32 judges · MA
The Boston, MA Immigration Court has an overall asylum approval rate of 9.2% across 35,091 decided cases. The court has 32 immigration judges. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
The Boston, MA Immigration Court has an overall asylum grant rate of 9.2% 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 Shapiro, Leonard I. (20,289 total cases), Gagnon, Paul M. (13,693 total cases), and O'Malley, Brenda (12,986 total cases). The largest nationality groups shown for this court include Brazil (13,649 decided, 16.0% grant rate), Guatemala (5,124 decided, 47.3% grant rate), and El Salvador (3,293 decided, 58.2% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shapiro, Leonard I. | 27.4% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gagnon, Paul M. | 41.8% | 77 | 107 | 184 |
| O'Malley, Brenda | 39.8% | 1,341 | 2,025 | 3,366 |
| D'Angelo, Matthew J. | 24.1% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| O'Sullivan, Maureen | 77.6% | 1,930 | 557 | 2,487 |
| Sheppard, Patricia | 24.8% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sturla, Mario J. | 21.7% | 896 | 3,224 | 4,120 |
| Masters, Todd A. | 16.6% | 494 | 2,485 | 2,979 |
| Furlong, John M., JR. | 15.0% | 324 | 1,836 | 2,160 |
| Cramer, Francis L. | 20.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cade, Sarah | 33.3% | 724 | 1,452 | 2,176 |
| Kahan, Michelle | 13.6% | 348 | 2,220 | 2,568 |
| Day, Steven F. | 9.1% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tregerman, Gwendylan E. | 32.6% | 393 | 812 | 1,205 |
| Joyce, William | 34.7% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Donovan, Mark D. | 17.5% | 296 | 1,394 | 1,690 |
| Kubica, Hannah | 28.0% | 173 | 444 | 617 |
| Patel, Roopal | 26.5% | 296 | 823 | 1,119 |
| Gover, Erin | 35.8% | 387 | 693 | 1,080 |
| Hall, Jonathan | 38.1% | 111 | 180 | 291 |
| Sady, Michael | 24.7% | 153 | 466 | 619 |
| Sanchez, Jose A. | 28.4% | 21 | 53 | 74 |
| Jalelian, Lincoln S. | 26.1% | 101 | 286 | 387 |
| Glass, Andrew J. | 14.1% | 55 | 335 | 390 |
| Rusher, Marna M | 25.2% | 99 | 294 | 393 |
| Mulcahy, Jennifer A | 10.1% | 20 | 179 | 199 |
| Rivera, Tamaira | 31.2% | 43 | 95 | 138 |
| Santen, Sean D. | 36.9% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adler, Steven V. | 68.9% | 91 | 41 | 132 |
| Visiting Judge 12 | 12.5% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Visiting Judge 13 | 25.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Visiting Judge 20 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 16.0% | 2,190 | 11,459 | 13,649 |
| Guatemala | 47.3% | 2,426 | 2,698 | 5,124 |
| El Salvador | 58.2% | 1,917 | 1,376 | 3,293 |
| Honduras | 39.3% | 781 | 1,206 | 1,987 |
| Ecuador | 36.8% | 634 | 1,087 | 1,721 |
| Colombia | 16.6% | 272 | 1,367 | 1,639 |
| Dominican Republic | 14.7% | 218 | 1,267 | 1,485 |
| Haiti | 16.2% | 167 | 863 | 1,030 |
| Mexico | 37.9% | 222 | 364 | 586 |
| Angola | 59.3% | 339 | 233 | 572 |
| Democratic Republic Of Congo | 44.7% | 109 | 135 | 244 |
| Peru | 33.3% | 78 | 156 | 234 |
| Venezuela | 31.0% | 72 | 160 | 232 |
| Uganda | 84.7% | 183 | 33 | 216 |
| China | 65.1% | 123 | 66 | 189 |
| Nicaragua | 21.6% | 38 | 138 | 176 |
| India | 32.4% | 56 | 117 | 173 |
| Russia | 75.8% | 125 | 40 | 165 |
| Turkey | 35.7% | 55 | 99 | 154 |
| Congo | 46.6% | 68 | 78 | 146 |
| Cape Verde | 37.7% | 49 | 81 | 130 |
| Jamaica | 25.4% | 33 | 97 | 130 |
| Chile | 14.3% | 17 | 102 | 119 |
| Kenya | 65.7% | 65 | 34 | 99 |
| Egypt | 76.0% | 73 | 23 | 96 |
| Nigeria | 60.2% | 56 | 37 | 93 |
| Ghana | 61.1% | 55 | 35 | 90 |
| Indonesia | 90.6% | 77 | 8 | 85 |
| Cameroon | 84.1% | 69 | 13 | 82 |
| Nepal | 79.7% | 55 | 14 | 69 |
| Dominica | 0.0% | 0 | 68 | 68 |
| Burundi | 83.6% | 51 | 10 | 61 |
| United Kingdom | 13.0% | 6 | 40 | 46 |
| Bolivia | 77.8% | 35 | 10 | 45 |
| Pakistan | 42.2% | 19 | 26 | 45 |
| Portugal | 27.9% | 12 | 31 | 43 |
| Rwanda | 85.0% | 34 | 6 | 40 |
| Belarus | 92.3% | 36 | 3 | 39 |
| Bangladesh | 69.4% | 25 | 11 | 36 |
| Unknown Nationality | 41.2% | 14 | 20 | 34 |
| Moldavia (Moldova) | 84.8% | 28 | 5 | 33 |
| Cambodia | 65.6% | 21 | 11 | 32 |
| Syria | 74.2% | 23 | 8 | 31 |
| Vietnam | 66.7% | 20 | 10 | 30 |
| Romania | 23.3% | 7 | 23 | 30 |
| Iraq | 86.7% | 26 | 4 | 30 |
| Lebanon | 46.4% | 13 | 15 | 28 |
| Cuba | 33.3% | 9 | 18 | 27 |
| Ukraine | 81.5% | 22 | 5 | 27 |
| Liberia | 46.2% | 12 | 14 | 26 |
| Djibouti | 85.7% | 18 | 3 | 21 |
| Ireland | 4.8% | 1 | 20 | 21 |
| Afghanistan | 10.0% | 2 | 18 | 20 |
| Morocco | 61.1% | 11 | 7 | 18 |
| Albania | 82.4% | 14 | 3 | 17 |
| Azerbaijan | 57.1% | 8 | 6 | 14 |
| Trinidad And Tobago | 30.8% | 4 | 9 | 13 |
| Ethiopia | 92.3% | 12 | 1 | 13 |
| Sudan | 66.7% | 8 | 4 | 12 |
| Poland | 63.6% | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| United Arab Emirates | 45.5% | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| Burkina Faso | 63.6% | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| Iran | 60.0% | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| Canada | 10.0% | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| Somalia | 40.0% | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| Eritrea | 100.0% | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Belize | 20.0% | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| Panama | 50.0% | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| Senegal | 66.7% | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| Guinea | 77.8% | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| Turkmenistan | 33.3% | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| Sri Lanka | 0.0% | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| Thailand | 71.4% | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| Jordan | 57.1% | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| Argentina | 14.3% | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| Saudi Arabia | 83.3% | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| Namibia | 66.7% | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Spain | 20.0% | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Gambia | 100.0% | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Zimbabwe | 50.0% | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoire) | 75.0% | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Mali | 100.0% | 4 | 0 | 4 |