26 judges · TN
The Memphis, TN Immigration Court has an overall asylum approval rate of 8.9% across 94,202 decided cases. The court has 26 immigration judges. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
The Memphis, TN Immigration Court has an overall asylum grant rate of 8.9% 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 Pazar, Charles E. (19,135 total cases), Holt, Rebecca L. (18,808 total cases), and Campos, Alisha C. (7,189 total cases). The largest nationality groups shown for this court include Guatemala (16,922 decided, 1.7% grant rate), Honduras (11,775 decided, 1.8% grant rate), and Mexico (10,124 decided, 3.7% 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 2026-07-01. 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 Memphis, TN Immigration Court is the assigned filing location for 2,261 ZIP codes. Main cities by state:
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| Judge | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pazar, Charles E. | 20.4% | 2,760 | 10,765 | 13,525 |
| Holt, Rebecca L. | 9.6% | 1,340 | 12,547 | 13,887 |
| Campos, Alisha C. | 3.4% | 212 | 6,081 | 6,293 |
| Russo, David | 4.5% | 283 | 5,955 | 6,238 |
| Ward, Robert Q. | 4.8% | 211 | 4,149 | 4,360 |
| Josephsen, Brandon J. | 2.5% | 155 | 6,093 | 6,248 |
| Hansell, Renae M. | 1.5% | 77 | 4,978 | 5,055 |
| Newburn, Irma J. | 1.1% | 59 | 5,196 | 5,255 |
| Lake, Kelly B. | 5.8% | 282 | 4,575 | 4,857 |
| JEFFERSON-WEBB, LETTRICEA L. | 17.7% | 425 | 1,978 | 2,403 |
| Clancy, Sean D. | 9.1% | 283 | 2,822 | 3,105 |
| Miles, Vernon Benet | 3.1% | 79 | 2,476 | 2,555 |
| Maldonado, Luis | 4.6% | 93 | 1,926 | 2,019 |
| Thompson, Ryan | 0.4% | 3 | 802 | 805 |
| McLeod, Matt | 1.9% | 16 | 843 | 859 |
| Kozoll, Christopher M. | 3.9% | 18 | 446 | 464 |
| Louisville Visiting Judge 1 | 7.7% | 5 | 60 | 65 |
| Duff, Meredith | 0.0% | 0 | 91 | 91 |
| Eastman, Robert G. | 0.0% | 0 | 43 | 43 |
| Foster, Mary | 0.0% | 0 | 33 | 33 |
| Newell, Craig A. | 17.4% | 4 | 19 | 23 |
| Walker, Natalie V. | 0.0% | 0 | 21 | 21 |
| Tucker, Rhonda | 0.0% | 0 | 21 | 21 |
| Memphis Visiting Judge 1 | 25.0% | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| ADAMS, LYDIA NANCE. | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fontova, Angela M. | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guatemala | 1.7% | 288 | 16,634 | 16,922 |
| Honduras | 1.8% | 215 | 11,560 | 11,775 |
| Mexico | 3.7% | 379 | 9,745 | 10,124 |
| Nicaragua | 3.5% | 123 | 3,375 | 3,498 |
| Venezuela | 7.7% | 254 | 3,055 | 3,309 |
| El Salvador | 6.6% | 141 | 1,984 | 2,125 |
| Colombia | 2.4% | 25 | 1,013 | 1,038 |
| Cuba | 11.7% | 119 | 898 | 1,017 |
| India | 6.7% | 35 | 489 | 524 |
| Peru | 1.8% | 6 | 335 | 341 |
| Haiti | 0.0% | 0 | 212 | 212 |
| Ecuador | 2.4% | 5 | 207 | 212 |
| Mauritania | 2.1% | 4 | 185 | 189 |
| Senegal | 5.8% | 9 | 147 | 156 |
| Vietnam | 17.2% | 26 | 125 | 151 |
| Turkey | 18.3% | 20 | 89 | 109 |
| Egypt | 50.5% | 51 | 50 | 101 |
| Russia | 26.8% | 26 | 71 | 97 |
| Romania | 0.0% | 0 | 91 | 91 |
| China | 52.4% | 43 | 39 | 82 |
| Brazil | 1.3% | 1 | 75 | 76 |
| Belize | 0.0% | 0 | 70 | 70 |
| South Africa | 13.1% | 8 | 53 | 61 |
| Unknown Nationality | 0.0% | 0 | 61 | 61 |
| Uzbekistan | 30.5% | 18 | 41 | 59 |
| Jordan | 26.4% | 14 | 39 | 53 |
| Dominican Republic | 0.0% | 0 | 52 | 52 |
| Jamaica | 18.4% | 9 | 40 | 49 |
| Afghanistan | 18.2% | 6 | 27 | 33 |
| Chile | 9.1% | 3 | 30 | 33 |
| Nigeria | 21.9% | 7 | 25 | 32 |
| Democratic Republic Of Congo | 3.2% | 1 | 30 | 31 |
| Angola | 10.0% | 3 | 27 | 30 |
| Costa Rica | 3.8% | 1 | 25 | 26 |
| Iraq | 73.9% | 17 | 6 | 23 |
| Bolivia | 0.0% | 0 | 20 | 20 |
| Pakistan | 17.6% | 3 | 14 | 17 |
| Congo | 0.0% | 0 | 16 | 16 |
| Cameroon | 33.3% | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| Ghana | 0.0% | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| Panama | 16.7% | 2 | 10 | 12 |
| Somalia | 0.0% | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| Spain | 0.0% | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| Belarus | 0.0% | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Guinea | 0.0% | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan) | 0.0% | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| Kenya | 0.0% | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Gambia | 80.0% | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Syria | 100.0% | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Bosnia-Herzegovina | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Central African Republic | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Ethiopia | 40.0% | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Unknown Country | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Saudi Arabia | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Cambodia | 50.0% | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Turkmenistan | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Georgia | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Poland | 50.0% | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Philippines | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Germany | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |