Immigration court
Hyattsville, MD Immigration Court
26 judges · MD
EOIR data through Oct 1, 2026 · updated monthly
- 7,940
- Granted
- 27,817
- Denied
- 26
- Judges
Distribution
How this court's judges compare
At Hyattsville, MD, 24 judges range from 6.3% to 69.1%.
Each judge's all-time EOIR decided outcomes across every court they have served in: granted ÷ (granted + denied). Judges now based at this court with at least 100 decided cases. A historical pattern — not a prediction for any case.
Recent decisions (Oct 2024 – Sep 2026): Hyattsville, MD Immigration Court granted asylum in 15.9% of 18,826 decided cases. That is lower than the court's all-time rate of 22.2% (35,757 decided cases). Over the same months, the national rate was 5.0%.
How to Interpret This Court's Data
Court-level statistics aggregate the judges and cases assigned to the Hyattsville, MD Immigration Court, so the court average can differ sharply from any one judge's profile.
High-volume judge profiles at this court include Williams, Phillip T. (12,954 total cases), Kessler, Elizabeth A. (12,110 total cases), and Verma, Dinesh C. (5,532 total cases). The largest nationality groups shown for this court (fiscal years 2020–2026) include El Salvador (7,162 decided, 25.4% grant rate), Honduras (5,306 decided, 13.4% grant rate), and Guatemala (5,101 decided, 11.3% 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 2026-10-01. The data is informational and should not be treated as legal advice or a prediction for any individual case.
Read how EOIR data works or learn how to compare asylum approval rates.
Areas Served by This Court
Based on the official EOIR ZIP-code assignment, the Hyattsville, MD Immigration Court is the assigned filing location for 176 ZIP codes. Main cities by state:
DC — Washington, Naval Anacost Annex, Washington Navy Yard
MD — Silver Spring, Bethesda, Gaithersburg, Hyattsville, Bowie, Rockville, Waldorf, College Park, Germantown, Greenbelt, Laurel, Upper Marlboro, Accokeek, Andrews Air Force Base, Aquasco and 72 more cities
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Judges at This Court
| Judge | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Williams, Phillip T. | 31.8% | 3,117 | 6,672 | 9,789 |
| Kessler, Elizabeth A. | 24.7% | 2,301 | 7,026 | 9,327 |
| Verma, Dinesh C. | 27.5% | 1,229 | 3,235 | 4,464 |
| Jones, David M. | 23.8% | 884 | 2,831 | 3,715 |
| Brooks, Mark K. | 6.3% | 227 | 3,403 | 3,630 |
| Rubenstein, John S. | 16.1% | 448 | 2,335 | 2,783 |
| Lee, June | 9.3% | 248 | 2,407 | 2,655 |
| Niburg, Rebecca | 21.5% | 569 | 2,073 | 2,642 |
| Kanellakos, Thanos | 13.8% | 319 | 1,987 | 2,306 |
| Bowens, Tanisha | 25.3% | 592 | 1,749 | 2,341 |
| Igoe, Alison | 19.4% | 422 | 1,754 | 2,176 |
| Cubas, Claudia | 37.2% | 531 | 896 | 1,427 |
| Welhaf, Ann | 14.1% | 174 | 1,057 | 1,231 |
| Miller-Wein, Sondra J. | 29.7% | 307 | 728 | 1,035 |
| Mathew, Rajesh | 20.5% | 200 | 774 | 974 |
| Walker, Davene | 24.9% | 240 | 722 | 962 |
| Bohrer, Matthew | 11.7% | 80 | 606 | 686 |
| Reilly, Kathleen | 30.4% | 214 | 491 | 705 |
| Pearsall, Gurney F. | 10.8% | 29 | 239 | 268 |
| Poyurs, Yeshaya | 8.6% | 15 | 160 | 175 |
| Byrne, Kathleen | 15.3% | 38 | 210 | 248 |
| Nevarez-Myrick, Nancy | 9.4% | 13 | 125 | 138 |
| Schultz, Evan | 69.1% | 132 | 59 | 191 |
| Creppy, Michael J. | 10.5% | 11 | 94 | 105 |
| Henderson, John | 57.6% | 34 | 25 | 59 |
| Gaul, Annette | 70.8% | 17 | 7 | 24 |
Approval Rate by Nationality
Fiscal years 2020–2026 (Oct 2019 – Sep 2026).
