12 judges · MI
The Detroit, MI Immigration Court has an overall asylum approval rate of 2.3% across 14,783 decided cases. The court has 12 immigration judges. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
The Detroit, MI Immigration Court has an overall asylum grant rate of 2.3% 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 Hacker, Elizabeth A. (20,760 total cases), Newberry, Robert D. (15,127 total cases), and Paruch, David H. (7,710 total cases). The largest nationality groups shown for this court include Mexico (4,007 decided, 5.9% grant rate), Guatemala (1,982 decided, 4.7% grant rate), and Honduras (1,713 decided, 3.0% 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 2026-05-08. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hacker, Elizabeth A. | 13.7% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Newberry, Robert D. | 12.4% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paruch, David H. | 17.1% | 369 | 1,791 | 2,160 |
| Jebson, Mark J. | 5.6% | 206 | 3,446 | 3,652 |
| Simons, Ian R. | 15.6% | 522 | 2,833 | 3,355 |
| Gorland, Jennifer M. | 25.9% | 431 | 1,233 | 1,664 |
| Guilloty, Crimilda | 33.3% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pullen, Thomas L. | 50.6% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Davey, Benjamin | 5.9% | 81 | 1,288 | 1,369 |
| Kassell, Joseph | 9.6% | 82 | 768 | 850 |
| Christian, Terry C. | 24.5% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rahill, Michael F. | 42.9% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 5.9% | 237 | 3,770 | 4,007 |
| Guatemala | 4.7% | 93 | 1,889 | 1,982 |
| Honduras | 3.0% | 52 | 1,661 | 1,713 |
| Venezuela | 9.2% | 155 | 1,533 | 1,688 |
| Colombia | 4.1% | 33 | 778 | 811 |
| Nicaragua | 17.3% | 112 | 537 | 649 |
| Iraq | 73.6% | 312 | 112 | 424 |
| El Salvador | 10.6% | 44 | 373 | 417 |
| Cuba | 47.3% | 166 | 185 | 351 |
| Ecuador | 0.0% | 0 | 200 | 200 |
| Bangladesh | 30.8% | 53 | 119 | 172 |
| India | 16.2% | 27 | 140 | 167 |
| Vietnam | 38.8% | 64 | 101 | 165 |
| Senegal | 18.4% | 27 | 120 | 147 |
| Lebanon | 42.6% | 55 | 74 | 129 |
| Mauritania | 4.0% | 5 | 119 | 124 |
| Dominican Republic | 5.3% | 6 | 107 | 113 |
| Haiti | 0.9% | 1 | 109 | 110 |
| Peru | 15.2% | 14 | 78 | 92 |
| China | 27.0% | 24 | 65 | 89 |
| Nigeria | 39.7% | 31 | 47 | 78 |
| Canada | 24.7% | 19 | 58 | 77 |
| Brazil | 5.3% | 4 | 71 | 75 |
| Jordan | 27.0% | 20 | 54 | 74 |
| Russia | 34.2% | 25 | 48 | 73 |
| Turkey | 10.7% | 6 | 50 | 56 |
| Uzbekistan | 3.8% | 2 | 50 | 52 |
| Yemen | 64.7% | 33 | 18 | 51 |
| Jamaica | 28.6% | 14 | 35 | 49 |
| Syria | 58.3% | 28 | 20 | 48 |
| Egypt | 48.8% | 21 | 22 | 43 |
| Albania | 52.4% | 22 | 20 | 42 |
| Romania | 14.6% | 6 | 35 | 41 |
| Cameroon | 74.4% | 29 | 10 | 39 |
| Angola | 60.5% | 23 | 15 | 38 |
| Afghanistan | 10.0% | 3 | 27 | 30 |
| Pakistan | 33.3% | 9 | 18 | 27 |
| Democratic Republic Of Congo | 61.5% | 16 | 10 | 26 |
| Unknown Nationality | 0.0% | 0 | 26 | 26 |
| Congo | 31.8% | 7 | 15 | 22 |
| Ghana | 38.1% | 8 | 13 | 21 |
| Chile | 19.0% | 4 | 17 | 21 |
| Ukraine | 77.8% | 14 | 4 | 18 |
| Uganda | 76.5% | 13 | 4 | 17 |
| Guinea | 42.9% | 6 | 8 | 14 |
| Belize | 0.0% | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| Rwanda | 72.7% | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| Philippines | 22.2% | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| Stateless - Alien Unable To Name A Country | 22.2% | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| Gambia | 42.9% | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Dominica | 0.0% | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Georgia | 14.3% | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| Somalia | 0.0% | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Saudi Arabia | 33.3% | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Zimbabwe | 50.0% | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Sudan | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Costa Rica | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| United Kingdom | 80.0% | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Thailand | 40.0% | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Sri Lanka | 20.0% | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Eritrea | 80.0% | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Spain | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Bahamas | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Libya | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan) | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Iran | 20.0% | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoire) | 50.0% | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Tajikistan (Tadzhik) | 50.0% | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Niger | 75.0% | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Chad | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Poland | 25.0% | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Kenya | 33.3% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Benin | 33.3% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Israel | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Indonesia | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 3 |