26 judges · OH
The Cleveland, OH Immigration Court has an overall asylum approval rate of 6.8% across 68,830 decided cases. The court has 26 immigration judges. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
The Cleveland, OH Immigration Court has an overall asylum grant rate of 6.8% 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 Evans, D. William, JR. (14,464 total cases), Janas, Thomas (8,316 total cases), and Whipple, David C. (6,390 total cases). The largest nationality groups shown for this court include Guatemala (6,536 decided, 1.2% grant rate), Mexico (5,697 decided, 3.0% grant rate), and Honduras (4,573 decided, 1.4% 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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| Judge | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evans, D. William, JR. | 5.5% | 662 | 11,482 | 12,144 |
| Janas, Thomas | 6.6% | 446 | 6,349 | 6,795 |
| Whipple, David C. | 4.2% | 187 | 4,301 | 4,488 |
| Adkins-Blanch, Charles | 4.0% | 228 | 5,445 | 5,673 |
| Horton, Monte J. | 5.4% | 220 | 3,847 | 4,067 |
| Brown, Alison M. | 17.6% | 725 | 3,386 | 4,111 |
| Owens, Jonathan W. | 2.5% | 87 | 3,415 | 3,502 |
| Riedthaler-Williams, Jennifer M. | 6.3% | 240 | 3,586 | 3,826 |
| Drucker, Richard | 14.1% | 647 | 3,927 | 4,574 |
| Tripi, Michael | 4.5% | 158 | 3,328 | 3,486 |
| Santoro, Jeremy | 2.8% | 91 | 3,130 | 3,221 |
| Imbacuan, Bruce | 4.5% | 143 | 3,040 | 3,183 |
| Pashayan, Donald | 4.0% | 130 | 3,152 | 3,282 |
| Hunsucker, Keith E. | 8.8% | 344 | 3,555 | 3,899 |
| Riley, Teresa L. | 5.3% | 159 | 2,832 | 2,991 |
| Burke, Patrick | 1.3% | 33 | 2,460 | 2,493 |
| Seppanen, Christopher R. | 12.2% | 126 | 903 | 1,029 |
| Nemer, Tania T. | 3.0% | 19 | 616 | 635 |
| Mccarthy, James F., III | 16.0% | 51 | 268 | 319 |
| Hurst, Anthony | 0.0% | 0 | 176 | 176 |
| Baxter, Laura A. | 34.3% | 49 | 94 | 143 |
| Guzzo, Fred J. | 0.7% | 1 | 133 | 134 |
| Kennedy, Brandon | 1.9% | 1 | 53 | 54 |
| Rice, James M. | 0.0% | 0 | 62 | 62 |
| Radin, William K. | 0.0% | 0 | 59 | 59 |
| Schroth, John N. | 0.0% | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guatemala | 1.2% | 77 | 6,459 | 6,536 |
| Mexico | 3.0% | 170 | 5,527 | 5,697 |
| Honduras | 1.4% | 64 | 4,509 | 4,573 |
| Venezuela | 3.3% | 103 | 3,009 | 3,112 |
| Nicaragua | 2.4% | 65 | 2,610 | 2,675 |
| Colombia | 1.1% | 19 | 1,727 | 1,746 |
| El Salvador | 4.7% | 66 | 1,332 | 1,398 |
| Haiti | 0.4% | 5 | 1,364 | 1,369 |
| Brazil | 0.4% | 4 | 1,123 | 1,127 |
| Ecuador | 0.8% | 6 | 732 | 738 |
| Mauritania | 3.4% | 23 | 644 | 667 |
| Uzbekistan | 3.2% | 18 | 548 | 566 |
| Peru | 0.9% | 5 | 547 | 552 |
| Senegal | 6.9% | 28 | 378 | 406 |
| India | 8.5% | 26 | 280 | 306 |
| Dominican Republic | 2.6% | 7 | 259 | 266 |
| Ghana | 11.4% | 29 | 225 | 254 |
| Russia | 23.4% | 54 | 177 | 231 |
| Turkey | 11.2% | 24 | 191 | 215 |
| Cameroon | 33.1% | 60 | 121 | 181 |
| Cuba | 10.1% | 15 | 134 | 149 |
| Guinea | 10.9% | 16 | 131 | 147 |
| Kazakhstan | 10.1% | 14 | 125 | 139 |
| Nigeria | 20.0% | 26 | 104 | 130 |
| Chile | 0.8% | 1 | 129 | 130 |
| China | 11.2% | 14 | 111 | 125 |
| Jordan | 12.3% | 14 | 100 | 114 |
| Afghanistan | 11.2% | 12 | 95 | 107 |
| Jamaica | 10.7% | 11 | 92 | 103 |
| Somalia | 18.4% | 16 | 71 | 87 |
| Costa Rica | 0.0% | 0 | 85 | 85 |
| Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan) | 17.5% | 14 | 66 | 80 |
| Ukraine | 27.8% | 20 | 52 | 72 |
| Pakistan | 16.7% | 9 | 45 | 54 |
| Mali | 11.1% | 5 | 40 | 45 |
| Congo | 14.0% | 6 | 37 | 43 |
| Iraq | 39.0% | 16 | 25 | 41 |
| Gambia | 15.0% | 6 | 34 | 40 |
| Angola | 10.0% | 4 | 36 | 40 |
| Sierra Leone | 7.7% | 3 | 36 | 39 |
| Egypt | 38.7% | 12 | 19 | 31 |
| Burkina Faso | 20.7% | 6 | 23 | 29 |
| Stateless - Alien Unable To Name A Country | 51.7% | 15 | 14 | 29 |
| Unknown Nationality | 0.0% | 0 | 29 | 29 |
| Democratic Republic Of Congo | 0.0% | 0 | 28 | 28 |
| Bolivia | 0.0% | 0 | 28 | 28 |
| Morocco | 0.0% | 0 | 28 | 28 |
| Belarus | 51.9% | 14 | 13 | 27 |
| Syria | 23.1% | 6 | 20 | 26 |
| Romania | 3.8% | 1 | 25 | 26 |
| Georgia | 8.0% | 2 | 23 | 25 |
| Ethiopia | 22.7% | 5 | 17 | 22 |
| Israel | 23.8% | 5 | 16 | 21 |
| Canada | 26.3% | 5 | 14 | 19 |
| Vietnam | 5.9% | 1 | 16 | 17 |
| Kenya | 31.2% | 5 | 11 | 16 |
| Turkmenistan | 0.0% | 0 | 16 | 16 |
| Liberia | 13.3% | 2 | 13 | 15 |
| Sudan | 33.3% | 5 | 10 | 15 |
| Dominica | 0.0% | 0 | 15 | 15 |
| Sri Lanka | 0.0% | 0 | 13 | 13 |
| Philippines | 30.8% | 4 | 9 | 13 |
| Rwanda | 30.8% | 4 | 9 | 13 |
| Panama | 0.0% | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| Burundi | 10.0% | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| Palestine | 10.0% | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| Mongolia | 0.0% | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| Libya | 77.8% | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| Chad | 0.0% | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| Belize | 0.0% | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| Argentina | 0.0% | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| Kuwait | 0.0% | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Eritrea | 57.1% | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| Saudi Arabia | 14.3% | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| Spain | 0.0% | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Iran | 80.0% | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoire) | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| South Africa | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Uganda | 50.0% | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Indonesia | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Niger | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Lebanon | 33.3% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Lithuania | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Tanzania | 33.3% | 1 | 2 | 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 |
| United Kingdom | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Bahamas | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |