17 judges · MI
The Detroit, MI Immigration Court has an overall asylum approval rate of 18.0% across 69,251 decided cases. The court has 17 immigration judges. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
The Detroit, MI Immigration Court has an overall asylum grant rate of 18.0% 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. (20,759 total cases), Newberry, Robert D. (15,127 total cases), and Paruch, David H. (7,743 total cases). The largest nationality groups shown for this court include Mexico (4,523 decided, 5.6% grant rate), Venezuela (2,204 decided, 7.0% grant rate), and Guatemala (2,181 decided, 4.5% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hacker, Elizabeth A. | 13.7% | 2,003 | 12,668 | 14,671 |
| Newberry, Robert D. | 12.4% | 1,415 | 10,008 | 11,423 |
| Paruch, David H. | 17.4% | 940 | 4,453 | 5,393 |
| Jebson, Mark J. | 7.0% | 411 | 5,462 | 5,873 |
| Hansen, Katherine L. | 17.3% | 823 | 3,936 | 4,759 |
| Simons, Ian R. | 15.0% | 748 | 4,253 | 5,001 |
| Koelsch, David C. | 32.0% | 1,706 | 3,618 | 5,324 |
| Gorland, Jennifer M. | 24.7% | 825 | 2,513 | 3,338 |
| Guilloty, Crimilda | 33.3% | 542 | 1,084 | 1,626 |
| Pullen, Thomas L. | 50.6% | 685 | 668 | 1,353 |
| Davey, Benjamin | 6.5% | 93 | 1,327 | 1,420 |
| Christian, Terry C. | 24.5% | 114 | 351 | 465 |
| Cooper, Christopher | 2.9% | 5 | 170 | 175 |
| Rahill, Michael F. | 42.9% | 36 | 48 | 84 |
| Krishnan, Jill K. | 3.7% | 3 | 79 | 82 |
| Kallas, Denise | 3.8% | 1 | 25 | 26 |
| Moriarty, John | 5.6% | 1 | 17 | 18 |
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 5.6% | 255 | 4,268 | 4,523 |
| Venezuela | 7.0% | 155 | 2,049 | 2,204 |
| Guatemala | 4.5% | 98 | 2,083 | 2,181 |
| Honduras | 2.7% | 52 | 1,841 | 1,893 |
| Colombia | 3.5% | 33 | 900 | 933 |
| Nicaragua | 15.9% | 113 | 596 | 709 |
| El Salvador | 10.1% | 46 | 410 | 456 |
| Iraq | 72.1% | 316 | 122 | 438 |
| Cuba | 42.6% | 174 | 234 | 408 |
| Ecuador | 0.0% | 0 | 237 | 237 |
| India | 13.3% | 27 | 176 | 203 |
| Senegal | 14.6% | 29 | 170 | 199 |
| Mauritania | 2.5% | 5 | 194 | 199 |
| Vietnam | 34.6% | 66 | 125 | 191 |
| Bangladesh | 28.8% | 53 | 131 | 184 |
| Haiti | 0.7% | 1 | 141 | 142 |
| Lebanon | 40.3% | 56 | 83 | 139 |
| Dominican Republic | 4.6% | 6 | 125 | 131 |
| China | 22.0% | 24 | 85 | 109 |
| Peru | 14.0% | 14 | 86 | 100 |
| Brazil | 4.3% | 4 | 88 | 92 |
| Canada | 23.2% | 19 | 63 | 82 |
| Jordan | 25.6% | 21 | 61 | 82 |
| Nigeria | 39.0% | 32 | 50 | 82 |
| Russia | 32.5% | 26 | 54 | 80 |
| Turkey | 10.9% | 7 | 57 | 64 |
| Uzbekistan | 3.1% | 2 | 62 | 64 |
| Yemen | 58.9% | 33 | 23 | 56 |
| Jamaica | 25.9% | 14 | 40 | 54 |
| Syria | 58.3% | 28 | 20 | 48 |
| Egypt | 44.7% | 21 | 26 | 47 |
| Romania | 14.0% | 6 | 37 | 43 |
| Albania | 52.4% | 22 | 20 | 42 |
| Cameroon | 74.4% | 29 | 10 | 39 |
| Angola | 60.5% | 23 | 15 | 38 |
| Afghanistan | 10.8% | 4 | 33 | 37 |
| Unknown Nationality | 2.7% | 1 | 36 | 37 |
| Pakistan | 33.3% | 9 | 18 | 27 |
| Democratic Republic Of Congo | 61.5% | 16 | 10 | 26 |
| Ukraine | 58.3% | 14 | 10 | 24 |
| Ghana | 33.3% | 8 | 16 | 24 |
| Guinea | 26.1% | 6 | 17 | 23 |
| Congo | 31.8% | 7 | 15 | 22 |
| Chile | 19.0% | 4 | 17 | 21 |
| Uganda | 76.5% | 13 | 4 | 17 |
| Belize | 0.0% | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| Rwanda | 72.7% | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| Somalia | 0.0% | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| Bahamas | 0.0% | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Sudan | 0.0% | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Philippines | 22.2% | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| Stateless - Alien Unable To Name A Country | 22.2% | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| Costa Rica | 0.0% | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| Gambia | 42.9% | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Dominica | 0.0% | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Georgia | 14.3% | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| Saudi Arabia | 33.3% | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Zimbabwe | 50.0% | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Iran | 16.7% | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Sri Lanka | 20.0% | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Thailand | 40.0% | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| United Kingdom | 80.0% | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Eritrea | 80.0% | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Spain | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Libya | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Israel | 20.0% | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan) | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoire) | 50.0% | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Tajikistan (Tadzhik) | 50.0% | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Chad | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Niger | 75.0% | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Morocco | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Poland | 25.0% | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Kenya | 33.3% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Benin | 33.3% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Indonesia | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 3 |