78 judges · NY
The New York City, NY Immigration Court has an overall asylum approval rate of 6.2% across 102,768 decided cases. The court has 78 immigration judges. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
The New York City, NY Immigration Court has an overall asylum grant rate of 6.2% 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 Nelson, Barbara A. (18,501 total cases), Rohan, Patricia A. (18,152 total cases), and Weisel, Robert D. (17,033 total cases). The largest nationality groups shown for this court include Ecuador (18,963 decided, 8.0% grant rate), China (12,393 decided, 70.7% grant rate), and Guatemala (8,409 decided, 11.7% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nelson, Barbara A. | 22.2% | 727 | 2,547 | 3,274 |
| Rohan, Patricia A. | 65.8% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Weisel, Robert D. | 52.9% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Videla, Gabriel C. | 10.5% | 60 | 513 | 573 |
| Bain, Terry A. | 100.0% | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| Hom, Sandy | 36.3% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Schoppert, Douglas B. | 54.1% | 557 | 472 | 1,029 |
| Elstein, Annette S. | 61.3% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Morace, Philip L. | 64.3% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mcmanus, Margaret | 75.7% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brennan, Noel A. | 49.1% | 805 | 835 | 1,640 |
| Lamb, Elizabeth A. | 60.9% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sichel, Helen | 69.7% | 115 | 50 | 165 |
| Gordon-Uruakpa, Vivienne E. | 63.0% | 907 | 533 | 1,440 |
| Bukszpan, Joanna M. | 47.6% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Leeds, Frederic G. | 33.3% | 852 | 1,709 | 2,561 |
| Wyke, William Van | 62.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tsankov, Mimi | 30.2% | 617 | 1,428 | 2,045 |
| Burr, Sarah M. | 56.5% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ferris, Noel A. | 42.5% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zagzoug, Randa | 35.6% | 1,062 | 1,918 | 2,980 |
| Sponzo, Jem C. | 16.9% | 795 | 3,906 | 4,701 |
| Segal, Alice | 33.4% | 913 | 1,820 | 2,733 |
| Wright, Virna A. | 30.6% | 767 | 1,738 | 2,505 |
| Loprest, F. James, JR. | 22.6% | 662 | 2,266 | 2,928 |
| Abrams, Steven R. | 25.7% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Khan, Amiena A. | 49.7% | 576 | 583 | 1,159 |
| Chase, Jeffrey S. | 28.7% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Douchy, Evalyn P. | 38.7% | 1,111 | 1,757 | 2,868 |
| Thompson, Donald W., JR. | 40.5% | 1,165 | 1,711 | 2,876 |
| Little, Anna C. | 40.4% | 1,242 | 1,833 | 3,075 |
| Chugh, Amit | 13.1% | 241 | 1,594 | 1,835 |
| Rosenberg, Sydney B. | 50.8% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cheng, Mary | 69.8% | 44 | 19 | 63 |
| Johnson-Papillo, Carrie C. | 11.8% | 403 | 3,017 | 3,420 |
| Jankun, William F. | 15.8% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lurye, Maria | 39.7% | 961 | 1,461 | 2,422 |
| Factor, Samuel M. | 21.4% | 573 | 2,109 | 2,682 |
| Mcfarland, Michael G. | 29.9% | 779 | 1,827 | 2,606 |
| Golovnin, Lena | 27.9% | 679 | 1,752 | 2,431 |
| Klahr, Deborah E. | 22.4% | 713 | 2,475 | 3,188 |
| Hom, Howard C. | 11.9% | 304 | 2,259 | 2,563 |
| Kandah, Sabri | 60.9% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peal, Tiesha | 7.8% | 252 | 2,960 | 3,212 |
| Dandelet, Kyle | 26.6% | 731 | 2,012 | 2,743 |
| Sagesse, Cathy | 32.2% | 821 | 1,729 | 2,550 |
