25 judges · MD
The Hyattsville, MD Immigration Court has an overall asylum approval rate of 12.0% across 28,565 decided cases. The court has 25 immigration judges. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
The Hyattsville, MD Immigration Court has an overall asylum grant rate of 12.0% 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 Williams, Phillip T. (12,959 total cases), Kessler, Elizabeth A. (11,356 total cases), and Jones, David M. (3,816 total cases). The largest nationality groups shown for this court include El Salvador (6,195 decided, 28.5% grant rate), Honduras (4,661 decided, 14.5% grant rate), and Guatemala (4,462 decided, 12.2% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Williams, Phillip T. | 24.5% | 463 | 1,424 | 1,887 |
| Kessler, Elizabeth A. | 24.2% | 520 | 1,633 | 2,153 |
| Jones, David M. | 26.5% | 728 | 2,024 | 2,752 |
| Rubenstein, John S. | 22.0% | 391 | 1,387 | 1,778 |
| Niburg, Rebecca | 25.2% | 471 | 1,395 | 1,866 |
| Kanellakos, Thanos | 15.7% | 268 | 1,435 | 1,703 |
| Martz, Nicholas A. | 18.3% | 201 | 896 | 1,097 |
| Igoe, Alison | 24.7% | 366 | 1,114 | 1,480 |
| Lee, June | 11.9% | 183 | 1,355 | 1,538 |
| Bowens, Tanisha | 30.5% | 465 | 1,060 | 1,525 |
| Cubas, Claudia | 36.6% | 489 | 846 | 1,335 |
| Welhaf, Ann | 14.0% | 165 | 1,014 | 1,179 |
| Napier, Wade Thomas | 24.1% | 197 | 619 | 816 |
| Diaz, Irma | 15.5% | 155 | 844 | 999 |
| Quiros, Ana Lorena. | 14.5% | 141 | 829 | 970 |
| Miller-Wein, Sondra J. | 29.6% | 299 | 710 | 1,009 |
| Mathew, Rajesh | 20.7% | 191 | 730 | 921 |
| Walker, Davene | 24.6% | 229 | 703 | 932 |
| Bohrer, Matthew | 10.9% | 70 | 571 | 641 |
| Reilly, Kathleen | 29.4% | 195 | 469 | 664 |
| Schultz, Evan | 69.9% | 123 | 53 | 176 |
| Hussey, Michael | 31.8% | 21 | 45 | 66 |
| Creppy, Michael J. | 71.4% | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| Henderson, John | 63.9% | 23 | 13 | 36 |
| Gaul, Annette | 76.2% | 16 | 5 | 21 |
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| El Salvador | 28.5% | 1,764 | 4,431 | 6,195 |
| Honduras | 14.5% | 675 | 3,986 | 4,661 |
| Guatemala | 12.2% | 543 | 3,919 | 4,462 |
| Venezuela | 13.3% | 287 | 1,876 | 2,163 |
| Cameroon | 71.4% | 1,346 | 540 | 1,886 |
| Peru | 14.8% | 253 | 1,452 | 1,705 |
| Nicaragua | 28.4% | 444 | 1,119 | 1,563 |
| Colombia | 12.7% | 115 | 790 | 905 |
| Mexico | 7.5% | 62 | 763 | 825 |
| Ethiopia | 77.6% | 612 | 177 | 789 |
| Nigeria | 39.2% | 154 | 239 | 393 |
| Ecuador | 5.2% | 19 | 349 | 368 |
| Bolivia | 5.4% | 17 | 300 | 317 |
| Haiti | 13.5% | 28 | 180 | 208 |
| Brazil | 5.1% | 10 | 185 | 195 |
| Guinea | 52.3% | 92 | 84 | 176 |
| Romania | 24.1% | 39 | 123 | 162 |
| Senegal | 30.2% | 45 | 104 | 149 |
| Eritrea | 87.4% | 118 | 17 | 135 |
| Dominican Republic | 0.7% | 1 | 133 | 134 |
| Afghanistan | 61.7% | 74 | 46 | 120 |
| China | 57.0% | 57 | 43 | 100 |
| Ghana | 42.5% | 37 | 50 | 87 |
| Russia | 79.5% | 66 | 17 | 83 |
| Jamaica | 19.0% | 15 | 64 | 79 |
| Sierra Leone | 42.1% | 32 | 44 | 76 |
| Bangladesh | 45.6% | 26 | 31 | 57 |
| India | 14.0% | 6 | 37 | 43 |
| Turkey | 35.7% | 15 | 27 | 42 |
| Belize | 0.0% | 0 | 40 | 40 |
| Chile | 3.1% | 1 | 31 | 32 |
| Congo | 21.9% | 7 | 25 | 32 |
| Pakistan | 54.8% | 17 | 14 | 31 |
| Togo | 48.3% | 14 | 15 | 29 |
| Cuba | 30.8% | 8 | 18 | 26 |
| Mauritania | 43.5% | 10 | 13 | 23 |
| Argentina | 4.8% | 1 | 20 | 21 |
| Somalia | 61.9% | 13 | 8 | 21 |
| Burkina Faso | 45.0% | 9 | 11 | 20 |
| Liberia | 15.8% | 3 | 16 | 19 |
| Panama | 0.0% | 0 | 19 | 19 |
| Niger | 14.3% | 2 | 12 | 14 |
| Sudan | 91.7% | 11 | 1 | 12 |
| Vietnam | 20.0% | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| Uganda | 100.0% | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Nepal | 30.0% | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| Benin | 22.2% | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoire) | 11.1% | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| Angola | 62.5% | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| Unknown Nationality | 12.5% | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| Georgia | 62.5% | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 85.7% | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| Zimbabwe | 66.7% | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Burundi | 16.7% | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Iran | 50.0% | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Guyana | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Thailand | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Indonesia | 40.0% | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Morocco | 20.0% | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Dominica | 20.0% | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Democratic Republic Of Congo | 80.0% | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Iraq | 80.0% | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| United Kingdom | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Sri Lanka | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Kazakhstan | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |