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).
| 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 |