| Jeannopoulos, Amanda | 23.2% | 475 | 1,572 | 2,047 |
| Gordon, Cynthia | 39.0% | 745 | 1,164 | 1,909 |
| Siemietkowski, John | 10.4% | 292 | 2,520 | 2,812 |
| Ehrens, Lisa | 24.5% | 635 | 1,961 | 2,596 |
| Nazaire, Karen | 2.3% | 55 | 2,387 | 2,442 |
| Cohen, Raisa | 63.0% | 670 | 394 | 1,064 |
| Adrian, Matthew T. | 40.4% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kouris, Theodora N. | 39.5% | 856 | 1,312 | 2,168 |
| Crawford, Carol A. | 20.0% | 418 | 1,672 | 2,090 |
| Nassar, Dania | 20.9% | 437 | 1,654 | 2,091 |
| Campanella, Lorianne | 30.3% | 540 | 1,244 | 1,784 |
| Adams, Lori | 38.8% | 709 | 1,120 | 1,829 |
| Reingold, Jonathan | 17.8% | 321 | 1,479 | 1,800 |
| Mcdermott, William | 32.8% | 552 | 1,132 | 1,684 |
| Rey Caldas, Carmen | 16.7% | 218 | 1,089 | 1,307 |
| Maiellano, Gioia | 16.1% | 236 | 1,227 | 1,463 |
| Kim, David | 37.2% | 417 | 703 | 1,120 |
| Lyons, Francis J. | 42.7% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Menkin, Jeffrey L. | 5.4% | 18 | 316 | 334 |
| Donnolo, Paula | 47.2% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Taylor, Khalilah | 20.9% | 98 | 371 | 469 |
| Pieters, Edwin | 19.1% | 93 | 393 | 486 |
| Johnston, Paul L | 20.8% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Russelburg, Joseph | 30.7% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| King, Metcalfe C. | 69.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fraiden, David | 74.4% | 32 | 11 | 43 |
| Riner, Phoebe | 12.7% | 8 | 55 | 63 |
| Beschta, Susan M | 70.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reynolds, James P. | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Erickson, David | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Status Docket Juvenile | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Echavarren, Daniel | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ecuador | 8.0% | 1,521 | 17,442 | 18,963 |
| China | 70.7% | 8,757 | 3,636 | 12,393 |
| Guatemala | 11.7% | 983 | 7,426 | 8,409 |
| Honduras | 18.7% | 1,189 | 5,182 | 6,371 |
| Colombia | 3.6% | 217 | 5,801 | 6,018 |
| Venezuela | 5.5% | 315 | 5,457 | 5,772 |
| India | 56.7% | 3,161 | 2,418 | 5,579 |
| El Salvador | 33.4% | 1,618 | 3,233 | 4,851 |
| Bangladesh | 73.3% | 2,443 | 892 | 3,335 |
| Mexico | 33.6% | 1,097 | 2,170 | 3,267 |
| Dominican Republic | 10.4% | 259 | 2,224 | 2,483 |
| Peru | 5.6% | 124 | 2,098 | 2,222 |
| Russia | 47.9% | 970 | 1,056 | 2,026 |
| Nepal | 74.7% | 1,184 | 401 | 1,585 |
| Uzbekistan | 26.5% | 382 | 1,057 | 1,439 |
| Georgia | 29.3% | 421 | 1,014 | 1,435 |
| Haiti | 7.4% | 97 | 1,215 | 1,312 |
| Nicaragua | 11.3% | 141 | 1,105 | 1,246 |
| Turkey | 13.3% | 116 | 756 | 872 |
| Jamaica | 27.0% | 207 | 561 | 768 |
| Pakistan | 58.4% | 425 | 303 | 728 |
| Chad | 1.0% | 7 | 669 | 676 |
| Mauritania | 10.0% | 63 | 564 | 627 |
| Soviet Union | 83.8% | 507 | 98 | 605 |
| Albania | 82.8% | 499 | 104 | 603 |
| Senegal | 15.7% | 93 | 500 | 593 |
| Guinea | 35.3% | 208 | 381 | 589 |
| Burkina Faso | 69.0% | 265 | 119 | 384 |
| Nigeria | 68.4% | 255 | 118 | 373 |
| Romania | 7.2% | 26 | 335 | 361 |
| Sri Lanka | 38.3% | 136 | 219 | 355 |
| Brazil | 9.4% | 30 | 289 | 319 |
| Kazakhstan | 41.5% | 119 | 168 | 287 |
| Ukraine | 77.6% | 222 | 64 | 286 |
| Egypt | 56.6% | 162 | 124 | 286 |
| Paraguay | 2.2% | 5 | 220 | 225 |
| Trinidad And Tobago | 46.3% | 99 | 115 | 214 |
| Dominica | 1.5% | 3 | 203 | 206 |
| Kosovo | 80.3% | 163 | 40 | 203 |
| Guyana | 45.0% | 90 | 110 | 200 |
| Tajikistan (Tadzhik) | 40.7% | 81 | 118 | 199 |
| United Kingdom | 1.1% | 2 | 179 | 181 |
| Ghana | 50.6% | 88 | 86 | 174 |
| Panama | 6.0% | 10 | 157 | 167 |
| Mali | 59.9% | 97 | 65 | 162 |
| Afghanistan | 28.6% | 46 | 115 | 161 |
| Poland | 53.5% | 85 | 74 | 159 |
| Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan) | 50.3% | 78 | 77 | 155 |
| Chile | 16.4% | 23 | 117 | 140 |
| Morocco | 4.5% | 6 | 127 | 133 |
| Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoire) | 69.7% | 92 | 40 | 132 |
| Sudan | 6.3% | 8 | 119 | 127 |
| Belarus | 81.0% | 102 | 24 | 126 |
| Burma (Myanmar) | 88.8% | 103 | 13 | 116 |
| Democratic Republic Of Congo | 7.8% | 9 | 106 | 115 |
| Ireland | 3.8% | 4 | 102 | 106 |
| Germany | 22.6% | 24 | 82 | 106 |
| Turkmenistan | 20.4% | 20 | 78 | 98 |
| Gambia | 70.5% | 67 | 28 | 95 |
| Israel | 44.3% | 39 | 49 | 88 |
| Yugoslavia | 84.4% | 65 | 12 | 77 |
| Indonesia | 65.3% | 49 | 26 | 75 |
| Yemen | 73.3% | 55 | 20 | 75 |
| Azerbaijan | 54.2% | 39 | 33 | 72 |
| Philippines | 39.4% | 26 | 40 | 66 |
| Angola | 23.4% | 15 | 49 | 64 |
| Unknown Country | 64.5% | 40 | 22 | 62 |
| South Korea | 25.9% | 15 | 43 | 58 |
| Malaysia | 57.4% | 31 | 23 | 54 |
| Jordan | 18.8% | 9 | 39 | 48 |
| Bhutan | 38.3% | 18 | 29 | 47 |
| Belize | 20.9% | 9 | 34 | 43 |
| Grenada | 35.0% | 14 | 26 | 40 |
| Togo | 52.5% | 21 | 19 | 40 |
| Cuba | 7.9% | 3 | 35 | 38 |
| Vietnam | 43.2% | 16 | 21 | 37 |
| Bolivia | 5.9% | 2 | 32 | 34 |
| Armenia | 51.5% | 17 | 16 | 33 |
| Cameroon | 64.5% | 20 | 11 | 31 |
| Argentina | 22.6% | 7 | 24 | 31 |
| Montenegro | 62.1% | 18 | 11 | 29 |
| Unknown Nationality | 3.4% | 1 | 28 | 29 |
| Congo | 21.4% | 6 | 22 | 28 |
| Moldavia (Moldova) | 51.9% | 14 | 13 | 27 |
| Comoro Islands | 48.0% | 12 | 13 | 25 |
| Sierra Leone | 50.0% | 12 | 12 | 24 |
| Syria | 69.6% | 16 | 7 | 23 |
| Benin | 40.9% | 9 | 13 | 22 |
| Italy | 33.3% | 7 | 14 | 21 |
| Costa Rica | 9.5% | 2 | 19 | 21 |
| Hungary | 55.0% | 11 | 9 | 20 |
| Singapore | 0.0% | 0 | 19 | 19 |
| Canada | 33.3% | 6 | 12 | 18 |
| Spain | 11.1% | 2 | 16 | 18 |
| Saudi Arabia | 62.5% | 10 | 6 | 16 |
| Niger | 25.0% | 4 | 12 | 16 |
| Algeria | 26.7% | 4 | 11 | 15 |
| Macedonia | 100.0% | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| Iran | 40.0% | 6 | 9 | 15 |
| St. Vincent And The Grenadines | 46.2% | 6 | 7 | 13 |
| Thailand | 25.0% | 3 | 9 | 12 |
| St. Lucia | 36.4% | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| Suriname | 80.0% | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| Bermuda | 60.0% | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| Stateless - Alien Unable To Name A Country | 88.9% | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| Liberia | 62.5% | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| Japan | 25.0% | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| Barbados | 28.6% | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| United Arab Emirates | 28.6% | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| AC | 33.3% | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Serbia Montenegro | 100.0% | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Hong Kong | 16.7% | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Taiwan | 60.0% | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| France | 40.0% | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Iraq | 100.0% | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| South Africa | 100.0% | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Lebanon | 66.7% | 2 | 1 | 3 |