21 judges · CO
The Denver, CO Immigration Court has an overall asylum approval rate of 20.4% across 63,047 decided cases. The court has 21 immigration judges. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
The Denver, CO Immigration Court has an overall asylum grant rate of 20.4% 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 Cordova, David J. (19,782 total cases), Livingston, Donn L. (15,628 total cases), and Kaufman, Matthew W. (8,839 total cases). The largest nationality groups shown for this court include Mexico (7,599 decided, 18.3% grant rate), Colombia (5,618 decided, 6.4% grant rate), and Venezuela (5,599 decided, 4.8% 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 Denver, CO Immigration Court is the assigned filing location for 624 ZIP codes. Main cities by state:
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| Judge | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cordova, David J. | 17.9% | 2,732 | 12,556 | 15,288 |
| Livingston, Donn L. | 28.7% | 3,102 | 7,694 | 10,796 |
| Kaufman, Matthew W. | 9.7% | 687 | 6,393 | 7,080 |
| Gardzelewski, Ivan E. | 8.9% | 579 | 5,911 | 6,490 |
| Kane, Alison R. | 16.0% | 959 | 5,017 | 5,976 |
| Carbone, Nina M. | 9.8% | 547 | 5,033 | 5,580 |
| Trujillo, Eileen R. | 25.7% | 1,119 | 3,235 | 4,354 |
| Burgie, Brea C. | 14.2% | 611 | 3,699 | 4,310 |
| Calcador, Kerri | 15.1% | 618 | 3,472 | 4,090 |
| Koppenhofer, Andrea | 12.6% | 319 | 2,221 | 2,540 |
| Visiting Judge 2 | 8.8% | 183 | 1,891 | 2,074 |
| O'Hare, Donald C. | 16.3% | 305 | 1,562 | 1,867 |
| Neal, David L. | 16.4% | 41 | 209 | 250 |
| Sibert, Jeremy S. | 8.1% | 10 | 113 | 123 |
| Patten, Jack D. | 6.5% | 6 | 86 | 92 |
| Whitko, Jennifer C. | 9.9% | 9 | 82 | 91 |
| Hakiman, Damona | 23.5% | 12 | 39 | 51 |
| Carman, Andre | 33.3% | 10 | 20 | 30 |
| Wallace, Matthew | 20.0% | 4 | 16 | 20 |
| Mushovic, Toren | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Visiting Judge 24 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 18.3% | 1,390 | 6,209 | 7,599 |
| Colombia | 6.4% | 359 | 5,259 | 5,618 |
| Venezuela | 4.8% | 271 | 5,328 | 5,599 |
| Nicaragua | 3.3% | 156 | 4,556 | 4,712 |
| Honduras | 5.2% | 218 | 3,991 | 4,209 |
| Guatemala | 9.6% | 292 | 2,755 | 3,047 |
| El Salvador | 21.4% | 354 | 1,302 | 1,656 |
| Peru | 6.5% | 101 | 1,445 | 1,546 |
| Ecuador | 1.3% | 3 | 233 | 236 |
| Romania | 8.5% | 20 | 214 | 234 |
| Cuba | 15.0% | 35 | 198 | 233 |
| Russia | 68.0% | 140 | 66 | 206 |
| Brazil | 2.5% | 4 | 157 | 161 |
| Turkey | 8.5% | 11 | 118 | 129 |
| China | 64.1% | 66 | 37 | 103 |
| India | 57.0% | 49 | 37 | 86 |
| Afghanistan | 24.7% | 21 | 64 | 85 |
| Ethiopia | 73.7% | 42 | 15 | 57 |
| Eritrea | 86.0% | 43 | 7 | 50 |
| Libya | 66.0% | 31 | 16 | 47 |
| Ghana | 48.8% | 21 | 22 | 43 |
| Somalia | 21.4% | 9 | 33 | 42 |
| Dominican Republic | 5.3% | 2 | 36 | 38 |
| Vietnam | 53.3% | 16 | 14 | 30 |
| Mauritania | 46.7% | 14 | 16 | 30 |
| Bolivia | 6.7% | 2 | 28 | 30 |
| Chile | 3.4% | 1 | 28 | 29 |
| Nepal | 70.4% | 19 | 8 | 27 |
| Cameroon | 100.0% | 26 | 0 | 26 |
| Indonesia | 69.6% | 16 | 7 | 23 |
| Costa Rica | 4.3% | 1 | 22 | 23 |
| Saudi Arabia | 69.6% | 16 | 7 | 23 |
| Nigeria | 63.6% | 14 | 8 | 22 |
| Haiti | 42.9% | 9 | 12 | 21 |
| Sudan | 61.1% | 11 | 7 | 18 |
| Unknown Nationality | 0.0% | 0 | 18 | 18 |
| Iraq | 76.5% | 13 | 4 | 17 |
| Ukraine | 88.2% | 15 | 2 | 17 |
| Senegal | 21.4% | 3 | 11 | 14 |
| Belarus | 92.3% | 12 | 1 | 13 |
| Uzbekistan | 75.0% | 9 | 3 | 12 |
| Congo | 80.0% | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| Argentina | 0.0% | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Mongolia | 77.8% | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| Belize | 0.0% | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Yemen | 100.0% | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Egypt | 100.0% | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Morocco | 83.3% | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| Philippines | 80.0% | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Pakistan | 80.0% | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Democratic Republic Of Congo | 80.0% | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Uganda | 100.0% | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Jamaica | 20.0% | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| United Kingdom | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| South Korea | 25.0% | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Panama | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Canada | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan) | 100.0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| South Africa | 100.0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |