20 judges · TN
The Memphis, TN Immigration Court has an overall asylum approval rate of 0.9% across 46,992 decided cases. The court has 20 immigration judges. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
The Memphis, TN Immigration Court has an overall asylum grant rate of 0.9% 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. (19,134 total cases), Holt, Rebecca L. (18,808 total cases), and Kaufman, Matthew W. (8,439 total cases). The largest nationality groups shown for this court include Guatemala (15,537 decided, 1.8% grant rate), Honduras (10,693 decided, 1.9% grant rate), and Mexico (8,710 decided, 3.9% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pazar, Charles E. | 20.4% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Holt, Rebecca L. | 5.6% | 351 | 5,945 | 6,296 |
| Kaufman, Matthew W. | 10.5% | 330 | 2,801 | 3,131 |
| Ward, Robert Q. | 4.6% | 165 | 3,410 | 3,575 |
| Josephsen, Brandon J. | 2.3% | 136 | 5,803 | 5,939 |
| Campos, Alisha C. | 3.4% | 182 | 5,164 | 5,346 |
| Russo, David | 4.8% | 249 | 4,941 | 5,190 |
| Johnson, Kelly S. | 3.4% | 94 | 2,696 | 2,790 |
| Newburn, Irma J. | 1.2% | 51 | 4,350 | 4,401 |
| Lake, Kelly B. | 5.3% | 197 | 3,551 | 3,748 |
| Clancy, Sean D. | 9.9% | 237 | 2,147 | 2,384 |
| JEFFERSON-WEBB, LETTRICEA L. | 21.0% | 400 | 1,503 | 1,903 |
| Miles, Vernon Benet | 2.7% | 7 | 249 | 256 |
| Maldonado, Luis | 4.1% | 80 | 1,880 | 1,960 |
| Kozoll, Christopher M. | 3.1% | 14 | 435 | 449 |
| Thompson, Ryan | 0.4% | 2 | 512 | 514 |
| Louisville Visiting Judge 1 | 7.7% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Memphis Visiting Judge 1 | 25.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ADAMS, LYDIA NANCE. | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fontova, Angela M. | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guatemala | 1.8% | 283 | 15,254 | 15,537 |
| Honduras | 1.9% | 208 | 10,485 | 10,693 |
| Mexico | 3.9% | 343 | 8,367 | 8,710 |
| Nicaragua | 3.8% | 123 | 3,132 | 3,255 |
| Venezuela | 9.5% | 245 | 2,328 | 2,573 |
| El Salvador | 7.2% | 141 | 1,813 | 1,954 |
| Cuba | 13.2% | 112 | 737 | 849 |
| Colombia | 2.8% | 23 | 804 | 827 |
| India | 7.7% | 33 | 393 | 426 |
| Peru | 1.7% | 5 | 287 | 292 |
| Ecuador | 2.9% | 5 | 166 | 171 |
| Haiti | 0.0% | 0 | 169 | 169 |
| Mauritania | 1.9% | 3 | 152 | 155 |
| Senegal | 6.6% | 9 | 127 | 136 |
| Vietnam | 25.0% | 26 | 78 | 104 |
| Turkey | 17.2% | 17 | 82 | 99 |
| Russia | 28.9% | 26 | 64 | 90 |
| Romania | 0.0% | 0 | 82 | 82 |
| Egypt | 64.5% | 49 | 27 | 76 |
| China | 57.3% | 43 | 32 | 75 |
| Brazil | 1.5% | 1 | 64 | 65 |
| Belize | 0.0% | 0 | 62 | 62 |
| South Africa | 13.1% | 8 | 53 | 61 |
| Uzbekistan | 35.4% | 17 | 31 | 48 |
| Jordan | 28.9% | 13 | 32 | 45 |
| Jamaica | 18.6% | 8 | 35 | 43 |
| Dominican Republic | 0.0% | 0 | 37 | 37 |
| Unknown Nationality | 0.0% | 0 | 35 | 35 |
| Chile | 9.4% | 3 | 29 | 32 |
| Afghanistan | 18.8% | 6 | 26 | 32 |
| Democratic Republic Of Congo | 3.6% | 1 | 27 | 28 |
| Angola | 7.4% | 2 | 25 | 27 |
| Nigeria | 26.9% | 7 | 19 | 26 |
| Costa Rica | 4.2% | 1 | 23 | 24 |
| Iraq | 73.9% | 17 | 6 | 23 |
| Pakistan | 17.6% | 3 | 14 | 17 |
| Bolivia | 0.0% | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| Congo | 0.0% | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| Cameroon | 50.0% | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Ghana | 0.0% | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| Panama | 14.3% | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| Belarus | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Somalia | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Gambia | 80.0% | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan) | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Syria | 100.0% | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Ethiopia | 40.0% | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Guinea | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Central African Republic | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Bosnia-Herzegovina | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Saudi Arabia | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Cambodia | 50.0% | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Spain | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Turkmenistan | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Philippines | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |