50 judges · FL
The Miami, FL Immigration Court has an overall asylum approval rate of 1.8% across 61,465 decided cases. The court has 50 immigration judges. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
The Miami, FL Immigration Court has an overall asylum grant rate of 1.8% 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 Ford, Rex J. (35,429 total cases), Dowell, J. Daniel (30,766 total cases), and Horn, Michael C. (23,881 total cases). The largest nationality groups shown for this court include Guatemala (15,136 decided, 3.1% grant rate), Honduras (9,009 decided, 5.6% grant rate), and Nicaragua (8,974 decided, 5.3% 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 2026-05-08. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ford, Rex J. | 13.7% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dowell, J. Daniel | 4.2% | 87 | 1,980 | 2,067 |
| Horn, Michael C. | 5.3% | 72 | 1,284 | 1,356 |
| Alexander, Scott G. | 9.9% | 265 | 2,403 | 2,668 |
| Solow, Bruce W. | 41.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Torreh-Bayouth, Lilliana | 11.6% | 143 | 1,090 | 1,233 |
| Mander, Stephen E. | 14.7% | 251 | 1,454 | 1,705 |
| Sanders, Charles J. | 33.7% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Williams, Keith C. | 42.4% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chapa, Teofilo | 29.6% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mccormack, Nancy R. | 40.7% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nettles, Marsha K. | 7.4% | 106 | 1,319 | 1,425 |
| Opaciuch, John | 21.1% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Miranda, Pedro A. | 43.4% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Balasquide, Javier E. | 8.3% | 217 | 2,397 | 2,614 |
| Sukkar, Elisa M. | 56.9% | 74 | 56 | 130 |
| Bradley, Kevin G. | 24.7% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Martinez-Esquivel, Lourdes | 9.4% | 237 | 2,297 | 2,534 |
| Garcia, Madeline | 6.0% | 134 | 2,093 | 2,227 |
| Mateo, Rene D. | 9.0% | 174 | 1,752 | 1,926 |
| Maingot, Anthony E. | 7.5% | 192 | 2,355 | 2,547 |
| Sandron, Ira | 51.3% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Simonet, Jose S. | 51.1% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Burgess, Abraham L. | 11.0% | 347 | 2,818 | 3,165 |
| Sonom, Ronald G. | 43.4% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Randall, Anthony J. | 47.6% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sogocio, Rico M. | 8.2% | 175 | 1,951 | 2,126 |
| Holyoak, Dalin R. | 7.4% | 153 | 1,926 | 2,079 |
| Walleisa, Michael G. | 8.1% | 197 | 2,245 | 2,442 |
| Kleinfeld, Seymour R. | 42.7% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole, Timothy M. | 12.5% | 282 | 1,973 | 2,255 |
| Ayze, Thomas | 5.0% | 149 | 2,818 | 2,967 |
| Rivera, Jose | 7.8% | 199 | 2,360 | 2,559 |
| Araneta, Michelle | 6.5% | 150 | 2,174 | 2,324 |
| Recio, Irene M. | 7.1% | 159 | 2,096 | 2,255 |
| Herman, Lakshmi | 3.5% | 78 | 2,164 | 2,242 |
| Reis, Christine | 7.9% | 199 | 2,323 | 2,522 |
| Khanna, Rohit | 3.3% | 41 | 1,217 | 1,258 |
| Ubarri, Maria | 10.5% | 247 | 2,095 | 2,342 |
| Neumann, Monica | 1.8% | 30 | 1,621 | 1,651 |
| Coleman, Sandra S. | 59.9% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pressman, Christian M. | 11.7% | 169 | 1,277 | 1,446 |
| King JR., H. Lloyd | 32.6% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mart, H. Kevin | 5.9% | 12 | 191 | 203 |
| Holliday, Carey R. | 0.0% | 0 | 27 | 27 |
| Metcalf, Mark H. | 24.9% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Goodwin, Deborah K. | 16.7% | 5 | 25 | 30 |
| Midgley, Ian D. | 7.7% | 50 | 597 | 647 |
| Brauwerman, Suzan C. | 63.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Barnes, John | 41.4% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guatemala | 3.1% | 476 | 14,660 | 15,136 |
| Honduras | 5.6% | 509 | 8,500 | 9,009 |
| Nicaragua | 5.3% | 474 | 8,500 | 8,974 |
| Haiti | 5.2% | 251 | 4,572 | 4,823 |
| Cuba | 17.1% | 784 | 3,799 | 4,583 |
| Venezuela | 14.6% | 585 | 3,418 | 4,003 |
| Colombia | 10.1% | 385 | 3,440 | 3,825 |
| Mexico | 16.0% | 403 | 2,121 | 2,524 |
| Brazil | 6.4% | 159 | 2,332 | 2,491 |
| El Salvador | 10.8% | 177 | 1,456 | 1,633 |
| Peru | 6.5% | 75 | 1,077 | 1,152 |
| Russia | 42.7% | 249 | 334 | 583 |
| Chile | 5.2% | 26 | 470 | 496 |
| Jamaica | 40.6% | 159 | 233 | 392 |
| Ecuador | 13.7% | 40 | 252 | 292 |
| Dominican Republic | 13.8% | 33 | 207 | 240 |
| Romania | 4.0% | 8 | 192 | 200 |
| Turkey | 7.3% | 9 | 114 | 123 |
| Bolivia | 14.0% | 14 | 86 | 100 |
| Argentina | 23.8% | 19 | 61 | 80 |
| Bahamas | 31.0% | 22 | 49 | 71 |
| Vietnam | 37.9% | 25 | 41 | 66 |
| Ukraine | 59.3% | 35 | 24 | 59 |
| Israel | 38.2% | 21 | 34 | 55 |
| Trinidad And Tobago | 55.8% | 24 | 19 | 43 |
| Costa Rica | 21.4% | 9 | 33 | 42 |
| China | 59.5% | 22 | 15 | 37 |
| Panama | 21.6% | 8 | 29 | 37 |
| Kazakhstan | 45.9% | 17 | 20 | 37 |
| Bangladesh | 38.9% | 14 | 22 | 36 |
| Canada | 27.6% | 8 | 21 | 29 |
| Belarus | 66.7% | 18 | 9 | 27 |
| Uruguay | 36.0% | 9 | 16 | 25 |
| India | 34.8% | 8 | 15 | 23 |
| Spain | 9.1% | 2 | 20 | 22 |
| Guyana | 25.0% | 5 | 15 | 20 |
| Uzbekistan | 55.6% | 10 | 8 | 18 |
| Italy | 13.3% | 2 | 13 | 15 |
| Dominica | 0.0% | 0 | 15 | 15 |
| Pakistan | 58.3% | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| Guadeloupe | 0.0% | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| Nigeria | 40.0% | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| South Africa | 44.4% | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| Egypt | 77.8% | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| Belize | 22.2% | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| Philippines | 28.6% | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| United Kingdom | 57.1% | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| Azerbaijan | 100.0% | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Afghanistan | 0.0% | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Moldavia (Moldova) | 50.0% | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Unknown Nationality | 16.7% | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Morocco | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Serbia Montenegro | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Paraguay | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Serbia | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Sri Lanka | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Tunisia | 66.7% | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Jordan | 50.0% | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Cambodia | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Burkina Faso | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| France | 100.0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |