28 judges · MD
The Hyattsville, MD Immigration Court has an overall asylum approval rate of 22.9% across 33,158 decided cases. The court has 28 immigration judges. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
The Hyattsville, MD Immigration Court has an overall asylum grant rate of 22.9% 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. (12,957 total cases), Kessler, Elizabeth A. (11,745 total cases), and Verma, Dinesh C. (5,095 total cases). The largest nationality groups shown for this court include El Salvador (6,756 decided, 26.5% grant rate), Honduras (5,010 decided, 13.8% grant rate), and Guatemala (4,846 decided, 11.5% 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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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:
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| Judge | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Williams, Phillip T. | 31.8% | 3,117 | 6,675 | 9,792 |
| Kessler, Elizabeth A. | 25.1% | 2,261 | 6,737 | 8,998 |
| Verma, Dinesh C. | 29.1% | 1,197 | 2,916 | 4,113 |
| Brooks, Mark K. | 6.3% | 227 | 3,388 | 3,615 |
| Jones, David M. | 24.3% | 833 | 2,597 | 3,430 |
| Rubenstein, John S. | 18.9% | 435 | 1,862 | 2,297 |
| Niburg, Rebecca | 22.9% | 529 | 1,779 | 2,308 |
| Lee, June | 10.3% | 220 | 1,918 | 2,138 |
| Kanellakos, Thanos | 14.9% | 296 | 1,690 | 1,986 |
| Igoe, Alison | 20.9% | 403 | 1,529 | 1,932 |
| Bowens, Tanisha | 28.2% | 561 | 1,429 | 1,990 |
| Diaz, Irma | 11.4% | 193 | 1,502 | 1,695 |
| Quiros, Ana Lorena. | 11.1% | 184 | 1,474 | 1,658 |
| Cubas, Claudia | 37.1% | 531 | 899 | 1,430 |
| Welhaf, Ann | 14.3% | 177 | 1,060 | 1,237 |
| Miller-Wein, Sondra J. | 30.3% | 317 | 729 | 1,046 |
| Mathew, Rajesh | 20.9% | 206 | 780 | 986 |
| Walker, Davene | 25.3% | 245 | 724 | 969 |
| Bohrer, Matthew | 11.6% | 80 | 607 | 687 |
| Reilly, Kathleen | 30.4% | 215 | 492 | 707 |
| Nevarez-Myrick, Nancy | 9.7% | 12 | 112 | 124 |
| Schultz, Evan | 69.1% | 132 | 59 | 191 |
| Poyurs, Yeshaya | 9.8% | 12 | 110 | 122 |
| Pearsall, Gurney F. | 21.6% | 16 | 58 | 74 |
| Creppy, Michael J. | 10.5% | 11 | 94 | 105 |
| Henderson, John | 58.6% | 34 | 24 | 58 |
| Gaul, Annette | 70.8% | 17 | 7 | 24 |
| Byrne, Kathleen | 0.0% | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| El Salvador | 26.5% | 1,789 | 4,967 | 6,756 |
| Honduras | 13.8% | 693 | 4,317 | 5,010 |
| Guatemala | 11.5% | 558 | 4,288 | 4,846 |
| Venezuela | 11.9% | 315 | 2,342 | 2,657 |
| Cameroon | 66.6% | 1,405 | 704 | 2,109 |
| Peru | 13.5% | 263 | 1,684 | 1,947 |
| Nicaragua | 26.5% | 457 | 1,270 | 1,727 |
| Colombia | 11.2% | 117 | 929 | 1,046 |
| Ethiopia | 70.7% | 660 | 274 | 934 |
| Mexico | 6.7% | 62 | 864 | 926 |
| Nigeria | 32.0% | 156 | 332 | 488 |
| Ecuador | 5.0% | 23 | 435 | 458 |
| Bolivia | 4.8% | 18 | 357 | 375 |
| Haiti | 12.9% | 34 | 230 | 264 |
| Brazil | 4.9% | 11 | 213 | 224 |
| Guinea | 49.5% | 98 | 100 | 198 |
| Romania | 21.8% | 39 | 140 | 179 |
| Senegal | 26.4% | 46 | 128 | 174 |
| Eritrea | 84.7% | 138 | 25 | 163 |
| Dominican Republic | 0.6% | 1 | 161 | 162 |
| Afghanistan | 56.9% | 78 | 59 | 137 |
| China | 50.4% | 58 | 57 | 115 |
| Russia | 68.8% | 75 | 34 | 109 |
| Jamaica | 14.4% | 15 | 89 | 104 |
| Ghana | 37.5% | 39 | 65 | 104 |
| Sierra Leone | 32.3% | 32 | 67 | 99 |
| India | 8.6% | 6 | 64 | 70 |
| Bangladesh | 40.3% | 27 | 40 | 67 |
| Belize | 0.0% | 0 | 51 | 51 |
| Turkey | 35.4% | 17 | 31 | 48 |
| Togo | 37.5% | 15 | 25 | 40 |
| Chile | 2.6% | 1 | 37 | 38 |
| Congo | 20.0% | 7 | 28 | 35 |
| Pakistan | 52.9% | 18 | 16 | 34 |
| Cuba | 35.7% | 10 | 18 | 28 |
| Somalia | 53.6% | 15 | 13 | 28 |
| Mauritania | 40.7% | 11 | 16 | 27 |
| Argentina | 4.2% | 1 | 23 | 24 |
| Liberia | 13.0% | 3 | 20 | 23 |
| Burkina Faso | 42.9% | 9 | 12 | 21 |
| Vietnam | 10.5% | 2 | 17 | 19 |
| Panama | 0.0% | 0 | 19 | 19 |
| Niger | 11.1% | 2 | 16 | 18 |
| Angola | 31.2% | 5 | 11 | 16 |
| Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoire) | 6.2% | 1 | 15 | 16 |
| Georgia | 62.5% | 10 | 6 | 16 |
| Benin | 13.3% | 2 | 13 | 15 |
| Uganda | 66.7% | 10 | 5 | 15 |
| Nepal | 21.4% | 3 | 11 | 14 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 50.0% | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| Sudan | 91.7% | 11 | 1 | 12 |
| Democratic Republic Of Congo | 33.3% | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| Unknown Nationality | 12.5% | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| Sri Lanka | 0.0% | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| Thailand | 0.0% | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Zimbabwe | 66.7% | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Burundi | 16.7% | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Guyana | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Iran | 50.0% | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Kenya | 16.7% | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Philippines | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Indonesia | 40.0% | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 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 |
| Gambia | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Gabon | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Kazakhstan | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |