20 judges · MA
The Chelmsford, MA Immigration Court has an overall asylum approval rate of 19.1% across 7,722 decided cases. The court has 20 immigration judges. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
The Chelmsford, MA Immigration Court has an overall asylum grant rate of 19.1% 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 Olson, Christine (2,681 total cases), Pappas, George (2,510 total cases), and McEwen, Justin (2,446 total cases). The largest nationality groups shown for this court include Brazil (1,880 decided, 9.3% grant rate), Guatemala (1,442 decided, 29.3% grant rate), and Dominican Republic (786 decided, 3.7% 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 Chelmsford, MA Immigration Court is the assigned filing location for 1,190 ZIP codes. Main cities by state:
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| Judge | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olson, Christine | 4.0% | 72 | 1,723 | 1,795 |
| Pappas, George | 24.0% | 181 | 574 | 755 |
| McEwen, Justin | 40.9% | 157 | 227 | 384 |
| Cho, Yul-mi | 8.9% | 173 | 1,768 | 1,941 |
| Munro, Angela | 41.0% | 232 | 334 | 566 |
| Smith, Natalie | 14.8% | 207 | 1,188 | 1,395 |
| Saldana Mistry, Lucero | 34.8% | 255 | 477 | 732 |
| Froes, Nina | 23.4% | 208 | 682 | 890 |
| Beverly, Jenny | 41.8% | 161 | 224 | 385 |
| Hall, Jonathan | 40.8% | 130 | 189 | 319 |
| Ostrom, Donald | 20.5% | 114 | 442 | 556 |
| Le, Huy | 22.4% | 127 | 439 | 566 |
| Griffiths, Nancy | 30.6% | 89 | 202 | 291 |
| Menezes de Araujo, Juliana | 16.5% | 69 | 350 | 419 |
| Dubuc, Luciana | 1.7% | 5 | 285 | 290 |
| Frames, Kathryn E. | 0.0% | 0 | 26 | 26 |
| Visiting Judge 8 | 25.0% | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Doyle, Kerry | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan, James | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gaffney, Kevin | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 9.3% | 175 | 1,705 | 1,880 |
| Guatemala | 29.3% | 422 | 1,020 | 1,442 |
| Dominican Republic | 3.7% | 29 | 757 | 786 |
| Ecuador | 12.0% | 68 | 499 | 567 |
| El Salvador | 30.3% | 120 | 276 | 396 |
| Honduras | 19.6% | 62 | 254 | 316 |
| Colombia | 9.2% | 27 | 266 | 293 |
| Angola | 43.8% | 105 | 135 | 240 |
| Haiti | 8.3% | 18 | 199 | 217 |
| Mexico | 17.1% | 31 | 150 | 181 |
| Democratic Republic Of Congo | 45.7% | 64 | 76 | 140 |
| Venezuela | 13.6% | 18 | 114 | 132 |
| Peru | 7.6% | 6 | 73 | 79 |
| Nicaragua | 9.7% | 7 | 65 | 72 |
| India | 12.5% | 8 | 56 | 64 |
| Jamaica | 6.8% | 4 | 55 | 59 |
| Turkey | 15.8% | 9 | 48 | 57 |
| Congo | 48.1% | 26 | 28 | 54 |
| Russia | 55.8% | 24 | 19 | 43 |
| China | 21.4% | 9 | 33 | 42 |
| Cameroon | 80.6% | 29 | 7 | 36 |
| Cape Verde | 5.7% | 2 | 33 | 35 |
| Uganda | 58.1% | 18 | 13 | 31 |
| Burundi | 62.5% | 15 | 9 | 24 |
| Dominica | 0.0% | 0 | 24 | 24 |
| Rwanda | 62.5% | 15 | 9 | 24 |
| Ghana | 50.0% | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Nigeria | 50.0% | 9 | 9 | 18 |
| Senegal | 38.9% | 7 | 11 | 18 |
| Romania | 0.0% | 0 | 17 | 17 |
| Cuba | 31.2% | 5 | 11 | 16 |
| Egypt | 28.6% | 4 | 10 | 14 |
| Guinea | 28.6% | 4 | 10 | 14 |
| Indonesia | 42.9% | 6 | 8 | 14 |
| Bolivia | 33.3% | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| Belarus | 91.7% | 11 | 1 | 12 |
| Kenya | 58.3% | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| Nepal | 58.3% | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| Afghanistan | 40.0% | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| Portugal | 30.0% | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| Chile | 11.1% | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| Ireland | 0.0% | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| Pakistan | 55.6% | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| Vietnam | 22.2% | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| Djibouti | 50.0% | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Ethiopia | 100.0% | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| Unknown Nationality | 25.0% | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| Morocco | 12.5% | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| Argentina | 0.0% | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Canada | 16.7% | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Jordan | 33.3% | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Cambodia | 20.0% | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Costa Rica | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Albania | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Georgia | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Liberia | 75.0% | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Sierra Leone | 50.0% | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Spain | 75.0% | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Ukraine | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Azerbaijan | 33.3% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Sudan | 33.3% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Panama | 33.3% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| FG | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Mauritania | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Poland | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Turkmenistan | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| United Kingdom | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Belize | 100.0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |