84 judges · NY
The New York City, NY Immigration Court has an overall asylum approval rate of 46.1% across 419,141 decided cases. The court has 84 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 46.1% 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 Nelson, Barbara A. (18,938 total cases), Rohan, Patricia A. (18,151 total cases), and Weisel, Robert D. (17,032 total cases). The largest nationality groups shown for this court include Ecuador (21,959 decided, 7.1% grant rate), China (13,256 decided, 67.2% grant rate), and Guatemala (8,891 decided, 11.2% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nelson, Barbara A. | 28.3% | 4,143 | 10,497 | 14,640 |
| Rohan, Patricia A. | 65.8% | 8,439 | 4,378 | 12,817 |
| Weisel, Robert D. | 52.9% | 7,200 | 6,409 | 13,609 |
| Videla, Gabriel C. | 32.6% | 3,558 | 7,364 | 10,922 |
| Bain, Terry A. | 71.9% | 8,719 | 3,412 | 12,131 |
| Hom, Sandy | 36.3% | 4,118 | 7,231 | 11,349 |
| Schoppert, Douglas B. | 57.9% | 6,769 | 4,931 | 11,700 |
| Elstein, Annette S. | 61.3% | 6,320 | 3,983 | 10,303 |
| Morace, Philip L. | 64.3% | 7,279 | 4,049 | 11,328 |
| Mcmanus, Margaret | 75.7% | 8,551 | 2,740 | 11,291 |
| Lamb, Elizabeth A. | 60.9% | 5,980 | 3,843 | 9,823 |
| Sichel, Helen | 55.4% | 5,247 | 4,227 | 9,474 |
| Gordon-Uruakpa, Vivienne E. | 63.0% | 5,924 | 3,477 | 9,401 |
| Bukszpan, Joanna M. | 47.6% | 4,035 | 4,440 | 8,475 |
| Leeds, Frederic G. | 38.3% | 3,086 | 4,970 | 8,056 |
| Harbeck, Dorothy A. | 21.0% | 1,720 | 6,459 | 8,179 |
| Wyke, William Van | 62.0% | 5,002 | 3,066 | 8,068 |
| Tsankov, Mimi | 27.8% | 1,836 | 4,771 | 6,607 |
| Burr, Sarah M. | 56.5% | 3,833 | 2,946 | 6,779 |
| Sponzo, Jem C. | 21.9% | 1,575 | 5,618 | 7,193 |
| Ferris, Noel A. | 42.5% | 2,508 | 3,387 | 5,895 |
| Zagzoug, Randa | 46.7% | 3,090 | 3,521 | 6,611 |
| Wright, Virna A. | 36.2% | 2,465 | 4,348 | 6,813 |
| Segal, Alice | 44.6% | 2,840 | 3,523 | 6,363 |
| Loprest, F. James, JR. | 38.0% | 2,474 | 4,037 | 6,511 |
| Abrams, Steven R. | 25.7% | 1,610 | 4,644 | 6,254 |
| Khan, Amiena A. | 42.1% | 1,566 | 2,151 | 3,717 |
| Chase, Jeffrey S. | 28.7% | 1,246 | 3,097 | 4,343 |
| Little, Anna C. | 35.9% | 1,685 | 3,015 | 4,700 |
| Douchy, Evalyn P. | 41.1% | 2,008 | 2,872 | 4,880 |
| Thompson, Donald W., JR. | 41.0% | 2,048 | 2,943 | 4,991 |
| Burns, John | 1.3% | 63 | 4,657 | 4,720 |
| Johnson-Papillo, Carrie C. | 11.6% | 493 | 3,739 | 4,232 |
| Rosenberg, Sydney B. | 50.8% | 1,446 | 1,401 | 2,847 |
| Peal, Tiesha | 6.9% | 307 | 4,152 | 4,459 |
| Factor, Samuel M. | 23.2% | 922 | 3,058 | 3,980 |
| Cheng, Mary | 49.4% | 1,508 | 1,543 | 3,051 |
| Klahr, Deborah E. | 20.0% | 796 | 3,176 | 3,972 |
| Mcfarland, Michael G. | 27.6% | 1,088 | 2,853 | 3,941 |
| Jankun, William F. | 15.8% | 460 | 2,448 | 2,908 |
| Lurye, Maria | 41.9% | 1,596 | 2,216 | 3,812 |
| Golovnin, Lena | 27.1% | 977 | 2,631 | 3,608 |
| Sagesse, Cathy | 26.9% | 909 | 2,467 | 3,376 |
| Dandelet, Kyle | 26.0% | 839 | 2,387 | 3,226 |
| Kandah, Sabri | 60.9% | 1,177 | 756 | 1,933 |
| Siemietkowski, John | 10.4% | 352 | 3,022 | 3,374 |
| Jeannopoulos, Amanda | 22.8% | 551 | 1,866 | 2,417 |
| Gordon, Cynthia | 36.5% | 1,085 | 1,889 | 2,974 |
| Nassar, Dania | 17.7% | 514 | 2,391 | 2,905 |
| Ehrens, Lisa | 24.2% | 685 | 2,149 | 2,834 |
| Cohen, Raisa | 60.7% | 1,477 | 958 | 2,435 |
| Crawford, Carol A. | 17.7% | 472 | 2,190 | 2,662 |
| Adrian, Matthew T. | 40.4% | 749 | 1,107 | 1,856 |