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| El Salvador | 25.4% | 1,816 | 5,346 | 7,162 |
| Honduras | 13.4% | 711 | 4,595 | 5,306 |
| Guatemala | 11.3% | 577 | 4,524 | 5,101 |
| Venezuela | 11.2% | 336 | 2,670 | 3,006 |
| Cameroon | 65.5% | 1,501 | 791 | 2,292 |
| Peru | 12.6% | 265 | 1,830 | 2,095 |
| Nicaragua | 25.8% | 480 | 1,379 | 1,859 |
| Colombia | 10.7% | 127 | 1,056 | 1,183 |
| Ethiopia | 70.1% | 719 | 307 | 1,026 |
| Mexico | 6.2% | 63 | 946 | 1,009 |
| Nigeria | 28.6% | 156 | 389 | 545 |
| Ecuador | 4.6% | 23 | 479 | 502 |
| Bolivia | 4.5% | 18 | 381 | 399 |
| Haiti | 11.4% | 35 | 271 | 306 |
| Brazil | 4.8% | 12 | 240 | 252 |
| Guinea | 50.5% | 111 | 109 | 220 |
| Senegal | 24.0% | 48 | 152 | 200 |
| Romania | 20.1% | 40 | 159 | 199 |
| Eritrea | 84.0% | 157 | 30 | 187 |
| Dominican Republic | 1.1% | 2 | 177 | 179 |
| Afghanistan | 60.4% | 90 | 59 | 149 |
| China | 46.5% | 59 | 68 | 127 |
| Sierra Leone | 30.8% | 37 | 83 | 120 |
| Russia | 63.0% | 75 | 44 | 119 |
| Jamaica | 14.0% | 16 | 98 | 114 |
| Ghana | 35.5% | 39 | 71 | 110 |
| India | 9.0% | 7 | 71 | 78 |
| Bangladesh | 37.3% | 28 | 47 | 75 |
| Belize | 0.0% | 0 | 52 | 52 |
| Turkey | 35.3% | 18 | 33 | 51 |
| Togo | 31.2% | 15 | 33 | 48 |
| Chile | 2.4% | 1 | 41 | 42 |
| Pakistan | 53.8% | 21 | 18 | 39 |
| Somalia | 40.5% | 15 | 22 | 37 |
| Congo | 20.0% | 7 | 28 | 35 |
| Cuba | 32.3% | 10 | 21 | 31 |
| Mauritania | 40.0% | 12 | 18 | 30 |
| Vietnam | 12.0% | 3 | 22 | 25 |
| Argentina | 4.0% | 1 | 24 | 25 |
| Panama | 0.0% | 0 | 25 | 25 |
| Burkina Faso | 45.8% | 11 | 13 | 24 |
| Liberia | 12.5% | 3 | 21 | 24 |
| Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoire) | 5.0% | 1 | 19 | 20 |
| Georgia | 68.4% | 13 | 6 | 19 |
| Angola | 33.3% | 6 | 12 | 18 |
| Democratic Republic Of Congo | 22.2% | 4 | 14 | 18 |
| Uganda | 55.6% | 10 | 8 | 18 |
| Benin | 13.3% | 2 | 13 | 15 |
| Nepal | 20.0% | 3 | 12 | 15 |
| Niger | 14.3% | 2 | 12 | 14 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 50.0% | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| Sudan | 91.7% | 11 | 1 | 12 |
| Philippines | 8.3% | 1 | 11 | 12 |
| Iran | 54.5% | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| Indonesia | 22.2% | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| Unknown Nationality | 12.5% | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| Sri Lanka | 0.0% | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| Italy | 25.0% | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| Kenya | 14.3% | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| Thailand | 0.0% | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Zimbabwe | 66.7% | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Burundi | 16.7% | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Guyana | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Gambia | 16.7% | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Gabon | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Ukraine | 16.7% | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Morocco | 20.0% | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Dominica | 20.0% | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Iraq | 80.0% | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| United Kingdom | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| BC | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Tanzania | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Kazakhstan | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Costa Rica | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| France | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| South Africa | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 3 |