30 judges · NJ
The Newark, NJ Immigration Court has an overall asylum approval rate of 20.0% across 118,240 decided cases. The court has 30 immigration judges. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
The Newark, NJ Immigration Court has an overall asylum grant rate of 20.0% 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. (22,643 total cases), Reichenberg, Margaret R. (14,425 total cases), and Meisner, Daniel A. (11,902 total cases). The largest nationality groups shown for this court include Ecuador (7,973 decided, 14.0% grant rate), Guatemala (7,020 decided, 6.6% grant rate), and Honduras (5,195 decided, 7.9% 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 2026-07-01. The data is informational and should not be treated as legal advice or a prediction for any individual case.
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| Judge | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riefkohl, Alberto J. | 29.5% | 4,579 | 10,931 | 15,510 |
| Reichenberg, Margaret R. | 16.8% | 1,899 | 9,406 | 11,305 |
| Meisner, Daniel A. | 24.4% | 1,796 | 5,556 | 7,352 |
| Dogin, Henry S. | 25.0% | 1,843 | 5,535 | 7,378 |
| Pugliese, Eugene | 17.5% | 1,184 | 5,597 | 6,781 |
| Finston, Leo A. | 18.9% | 1,195 | 5,133 | 6,328 |
| Strasser, William | 42.5% | 1,777 | 2,408 | 4,185 |
| Sagerman, Roger F. | 4.8% | 382 | 7,519 | 7,901 |
| Speer, John K. | 54.4% | 2,321 | 1,945 | 4,266 |
| Rastegar, Ramin | 15.5% | 805 | 4,398 | 5,203 |
| Akalski, Maria I. | 3.2% | 167 | 5,033 | 5,200 |
| Cheng, David | 15.6% | 643 | 3,470 | 4,113 |
| Lane, Nicole | 3.4% | 142 | 4,058 | 4,200 |
| Rubin, Shifra | 30.5% | 963 | 2,191 | 3,154 |
| Mullican, Leila Mcneill. | 19.2% | 619 | 2,603 | 3,222 |
| Cabrera, Esmeralda | 36.2% | 1,037 | 1,827 | 2,864 |
| Ryan, Dennis | 5.8% | 153 | 2,506 | 2,659 |
| Nazaire, Karen | 2.0% | 72 | 3,455 | 3,527 |
| Kim, Nicole | 23.2% | 443 | 1,467 | 1,910 |
| Ranasinghe, Arya S. | 18.6% | 563 | 2,462 | 3,025 |
| Moore, Carol | 9.5% | 295 | 2,823 | 3,118 |
| Neal, Michael M. | 5.8% | 123 | 1,985 | 2,108 |
| Pierro, Laura N. | 18.5% | 386 | 1,701 | 2,087 |
| Manuel, Elise | 18.6% | 297 | 1,298 | 1,595 |
| Roy, Susan G. | 14.8% | 158 | 911 | 1,069 |
| Hinds Roach, Denise A. | 14.3% | 79 | 473 | 552 |
| Kaplan, Elliot M. | 54.9% | 195 | 160 | 355 |
| Louisville Visiting Judge 2 | 8.8% | 8 | 83 | 91 |
| Lechtrecker, Kerri | 0.0% | 0 | 48 | 48 |
| Picione, Anthony | 0.0% | 0 | 38 | 38 |
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ecuador | 14.0% | 1,114 | 6,859 | 7,973 |
| Guatemala | 6.6% | 463 | 6,557 | 7,020 |
| Honduras | 7.9% | 412 | 4,783 | 5,195 |
| Brazil | 8.1% | 384 | 4,356 | 4,740 |
| Peru | 5.4% | 256 | 4,478 | 4,734 |
| Colombia | 5.5% | 221 | 3,808 | 4,029 |
| Mexico | 38.5% | 1,097 | 1,756 | 2,853 |
| El Salvador | 14.2% | 339 | 2,052 | 2,391 |
| Turkey | 13.2% | 142 | 933 | 1,075 |
| Dominican Republic | 11.6% | 113 | 860 | 973 |
| Haiti | 7.4% | 67 | 834 | 901 |
| Nicaragua | 7.2% | 64 | 821 | 885 |
| Venezuela | 13.4% | 118 | 760 | 878 |
| Nigeria | 62.9% | 317 | 187 | 504 |
| India | 29.5% | 135 | 323 | 458 |
| Costa Rica | 21.5% | 52 | 190 | 242 |
| Russia | 41.2% | 66 | 94 | 160 |
| Georgia | 31.4% | 43 | 94 | 137 |
| Chile | 16.9% | 22 | 108 | 130 |
| Egypt | 42.0% | 50 | 69 | 119 |
| Cuba | 19.5% | 23 | 95 | 118 |
| Jamaica | 35.1% | 40 | 74 | 114 |
| China | 68.1% | 77 | 36 | 113 |
| Ghana | 41.7% | 45 | 63 | 108 |
| Poland | 55.8% | 48 | 38 | 86 |
| Ukraine | 78.1% | 57 | 16 | 73 |
| Sri Lanka | 23.6% | 17 | 55 | 72 |
| Turkmenistan | 9.0% | 6 | 61 | 67 |
| Burkina Faso | 35.4% | 23 | 42 | 65 |
| Pakistan | 45.0% | 27 | 33 | 60 |
| Philippines | 51.7% | 30 | 28 | 58 |
| Bangladesh | 46.3% | 25 | 29 | 54 |
| Dominica | 0.0% | 0 | 52 | 52 |
| Romania | 2.1% | 1 | 47 | 48 |
| Bolivia | 9.8% | 4 | 37 | 41 |
| Argentina | 17.1% | 7 | 34 | 41 |
| Jordan | 59.0% | 23 | 16 | 39 |
| United Kingdom | 15.4% | 6 | 33 | 39 |
| Indonesia | 73.7% | 28 | 10 | 38 |
| Syria | 48.6% | 17 | 18 | 35 |
| Portugal | 20.6% | 7 | 27 | 34 |
| Uzbekistan | 84.8% | 28 | 5 | 33 |
| Kenya | 45.2% | 14 | 17 | 31 |
| Panama | 12.9% | 4 | 27 | 31 |
| Guinea | 41.4% | 12 | 17 | 29 |
| South Korea | 53.6% | 15 | 13 | 28 |
| Trinidad And Tobago | 42.3% | 11 | 15 | 26 |
| Belarus | 82.6% | 19 | 4 | 23 |
| Spain | 0.0% | 0 | 23 | 23 |
| Soviet Union | 76.2% | 16 | 5 | 21 |
| Chad | 42.1% | 8 | 11 | 19 |
| Paraguay | 23.5% | 4 | 13 | 17 |
| Unknown Nationality | 0.0% | 0 | 17 | 17 |
| Guyana | 50.0% | 8 | 8 | 16 |
| Liberia | 31.2% | 5 | 11 | 16 |
| Sierra Leone | 62.5% | 10 | 6 | 16 |
| Senegal | 33.3% | 5 | 10 | 15 |
| Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoire) | 50.0% | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| Germany | 0.0% | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| Afghanistan | 75.0% | 9 | 3 | 12 |
| Cameroon | 90.0% | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| Tajikistan (Tadzhik) | 70.0% | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| Belize | 0.0% | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Czech Republic | 0.0% | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| Albania | 75.0% | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| Unknown Country | 57.1% | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| Iran | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Israel | 80.0% | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Macedonia | 40.0% | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Yugoslavia | 100.0% | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| South Africa | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Slovak Republic | 40.0% | 2 | 3 | 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 |
| Niger | 33.3% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Mali | 100.0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |