12 judges · LA
The New Orleans, LA Immigration Court has an overall asylum approval rate of 1.1% across 27,885 decided cases. The court has 12 immigration judges. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
The New Orleans, LA Immigration Court has an overall asylum grant rate of 1.1% 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 La Rocca, Joseph B. (19,846 total cases), Marquez, Charlotte S. (13,539 total cases), and Stogner, W. Wayne (6,544 total cases). The largest nationality groups shown for this court include Honduras (13,027 decided, 2.8% grant rate), Guatemala (5,765 decided, 1.3% grant rate), and Nicaragua (3,901 decided, 13.9% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Rocca, Joseph B. | 4.5% | 347 | 7,411 | 7,758 |
| Marquez, Charlotte S. | 2.3% | 135 | 5,676 | 5,811 |
| Stogner, W. Wayne | 18.8% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jones, Gabrielle | 8.0% | 186 | 2,135 | 2,321 |
| Jackler, Megan R. | 3.8% | 43 | 1,080 | 1,123 |
| Guillory, Kevin P. | 21.4% | 262 | 962 | 1,224 |
| DePuy, Alberto | 10.7% | 143 | 1,192 | 1,335 |
| Jones, Jason | 5.3% | 60 | 1,072 | 1,132 |
| Mesa, Myrna A. | 3.6% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Santoro, Christopher A. | 30.8% | 4 | 9 | 13 |
| Keller, Mary Beth | 50.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Acosta, Lanny J. | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Honduras | 2.8% | 371 | 12,656 | 13,027 |
| Guatemala | 1.3% | 73 | 5,692 | 5,765 |
| Nicaragua | 13.9% | 541 | 3,360 | 3,901 |
| Mexico | 5.3% | 113 | 2,010 | 2,123 |
| El Salvador | 6.0% | 40 | 624 | 664 |
| Venezuela | 20.9% | 121 | 457 | 578 |
| Brazil | 2.4% | 8 | 320 | 328 |
| Colombia | 4.2% | 10 | 228 | 238 |
| India | 57.8% | 118 | 86 | 204 |
| Mauritania | 27.6% | 43 | 113 | 156 |
| Cuba | 35.3% | 47 | 86 | 133 |
| Haiti | 1.0% | 1 | 100 | 101 |
| Turkey | 5.2% | 5 | 91 | 96 |
| Ecuador | 0.0% | 0 | 85 | 85 |
| China | 48.1% | 37 | 40 | 77 |
| Dominican Republic | 0.0% | 0 | 69 | 69 |
| Peru | 3.1% | 2 | 62 | 64 |
| Senegal | 7.5% | 4 | 49 | 53 |
| Vietnam | 52.9% | 18 | 16 | 34 |
| Bolivia | 30.0% | 9 | 21 | 30 |
| Jamaica | 22.2% | 6 | 21 | 27 |
| Jordan | 16.0% | 4 | 21 | 25 |
| Russia | 60.9% | 14 | 9 | 23 |
| Belize | 5.9% | 1 | 16 | 17 |
| Egypt | 54.5% | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| Panama | 0.0% | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| Chile | 0.0% | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| Pakistan | 66.7% | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| Nigeria | 50.0% | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Indonesia | 57.1% | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| Costa Rica | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Holland | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Palestine | 100.0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |