | 36 |
| Eritrea | 78.8% | 26 | 7 | 33 |
| Chile | 3.1% | 1 | 31 | 32 |
| Cuba | 31.0% | 9 | 20 | 29 |
| Vietnam | 25.0% | 7 | 21 | 28 |
| Costa Rica | 4.2% | 1 | 23 | 24 |
| Panama | 0.0% | 0 | 24 | 24 |
| Sierra Leone | 39.1% | 9 | 14 | 23 |
| Liberia | 38.9% | 7 | 11 | 18 |
| Egypt | 11.1% | 2 | 16 | 18 |
| Mauritania | 11.8% | 2 | 15 | 17 |
| Ukraine | 25.0% | 4 | 12 | 16 |
| Sri Lanka | 13.3% | 2 | 13 | 15 |
| Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoire) | 28.6% | 4 | 10 | 14 |
| Congo | 92.9% | 13 | 1 | 14 |
| Mali | 23.1% | 3 | 10 | 13 |
| Uganda | 84.6% | 11 | 2 | 13 |
| Jordan | 0.0% | 0 | 13 | 13 |
| Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan) | 23.1% | 3 | 10 | 13 |
| Democratic Republic Of Congo | 25.0% | 3 | 9 | 12 |
| Philippines | 54.5% | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| Burkina Faso | 0.0% | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| Togo | 45.5% | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| Argentina | 12.5% | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| Somalia | 25.0% | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| Central African Republic | 100.0% | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| South Africa | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Tanzania | 16.7% | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Azerbaijan | 33.3% | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Benin | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Belarus | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Iraq | 80.0% | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Moldavia (Moldova) | 75.0% | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Djibouti | 25.0% | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Guyana | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Laos | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Sudan | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| South Korea | 66.7% | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Trinidad And Tobago | 33.3% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Iran | 66.7% | 2 | 1 | 3 |