19 judges · NC
The Charlotte, NC Immigration Court has an overall asylum approval rate of 4.4% across 107,327 decided cases. The court has 19 immigration judges. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
The Charlotte, NC Immigration Court has an overall asylum grant rate of 4.4% 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 Holmes-Simmons, Theresa (26,837 total cases), Lee, Amy T. (20,993 total cases), and Criss, Scott D. (16,810 total cases). The largest nationality groups shown for this court include Honduras (27,567 decided, 1.8% grant rate), Guatemala (15,308 decided, 1.8% grant rate), and Mexico (14,103 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 2026-07-01. The data is informational and should not be treated as legal advice or a prediction for any individual case.
Read how EOIR data works or learn how to compare asylum approval rates.
Based on the official EOIR ZIP-code assignment, the Charlotte, NC Immigration Court is the assigned filing location for 1,277 ZIP codes. Main cities by state:
NC — Charlotte, Raleigh, Greensboro, Durham, Winston Salem, Fayetteville, Wilmington, Asheville, High Point, Cary, Chapel Hill, Goldsboro, Rocky Mount, Apex, Gastonia and 703 more cities
SC — Columbia, Charleston, Greenville, Myrtle Beach, Spartanburg, Anderson, Beaufort, Aiken, Florence, Fort Mill, North Charleston, Orangeburg, Rock Hill, Summerville, Sumter and 334 more cities
Not sure which immigration court serves your address? Enter your ZIP code in the AsylumTracker app's coverage map.
| Judge | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holmes-Simmons, Theresa | 22.3% | 4,688 | 16,316 | 21,004 |
| Lee, Amy T. | 2.2% | 424 | 18,628 | 19,052 |
| Criss, Scott D. | 2.0% | 304 | 15,194 | 15,498 |
| Lopez-Enriquez, Maria | 6.9% | 955 | 12,961 | 13,916 |
| Nance, Jeffery R. | 1.4% | 196 | 13,876 | 14,072 |
| Pettinato, Barry J. | 9.9% | 763 | 6,936 | 7,699 |
| Couch, V. Stuart | 6.8% | 504 | 6,930 | 7,434 |
| Brown, Charlotte D. | 6.4% | 412 | 6,056 | 6,468 |
| Riggs, George W. | 5.7% | 201 | 3,341 | 3,542 |
| Brooks, Alicia | 10.8% | 296 | 2,434 | 2,730 |
| Batko-Taylor, Abby Anna. | 6.1% | 144 | 2,217 | 2,361 |
| Terrien, Jeb | 15.5% | 216 | 1,175 | 1,391 |
| Julius, Derek | 15.0% | 114 | 645 | 759 |
| Dotson, Chadwick | 5.5% | 20 | 341 | 361 |
| Mangoli, Vimala S. | 8.0% | 21 | 240 | 261 |
| Walker, Amy | 0.0% | 0 | 85 | 85 |
| Wells, Jennifer | 0.0% | 0 | 48 | 48 |
| Bragg, Christopher | 0.0% | 0 | 18 | 18 |
| Phillips, Steven J. | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Honduras | 1.8% | 484 | 27,083 | 27,567 |
| Guatemala | 1.8% | 269 | 15,039 | 15,308 |
| Mexico | 1.9% | 275 | 13,828 | 14,103 |
| El Salvador | 7.5% | 292 | 3,605 | 3,897 |
| Venezuela | 5.5% | 190 | 3,287 | 3,477 |
| Nicaragua | 2.6% | 75 | 2,837 | 2,912 |
| Colombia | 1.7% | 42 | 2,487 | 2,529 |
| Brazil | 1.1% | 28 | 2,483 | 2,511 |
| Ecuador | 2.5% | 15 | 597 | 612 |
| Peru | 0.9% | 5 | 556 | 561 |
| Haiti | 3.3% | 17 | 499 | 516 |
| Cuba | 7.1% | 21 | 275 | 296 |
| Russia | 44.2% | 110 | 139 | 249 |
| Senegal | 5.4% | 10 | 175 | 185 |
| Dominican Republic | 3.4% | 6 | 173 | 179 |
| India | 4.7% | 8 | 164 | 172 |
| Romania | 0.0% | 0 | 143 | 143 |
| Costa Rica | 2.2% | 2 | 89 | 91 |
| Jamaica | 12.2% | 11 | 79 | 90 |
| Vietnam | 8.0% | 6 | 69 | 75 |
| Chile | 1.5% | 1 | 67 | 68 |
| Turkey | 6.6% | 4 | 57 | 61 |
| Nigeria | 33.3% | 18 | 36 | 54 |
| China | 29.4% | 15 | 36 | 51 |
| Congo | 11.4% | 4 | 31 | 35 |
| Panama | 6.1% | 2 | 31 | 33 |
| Mauritania | 6.1% | 2 | 31 | 33 |
| Ghana | 18.8% | 6 | 26 | 32 |
| Belize | 0.0% | 0 | 30 | 30 |
| Democratic Republic Of Congo | 14.3% | 4 | 24 | 28 |
| Ukraine | 17.9% | 5 | 23 | 28 |
| Belarus | 48.1% | 13 | 14 | 27 |
| Egypt | 57.7% | 15 | 11 | 26 |
| Cameroon | 26.1% | 6 | 17 | 23 |
| Argentina | 4.5% | 1 | 21 | 22 |
| Afghanistan | 9.1% | 2 | 20 | 22 |
| Bolivia | 0.0% | 0 | 22 | 22 |
| Moldavia (Moldova) | 0.0% | 0 | 21 | 21 |
| Philippines | 26.3% | 5 | 14 | 19 |
| Kazakhstan | 27.8% | 5 | 13 | 18 |
| Azerbaijan | 33.3% | 5 | 10 | 15 |
| Angola | 0.0% | 0 | 15 | 15 |
| Jordan | 0.0% | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| Syria | 100.0% | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| Dominica | 0.0% | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| Israel | 10.0% | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| Kenya | 62.5% | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| Guadeloupe | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Poland | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Germany | 100.0% | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Mali | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| South Africa | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Indonesia | 100.0% | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Burkina Faso | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Zimbabwe | 20.0% | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Holland | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Namibia | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Gambia | 50.0% | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Uzbekistan | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Bahamas | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Canada | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Iran | 50.0% | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Spain | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Uruguay | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Sudan | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Liberia | 50.0% | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Pakistan | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| United Kingdom | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |