Immigration court
Cleveland, OH Immigration Court
27 judges · OH
EOIR data through Oct 1, 2026 · updated monthly
- 4,724
- Granted
- 69,370
- Denied
- 27
- Judges
Distribution
How this court's judges compare
At Cleveland, OH, 26 judges range from 0.2% to 34.3%.
Each judge's all-time EOIR decided outcomes across every court they have served in: granted ÷ (granted + denied). Judges now based at this court with at least 100 decided cases. A historical pattern — not a prediction for any case.
Recent decisions (Oct 2024 – Sep 2026): Cleveland, OH Immigration Court granted asylum in 1.3% of 23,416 decided cases. That is lower than the court's all-time rate of 6.4% (74,094 decided cases). Over the same months, the national rate was 5.0%.
What people ask about Cleveland, OH Immigration Court
These are the questions people asked most about this court from Apr 2026 to Oct 2026. The answers come from EOIR immigration court data.
What is the asylum grant rate at Cleveland, OH Immigration Court?
In Oct 2024 – Sep 2026, the court granted asylum in 1.3% of 23,416 decided cases (grants plus denials). Across all years in EOIR data, it granted 6.4% of 74,094 decided cases. Over the same recent months, the national rate was 5.0%.
Which judges at Cleveland, OH Immigration Court grant asylum most often?
Among the 17 judges at this court with at least 25 decided asylum cases in Oct 2024 – Sep 2026, the highest grant rates were: Richard Drucker, 3.3% of 1,833 decided; Tania T. Nemer, 3.0% of 166 decided; and Teresa L. Riley, 2.8% of 757 decided. The median judge among them granted 1.4%.
How to Interpret This Court's Data
Court-level statistics aggregate the judges and cases assigned to the Cleveland, OH Immigration Court, so the court average can differ sharply from any one judge's profile.
High-volume judge profiles at this court include Evans, D. William, JR. (14,463 total cases), Janas, Thomas (8,315 total cases), and Whipple, David C. (6,882 total cases). The largest nationality groups shown for this court (fiscal years 2020–2026) include Guatemala (6,985 decided, 1.1% grant rate), Mexico (6,505 decided, 2.7% grant rate), and Honduras (5,022 decided, 1.3% 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 2026-10-01. 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.
Areas Served by This Court
Based on the official EOIR ZIP-code assignment, the Cleveland, OH Immigration Court is the assigned filing location for 1,233 ZIP codes. Main cities by state:
OH — Cincinnati, Columbus, Dayton, Cleveland, Akron, Toledo, Youngstown, Canton, Mansfield, Springfield, Lima, Warren, Euclid, Hamilton, Lorain and 997 more cities
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Judges at This Court
| Judge | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evans, D. William, JR. | 5.5% | 662 | 11,481 | 12,143 |
| Janas, Thomas | 6.5% | 445 | 6,349 | 6,794 |
| Whipple, David C. | 3.8% | 187 | 4,767 | 4,954 |
| Horton, Monte J. | 5.1% | 228 | 4,230 | 4,458 |
| Riedthaler-Williams, Jennifer M. | 5.5% | 241 | 4,114 | 4,355 |
| Drucker, Richard | 13.2% | 651 | 4,279 | 4,930 |
| Adkins-Blanch, Charles | 4.0% | 228 | 5,444 | 5,672 |
| Owens, Jonathan W. | 2.4% | 87 | 3,495 | 3,582 |
| Brown, Alison M. | 17.6% | 725 | 3,384 | 4,109 |
| Santoro, Jeremy | 2.5% | 93 | 3,688 | 3,781 |
| Tripi, Michael | 4.4% | 163 | 3,561 | 3,724 |
| Imbacuan, Bruce | 3.8% | 145 | 3,688 | 3,833 |
| Pashayan, Donald | 3.4% | 133 | 3,778 | 3,911 |
| Hunsucker, Keith E. | 8.8% | 344 | 3,555 | 3,899 |
| Riley, Teresa L. | 5.3% | 159 | 2,830 | 2,989 |
| Burke, Patrick | 1.1% | 35 | 3,047 | 3,082 |
| Seppanen, Christopher R. | 12.3% | 126 | 901 | 1,027 |
| Nemer, Tania T. | 3.0% | 19 | 615 | 634 |
| Mccarthy, James F., III | 16.0% | 51 | 268 | 319 |
| Hurst, Anthony | 0.5% | 2 | 378 | 380 |
| Radin, William K. | 0.2% | 1 | 406 | 407 |
| Rice, James M. | 0.8% | 2 | 246 | 248 |
| Schroth, John N. | 2.4% | 5 | 201 | 206 |
| Kennedy, Brandon | 1.5% | 2 | 129 | 131 |
| Baxter, Laura A. | 34.3% | 49 | 94 | 143 |
| Guzzo, Fred J. | 0.7% | 1 | 133 | 134 |
| Salisbury, Brian E. | 0.0% | 0 | 21 | 21 |
Approval Rate by Nationality
Fiscal years 2020–2026 (Oct 2019 – Sep 2026).
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guatemala | 1.1% | 77 | 6,908 | 6,985 |
| Mexico | 2.7% | 176 | 6,329 | 6,505 |
| Honduras | 1.3% | 64 | 4,958 | 5,022 |
| Venezuela | 2.7% | 110 | 3,986 | 4,096 |
| Nicaragua | 2.3% | 67 | 2,816 | 2,883 |
| Colombia | 0.9% | 19 | 2,045 | 2,064 |
| Haiti | 0.3% | 5 | 1,774 | 1,779 |
| El Salvador | 4.4% | 67 | 1,459 | 1,526 |
| Brazil | 0.3% | 4 | 1,260 | 1,264 |
| Ecuador | 0.7% | 6 | 906 | 912 |
| Mauritania | 3.0% | 25 | 799 | 824 |
| Uzbekistan | 2.7% | 21 | 751 | 772 |
| Peru | 0.8% | 5 | 658 | 663 |
| Senegal | 5.8% | 28 | 453 | 481 |
| India | 7.4% | 26 | 325 | 351 |
| Dominican Republic | 2.2% | 7 | 305 | 312 |
| Ghana | 9.7% | 29 | 270 | 299 |
| Russia | 19.7% | 58 | 237 | 295 |
| Turkey | 9.8% | 24 | 221 | 245 |
| Cameroon | 30.4% | 63 | 144 | 207 |
| Cuba | 8.8% | 15 | 156 | 171 |
| Chile | 0.6% | 1 | 165 | 166 |
| Guinea | 9.9% | 16 | 146 | 162 |
| Kazakhstan | 9.4% | 14 | 135 | 149 |
| Nigeria | 17.4% | 26 | 123 | 149 |
| China | 10.6% | 15 | 126 | 141 |
| Jordan | 10.4% | 14 | 120 | 134 |
| Jamaica | 9.2% | 11 | 108 | 119 |
| Afghanistan | 11.0% | 12 | 97 | 109 |
| Somalia | 15.1% | 16 | 90 | 106 |
| Costa Rica | 0.0% | 0 | 93 | 93 |
| Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan) | 15.9% | 14 | 74 | 88 |
| Ukraine | 24.1% | 20 | 63 | 83 |
| Mali | 8.3% | 5 | 55 | 60 |
| Pakistan | 15.3% | 9 | 50 | 59 |
| Angola | 8.0% | 4 | 46 | 50 |
| Congo | 13.6% | 6 | 38 | 44 |
| Gambia | 14.0% | 6 | 37 | 43 |
| Sierra Leone | 7.0% | 3 | 40 | 43 |
| Iraq | 39.0% | 16 | 25 | 41 |
| Bolivia | 0.0% | 0 | 40 | 40 |
| Unknown Nationality | 0.0% | 0 | 38 | 38 |
| Democratic Republic Of Congo | 0.0% | 0 | 35 | 35 |
| Egypt | 34.3% | 12 | 23 | 35 |
| Morocco | 0.0% | 0 | 34 | 34 |
| Georgia | 9.4% | 3 | 29 | 32 |
| Stateless - Alien Unable To Name A Country | 48.4% | 15 | 16 | 31 |
| Burkina Faso | 20.7% | 6 | 23 | 29 |
| Romania | 3.4% | 1 | 28 | 29 |
| Syria | 21.4% | 6 | 22 | 28 |
| Belarus | 51.9% | 14 | 13 | 27 |
| Ethiopia | 25.0% | 6 | 18 | 24 |
| Israel | 21.7% | 5 | 18 | 23 |
| Rwanda | 20.0% | 4 | 16 | 20 |
| Vietnam | 10.0% | 2 | 18 | 20 |
| Panama | 0.0% | 0 | 20 | 20 |
| Canada | 26.3% | 5 | 14 | 19 |
| Liberia | 11.1% | 2 | 16 | 18 |
| Dominica | 0.0% | 0 | 17 | 17 |
| Kenya | 31.2% | 5 | 11 | 16 |
| Sudan | 31.2% | 5 | 11 | 16 |
| Turkmenistan | 0.0% | 0 | 16 | 16 |
| Libya | 50.0% | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| Sri Lanka | 0.0% | 0 | 13 | 13 |
| Philippines | 30.8% | 4 | 9 | 13 |
| Mongolia | 0.0% | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9.1% | 1 | 10 | 11 |
| Argentina | 0.0% | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| Indonesia | 0.0% | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| Burundi | 10.0% | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| Palestine | 10.0% | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| Chad | 0.0% | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| Belize | 0.0% | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| Spain | 0.0% | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| Tanzania | 12.5% | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoire) | 0.0% | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| Singapore | 12.5% | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| Kuwait | 0.0% | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Eritrea | 57.1% | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| Guyana | 0.0% | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| South Africa | 0.0% | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| United Kingdom | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Bhutan | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Iran | 80.0% | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Moldavia (Moldova) | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Malawi | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Niger | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Uganda | 50.0% | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Lebanon | 33.3% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Lithuania | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Zimbabwe | 33.3% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Algeria | 33.3% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Bangladesh | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Cambodia | 100.0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Bahamas | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |