12 judges · MN
The Bloomington, MN Immigration Court has an overall asylum approval rate of 0.7% across 28,715 decided cases. The court has 12 immigration judges. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
The Bloomington, MN Immigration Court has an overall asylum grant rate of 0.7% 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 Castro, Susan E. (32,273 total cases), Olmanson, Kristin W. (17,955 total cases), and Warren, Kendall (15,597 total cases). The largest nationality groups shown for this court include Ecuador (5,878 decided, 0.9% grant rate), Nicaragua (4,722 decided, 1.9% grant rate), and Guatemala (4,263 decided, 1.9% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castro, Susan E. | 6.9% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Olmanson, Kristin W. | 93.8% | 15 | 1 | 16 |
| Warren, Kendall | 10.7% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sardelli, Brian | 2.8% | 175 | 6,041 | 6,216 |
| Hansen, Katherine L. | 16.5% | 518 | 2,621 | 3,139 |
| Miller, Monte G. | 3.6% | 195 | 5,291 | 5,486 |
| Carr, M. Audrey | 6.6% | 309 | 4,363 | 4,672 |
| Mazzie, Sarah B. | 7.9% | 199 | 2,316 | 2,515 |
| Ivany, Kalin | 2.2% | 61 | 2,746 | 2,807 |
| Zaske, Amy K. | 1.5% | 32 | 2,114 | 2,146 |
| Wood, Ryan R. | 7.4% | 72 | 905 | 977 |
| King, Jean C. | 18.2% | 2 | 9 | 11 |
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ecuador | 0.9% | 55 | 5,823 | 5,878 |
| Nicaragua | 1.9% | 92 | 4,630 | 4,722 |
| Guatemala | 1.9% | 81 | 4,182 | 4,263 |
| Mexico | 6.1% | 248 | 3,851 | 4,099 |
| Honduras | 2.3% | 69 | 2,927 | 2,996 |
| El Salvador | 7.1% | 93 | 1,225 | 1,318 |
| Venezuela | 6.5% | 76 | 1,085 | 1,161 |
| Colombia | 0.8% | 5 | 620 | 625 |
| Somalia | 44.0% | 195 | 248 | 443 |
| Cuba | 32.6% | 123 | 254 | 377 |
| Romania | 0.0% | 0 | 227 | 227 |
| Cameroon | 63.1% | 137 | 80 | 217 |
| Liberia | 46.0% | 87 | 102 | 189 |
| Russia | 76.4% | 139 | 43 | 182 |
| Peru | 2.2% | 4 | 177 | 181 |
| Ethiopia | 57.4% | 93 | 69 | 162 |
| Brazil | 2.9% | 4 | 135 | 139 |
| Nigeria | 36.9% | 45 | 77 | 122 |
| India | 10.9% | 13 | 106 | 119 |
| China | 23.9% | 27 | 86 | 113 |
| Turkey | 2.9% | 3 | 99 | 102 |
| Kenya | 50.5% | 48 | 47 | 95 |
| Laos | 41.9% | 36 | 50 | 86 |
| Belarus | 67.5% | 56 | 27 | 83 |
| Ghana | 43.8% | 32 | 41 | 73 |
| Haiti | 7.4% | 5 | 63 | 68 |
| Dominican Republic | 3.8% | 2 | 50 | 52 |
| Sudan | 51.2% | 21 | 20 | 41 |
| Afghanistan | 16.2% | 6 | 31 | 37 |
| Burma (Myanmar) | 40.0% | 14 | 21 | 35 |
| Iraq | 65.6% | 21 | 11 | 32 |
| Bangladesh | 44.0% | 11 | 14 | 25 |
| Ukraine | 48.0% | 12 | 13 | 25 |
| Guinea | 8.7% | 2 | 21 | 23 |
| Eritrea | 50.0% | 11 | 11 | 22 |
| Vietnam | 47.6% | 10 | 11 | 21 |
| Djibouti | 47.6% | 10 | 11 | 21 |
| Canada | 20.0% | 4 | 16 | 20 |
| Bosnia-Herzegovina | 60.0% | 12 | 8 | 20 |
| Pakistan | 35.0% | 7 | 13 | 20 |
| United Kingdom | 10.5% | 2 | 17 | 19 |
| Democratic Republic Of Congo | 38.9% | 7 | 11 | 18 |
| Nepal | 37.5% | 6 | 10 | 16 |
| Egypt | 56.2% | 9 | 7 | 16 |
| Sri Lanka | 20.0% | 3 | 12 | 15 |
| Jamaica | 28.6% | 4 | 10 | 14 |
| Turkmenistan | 7.1% | 1 | 13 | 14 |
| Belize | 0.0% | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| Senegal | 7.7% | 1 | 12 | 13 |
| South Sudan | 33.3% | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| Rwanda | 54.5% | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| Chile | 10.0% | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| Philippines | 44.4% | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| South Africa | 0.0% | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| Thailand | 42.9% | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Togo | 28.6% | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| Uzbekistan | 16.7% | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Guyana | 16.7% | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Congo | 66.7% | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Federated States Of Micronesia | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Niger | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Unknown Nationality | 16.7% | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Burundi | 80.0% | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Costa Rica | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Angola | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Libya | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Gambia | 40.0% | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Panama | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Tajikistan (Tadzhik) | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Argentina | 33.3% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Saudi Arabia | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Mauritania | 50.0% | 1 | 1 | 2 |