25 judges · NJ
The Elizabeth, NJ Immigration Court has an overall asylum approval rate of 8.1% across 12,313 decided cases. The court has 25 immigration judges. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
The Elizabeth, NJ Immigration Court has an overall asylum grant rate of 8.1% 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 Durling, Walter A. (28,123 total cases), Defillo, Irma Lopez (16,881 total cases), and Tadal, Mirlande (14,357 total cases). The largest nationality groups shown for this court include Mexico (2,523 decided, 4.6% grant rate), Guatemala (1,615 decided, 4.4% grant rate), and Dominican Republic (1,351 decided, 6.7% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Durling, Walter A. | 11.7% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defillo, Irma Lopez | 12.8% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tadal, Mirlande | 5.1% | 22 | 406 | 428 |
| Sease, Grace A. | 5.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pope, Jason L. | 12.5% | 448 | 3,124 | 3,572 |
| Bain, Quynh Vu | 21.3% | 13 | 48 | 61 |
| Bailey, Richard | 12.3% | 260 | 1,855 | 2,115 |
| Panopoulos, Adam | 12.7% | 197 | 1,356 | 1,553 |
| Ellington, John P. | 8.9% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Piateski, Jennifer E. | 10.6% | 141 | 1,184 | 1,325 |
| Karesh, Ellen | 7.9% | 80 | 933 | 1,013 |
| Counihan, Brian | 3.5% | 20 | 549 | 569 |
| Armstrong, Adrian N. | 11.3% | 58 | 454 | 512 |
| Hawkes, Joshua | 3.1% | 4 | 125 | 129 |
| Corkery, Barbara | 10.2% | 6 | 53 | 59 |
| Gleich, Oren | 4.7% | 2 | 41 | 43 |
| Pepper, S. Kathleen | 51.1% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pearsall, Gurney F. | 100.0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Poyurs, Yeshaya | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Dicamillo, Angelo J. | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grant, Edward | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Engel, Michael C. | 20.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| York Visiting Judge 1 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| York Visiting Judge 2 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| York Visiting Judge 3 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 4.6% | 115 | 2,408 | 2,523 |
| Guatemala | 4.4% | 71 | 1,544 | 1,615 |
| Dominican Republic | 6.7% | 90 | 1,261 | 1,351 |
| Honduras | 5.9% | 56 | 894 | 950 |
| El Salvador | 14.0% | 110 | 677 | 787 |
| Ecuador | 4.0% | 30 | 721 | 751 |
| Colombia | 6.9% | 35 | 469 | 504 |
| Venezuela | 9.2% | 36 | 356 | 392 |
| Brazil | 4.1% | 13 | 301 | 314 |
| Jamaica | 14.9% | 44 | 251 | 295 |
| Peru | 6.5% | 18 | 260 | 278 |
| Nicaragua | 18.2% | 39 | 175 | 214 |
| Haiti | 20.7% | 42 | 161 | 203 |
| India | 9.0% | 17 | 171 | 188 |
| China | 9.2% | 17 | 168 | 185 |
| Cuba | 18.5% | 32 | 141 | 173 |
| Uzbekistan | 18.6% | 27 | 118 | 145 |
| Nigeria | 25.9% | 29 | 83 | 112 |
| Russia | 25.7% | 27 | 78 | 105 |
| Romania | 1.2% | 1 | 79 | 80 |
| Turkey | 20.5% | 16 | 62 | 78 |
| Ghana | 25.7% | 19 | 55 | 74 |
| Georgia | 15.4% | 10 | 55 | 65 |
| Liberia | 28.3% | 17 | 43 | 60 |
| Costa Rica | 8.8% | 5 | 52 | 57 |
| Guinea | 19.6% | 11 | 45 | 56 |
| Mauritania | 26.9% | 14 | 38 | 52 |
| Pakistan | 13.7% | 7 | 44 | 51 |
| Trinidad And Tobago | 13.0% | 6 | 40 | 46 |
| Guyana | 20.5% | 9 | 35 | 44 |
| Tajikistan (Tadzhik) | 17.1% | 7 | 34 | 41 |
| Egypt | 20.0% | 8 | 32 | 40 |
| Senegal | 13.2% | 5 | 33 | 38 |
| Canada | 13.9% | 5 | 31 | 36 |
| United Kingdom | 3.1% | 1 | 31 | 32 |
| Sierra Leone | 33.3% | 9 | 18 | 27 |
| Ukraine | 8.7% | 2 | 21 | 23 |
| Philippines | 17.4% | 4 | 19 | 23 |
| Unknown Nationality | 4.3% | 1 | 22 | 23 |
| Bangladesh | 5.0% | 1 | 19 | 20 |
| Vietnam | 26.3% | 5 | 14 | 19 |
| Chile | 5.6% | 1 | 17 | 18 |
| Poland | 23.5% | 4 | 13 | 17 |
| Cameroon | 29.4% | 5 | 12 | 17 |
| Democratic Republic Of Congo | 35.3% | 6 | 11 | 17 |
| Jordan | 23.5% | 4 | 13 | 17 |
| Kenya | 13.3% | 2 | 13 | 15 |
| Panama | 8.3% | 1 | 11 | 12 |
| Armenia | 27.3% | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan) | 36.4% | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| Bolivia | 0.0% | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| Morocco | 50.0% | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Portugal | 0.0% | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Chad | 42.9% | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Albania | 66.7% | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Burkina Faso | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Argentina | 20.0% | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| South Korea | 40.0% | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Nepal | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Belarus | 60.0% | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Azerbaijan | 20.0% | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Sudan | 50.0% | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Thailand | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Ireland | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Spain | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Kazakhstan | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Bhutan | 25.0% | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Turkmenistan | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Algeria | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Iran | 33.3% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Gambia | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Belize | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Indonesia | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Dominica | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |