27 judges · NJ
The Newark, NJ Immigration Court has an overall asylum approval rate of 0.5% across 40,145 decided cases. The court has 27 immigration judges. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
The Newark, NJ Immigration Court has an overall asylum grant rate of 0.5% 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 Riefkohl, Alberto J. (22,433 total cases), Reichenberg, Margaret R. (14,426 total cases), and Meisner, Daniel A. (11,902 total cases). The largest nationality groups shown for this court include Ecuador (6,566 decided, 15.9% grant rate), Guatemala (6,099 decided, 7.2% grant rate), and Honduras (4,579 decided, 8.8% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riefkohl, Alberto J. | 20.4% | 729 | 2,840 | 3,569 |
| Reichenberg, Margaret R. | 16.8% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Meisner, Daniel A. | 24.4% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dogin, Henry S. | 25.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pugliese, Eugene | 17.5% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chen, Shana W. | 4.4% | 232 | 5,092 | 5,324 |
| Strasser, William | 42.5% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Finston, Leo A. | 24.5% | 502 | 1,543 | 2,045 |
| Speer, John K. | 54.4% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rastegar, Ramin | 11.4% | 330 | 2,561 | 2,891 |
| Wilson, Tamar H. | 11.1% | 367 | 2,930 | 3,297 |
| Cheng, David | 18.0% | 516 | 2,344 | 2,860 |
| Akalski, Maria I. | 3.3% | 153 | 4,439 | 4,592 |
| Rubin, Shifra | 30.0% | 587 | 1,372 | 1,959 |
| Cabrera, Esmeralda | 36.2% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mullican, Leila Mcneill. | 20.8% | 535 | 2,031 | 2,566 |
| Kim, Nicole | 23.2% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lane, Nicole | 4.5% | 134 | 2,842 | 2,976 |
| Ranasinghe, Arya S. | 21.5% | 426 | 1,556 | 1,982 |
| Ryan, Dennis | 6.4% | 110 | 1,614 | 1,724 |
| Pierro, Laura N. | 16.9% | 327 | 1,604 | 1,931 |
| Manuel, Elise | 28.5% | 113 | 284 | 397 |
| Neal, Michael M. | 7.7% | 77 | 917 | 994 |
| Roy, Susan G. | 14.8% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hinds Roach, Denise A. | 12.6% | 59 | 411 | 470 |
| Kaplan, Elliot M. | 52.8% | 158 | 141 | 299 |
| Louisville Visiting Judge 2 | 8.8% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ecuador | 15.9% | 1,046 | 5,520 | 6,566 |
| Guatemala | 7.2% | 442 | 5,657 | 6,099 |
| Honduras | 8.8% | 405 | 4,174 | 4,579 |
| Brazil | 8.6% | 370 | 3,917 | 4,287 |
| Peru | 6.4% | 248 | 3,647 | 3,895 |
| Colombia | 6.7% | 216 | 3,018 | 3,234 |
| Mexico | 40.2% | 1,014 | 1,508 | 2,522 |
| El Salvador | 15.3% | 334 | 1,847 | 2,181 |
| Turkey | 16.3% | 137 | 704 | 841 |
| Haiti | 8.7% | 67 | 705 | 772 |
| Dominican Republic | 14.7% | 112 | 649 | 761 |
| Nicaragua | 9.0% | 64 | 646 | 710 |
| Venezuela | 19.9% | 118 | 474 | 592 |
| Nigeria | 65.1% | 314 | 168 | 482 |
| India | 31.1% | 129 | 286 | 415 |
| Costa Rica | 25.0% | 50 | 150 | 200 |
| Russia | 46.5% | 66 | 76 | 142 |
| Georgia | 33.9% | 42 | 82 | 124 |
| China | 68.8% | 77 | 35 | 112 |
| Chile | 17.9% | 20 | 92 | 112 |
| Egypt | 46.7% | 50 | 57 | 107 |
| Ghana | 43.6% | 44 | 57 | 101 |
| Jamaica | 40.4% | 40 | 59 | 99 |
| Cuba | 22.1% | 21 | 74 | 95 |
| Ukraine | 78.1% | 57 | 16 | 73 |
| Sri Lanka | 24.3% | 17 | 53 | 70 |
| Poland | 56.7% | 38 | 29 | 67 |
| Pakistan | 48.2% | 27 | 29 | 56 |
| Philippines | 53.7% | 29 | 25 | 54 |
| Bangladesh | 46.3% | 25 | 29 | 54 |
| Burkina Faso | 40.7% | 22 | 32 | 54 |
| Turkmenistan | 11.4% | 5 | 39 | 44 |
| Jordan | 62.2% | 23 | 14 | 37 |
| Indonesia | 74.3% | 26 | 9 | 35 |
| Argentina | 20.0% | 7 | 28 | 35 |
| Uzbekistan | 84.8% | 28 | 5 | 33 |
| United Kingdom | 20.7% | 6 | 23 | 29 |
| Kenya | 48.1% | 13 | 14 | 27 |
| Portugal | 26.9% | 7 | 19 | 26 |
| Romania | 3.8% | 1 | 25 | 26 |
| South Korea | 57.7% | 15 | 11 | 26 |
| Guinea | 46.2% | 12 | 14 | 26 |
| Bolivia | 16.0% | 4 | 21 | 25 |
| Belarus | 82.6% | 19 | 4 | 23 |
| Trinidad And Tobago | 50.0% | 11 | 11 | 22 |
| Syria | 77.3% | 17 | 5 | 22 |
| Soviet Union | 76.2% | 16 | 5 | 21 |
| Panama | 22.2% | 4 | 14 | 18 |
| Guyana | 50.0% | 8 | 8 | 16 |
| Sierra Leone | 62.5% | 10 | 6 | 16 |
| Liberia | 31.2% | 5 | 11 | 16 |
| Unknown Nationality | 0.0% | 0 | 15 | 15 |
| Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoire) | 50.0% | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| Chad | 53.8% | 7 | 6 | 13 |
| Afghanistan | 75.0% | 9 | 3 | 12 |
| Cameroon | 90.0% | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| Belize | 0.0% | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Spain | 0.0% | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Senegal | 33.3% | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| Dominica | 0.0% | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| Unknown Country | 57.1% | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| Tajikistan (Tadzhik) | 100.0% | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Albania | 100.0% | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Israel | 80.0% | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Macedonia | 40.0% | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Yugoslavia | 100.0% | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Slovak Republic | 40.0% | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| South Africa | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Uruguay | 50.0% | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan) | 100.0% | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Democratic Republic Of Congo | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Kazakhstan | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Mali | 100.0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Paraguay | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 2 |