| Reingold, Jonathan | 15.8% | 354 | 1,887 | 2,241 |
| Kouris, Theodora N. | 38.7% | 931 | 1,476 | 2,407 |
| Adams, Lori | 38.3% | 775 | 1,251 | 2,026 |
| Maiellano, Gioia | 13.5% | 277 | 1,778 | 2,055 |
| Rey Caldas, Carmen | 17.1% | 246 | 1,189 | 1,435 |
| Kim, David | 37.1% | 463 | 785 | 1,248 |
| Lyons, Francis J. | 42.7% | 218 | 292 | 510 |
| Menkin, Jeffrey L. | 5.3% | 43 | 773 | 816 |
| Donnolo, Paula | 47.2% | 342 | 383 | 725 |
| Pieters, Edwin | 20.1% | 114 | 453 | 567 |
| Johnston, Paul L | 20.8% | 114 | 435 | 549 |
| Russelburg, Joseph | 30.7% | 134 | 303 | 437 |
| King, Metcalfe C. | 69.0% | 220 | 99 | 319 |
| Hristova, Linda | 0.3% | 1 | 341 | 342 |
| Cusmano, Christopher | 1.6% | 5 | 303 | 308 |
| Narain, Lucky | 0.9% | 1 | 105 | 106 |
| Fraiden, David | 57.5% | 46 | 34 | 80 |
| Kilker, Jean M. | 7.8% | 5 | 59 | 64 |
| Holloway, Richard | 5.0% | 2 | 38 | 40 |
| Lee-Lo, Adrien | 21.4% | 6 | 22 | 28 |
| Beschta, Susan M | 70.0% | 14 | 6 | 20 |
| Reynolds, James P. | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Erickson, David | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Status Docket Juvenile | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Echavarren, Daniel | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Kitchen, James | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Samuels, Laurie | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mishkin, Marion | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Moskow, Robert | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hallauer, Scott F. | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Berich, Watson | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ecuador | 7.1% | 1,562 | 20,397 | 21,959 |
| China | 67.2% | 8,902 | 4,354 | 13,256 |
| Guatemala | 11.2% | 1,000 | 7,891 | 8,891 |
| Venezuela | 4.6% | 326 | 6,722 | 7,048 |
| Colombia | 3.3% | 226 | 6,627 | 6,853 |
| Honduras | 17.8% | 1,201 | 5,543 | 6,744 |
| India | 52.9% | 3,170 | 2,818 | 5,988 |
| El Salvador | 31.6% | 1,637 | 3,536 | 5,173 |
| Mexico | 31.9% | 1,156 | 2,472 | 3,628 |
| Bangladesh | 68.7% | 2,451 | 1,116 | 3,567 |
| Dominican Republic | 9.4% | 264 | 2,535 | 2,799 |
| Peru | 5.2% | 131 | 2,395 | 2,526 |
| Russia | 44.2% | 1,013 | 1,278 | 2,291 |
| Nepal | 71.5% | 1,185 | 472 | 1,657 |
| Georgia | 26.4% | 437 | 1,217 | 1,654 |
| Uzbekistan | 23.4% | 385 | 1,262 | 1,647 |
| Haiti | 6.6% | 98 | 1,384 | 1,482 |
| Nicaragua | 10.5% | 141 | 1,202 | 1,343 |
| Turkey | 12.6% | 119 | 822 | 941 |
| Jamaica | 23.7% | 216 | 695 | 911 |
| Pakistan | 55.4% | 425 | 342 | 767 |
| Mauritania | 9.1% | 67 | 667 | 734 |
| Senegal | 13.3% | 95 | 620 | 715 |
| Guinea | 32.1% | 225 | 476 | 701 |
| Chad | 1.0% | 7 | 688 | 695 |
| Albania | 80.6% | 502 | 121 | 623 |
| Soviet Union | 82.4% | 509 | 109 | 618 |
| Burkina Faso | 64.8% | 267 | 145 | 412 |
| Nigeria | 64.6% | 257 | 141 | 398 |
| Romania | 6.6% | 26 | 366 | 392 |
| Sri Lanka | 36.9% | 136 | 233 | 369 |
| Brazil | 9.1% | 31 | 311 | 342 |
| Egypt | 52.1% | 163 | 150 | 313 |
| Ukraine | 73.1% | 226 | 83 | 309 |
| Kazakhstan | 39.1% | 119 | 185 | 304 |
| Guyana | 36.6% | 93 | 161 | 254 |
| Trinidad And Tobago | 41.2% | 103 | 147 | 250 |
| Paraguay | 2.0% | 5 | 242 | 247 |
| Tajikistan (Tadzhik) | 37.9% | 86 | 141 | 227 |
| Dominica | 1.4% | 3 | 210 | 213 |
| Kosovo | 79.7% | 165 | 42 | 207 |
| United Kingdom | 1.1% | 2 | 187 | 189 |
| Ghana | 47.6% | 89 | 98 | 187 |
| Panama | 5.4% | 10 | 174 | 184 |
| Mali | 55.9% | 99 | 78 | 177 |
| Afghanistan | 30.2% | 51 | 118 | 169 |
| Poland | 50.3% | 85 | 84 | 169 |
| Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan) | 47.0% | 79 | 89 | 168 |
| Morocco | 3.6% | 6 | 160 | 166 |
| Chile | 14.6% | 23 | 135 | 158 |
| Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoire) | 68.3% | 97 | 45 | 142 |
| Germany | 19.1% | 27 | 114 | 141 |
| Sudan | 5.7% | 8 | 132 | 140 |
| Belarus | 79.1% | 102 | 27 | 129 |
| Democratic Republic Of Congo | 7.3% | 9 | 114 | 123 |
| Burma (Myanmar) | 85.8% | 103 | 17 | 120 |
| Ireland | 3.4% | 4 | 112 | 116 |
| Turkmenistan | 18.2% | 20 | 90 | 110 |
| Gambia | 67.7% | 67 | 32 | 99 |
| Israel | 44.2% | 42 | 53 | 95 |
| Azerbaijan | 51.2% | 43 | 41 | 84 |
| Indonesia | 62.2% | 51 | 31 | 82 |
| Yemen | 69.1% | 56 | 25 | 81 |
| Yugoslavia | 82.3% | 65 | 14 | 79 |
| Philippines | 33.3% | 26 | 52 | 78 |
| Angola | 20.5% | 15 | 58 | 73 |
| South Korea | 23.8% | 15 | 48 | 63 |
| Unknown Country | 64.5% | 40 | 22 | 62 |
| Jordan | 16.1% | 9 | 47 | 56 |
| Malaysia | 55.4% | 31 | 25 | 56 |
| Belize | 18.4% | 9 | 40 | 49 |
| Grenada | 28.6% | 14 | 35 | 49 |
| Bhutan | 39.6% | 19 | 29 | 48 |
| Cuba | 6.4% | 3 | 44 | 47 |
| Togo | 51.2% | 21 | 20 | 41 |
| Vietnam | 40.0% | 16 | 24 | 40 |
| Bolivia | 5.0% | 2 | 38 | 40 |
| Cameroon | 52.6% | 20 | 18 | 38 |
| Argentina | 18.9% | 7 | 30 | 37 |
| Armenia | 47.2% | 17 | 19 | 36 |
| Montenegro | 58.1% | 18 | 13 | 31 |
| Unknown Nationality | 3.2% | 1 | 30 | 31 |
| Moldavia (Moldova) | 50.0% | 15 | 15 | 30 |
| Hungary | 37.9% | 11 | 18 | 29 |
| Sierra Leone | 48.3% | 14 | 15 | 29 |
| Benin | 31.0% | 9 | 20 | 29 |
| Congo | 21.4% | 6 | 22 | 28 |
| Comoro Islands | 44.4% | 12 | 15 | 27 |
| Costa Rica | 7.7% | 2 | 24 | 26 |
| Singapore | 0.0% | 0 | 26 | 26 |
| Algeria | 20.0% | 5 | 20 | 25 |
| Italy | 34.8% | 8 | 15 | 23 |
| Niger | 17.4% | 4 | 19 | 23 |
| Syria | 69.6% | 16 | 7 | 23 |
| Spain | 9.5% | 2 | 19 | 21 |
| Bermuda | 28.6% | 6 | 15 | 21 |
| Canada | 31.6% | 6 | 13 | 19 |
| St. Lucia | 23.5% | 4 | 13 | 17 |
| Saudi Arabia | 62.5% | 10 | 6 | 16 |
| St. Vincent And The Grenadines | 40.0% | 6 | 9 | 15 |
| Liberia | 33.3% | 5 | 10 | 15 |
| Iran | 40.0% | 6 | 9 | 15 |
| Thailand | 25.0% | 3 | 9 | 12 |
| Taiwan | 30.0% | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| Barbados | 30.0% | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| Suriname | 80.0% | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| Serbia Montenegro | 60.0% | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| Macedonia | 100.0% | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| Stateless - Alien Unable To Name A Country | 88.9% | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| France | 25.0% | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| Japan | 25.0% | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| United Arab Emirates | 28.6% | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| AC | 33.3% | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Hong Kong | 16.7% | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Iraq | 100.0% | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| South Africa | 100.0% | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Somalia | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Lebanon | 66.7% | 2 | 1 | 3 |