Immigration court
New York Varick 5th, NY Immigration Court
25 judges · NY
EOIR data through Oct 1, 2026 · updated monthly
- 14,703
- Granted
- 55,830
- Denied
- 25
- Judges
Distribution
How this court's judges compare
At New York Varick 5th, NY, 25 judges range from 1.8% to 52.2%.
Each judge's all-time EOIR decided outcomes across every court they have served in: granted ÷ (granted + denied). Judges now based at this court with at least 100 decided cases. A historical pattern — not a prediction for any case.
Recent decisions (Oct 2024 – Sep 2026): New York Varick 5th, NY Immigration Court granted asylum in 12.5% of 15,886 decided cases. That is lower than the court's all-time rate of 20.8% (70,533 decided cases). Over the same months, the national rate was 5.0%.
How to Interpret This Court's Data
Court-level statistics aggregate the judges and cases assigned to the New York Varick 5th, NY Immigration Court, so the court average can differ sharply from any one judge's profile.
High-volume judge profiles at this court include Page, Alan L. (12,482 total cases), Mulligan, Thomas J. (8,849 total cases), and Akalski, Maria I. (6,578 total cases). The largest nationality groups shown for this court (fiscal years 2020–2026) include Ecuador (9,967 decided, 11.7% grant rate), Honduras (4,716 decided, 9.0% grant rate), and El Salvador (3,731 decided, 13.5% 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 2026-10-01. The data is informational and should not be treated as legal advice or a prediction for any individual case.
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Areas Served by This Court
Based on the official EOIR ZIP-code assignment, the New York Varick 5th, NY Immigration Court is the assigned filing location for 177 ZIP codes. Main cities by state:
NY — Great Neck, Hempstead, New Hyde Park, Stony Brook, Uniondale, Valley Stream, Albertson, Amagansett, Amityville, Aquebogue, Atlantic Beach, Babylon, Baldwin, Bay Shore, Bayport and 154 more cities
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Judges at This Court
| Judge | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Page, Alan L. | 16.9% | 1,769 | 8,719 | 10,488 |
| Mulligan, Thomas J. | 44.2% | 3,310 | 4,182 | 7,492 |
| Akalski, Maria I. | 3.1% | 176 | 5,497 | 5,673 |
| Ling, Lisa W. | 28.1% | 1,508 | 3,850 | 5,358 |
| Cohen, Howard I. | 52.2% | 2,826 | 2,585 | 5,411 |
| Burnham, Shayne R. | 23.9% | 1,075 | 3,419 | 4,494 |
| Kolbe, Margaret | 37.4% | 1,328 | 2,223 | 3,551 |
| Reid, Dara | 11.1% | 416 | 3,315 | 3,731 |
| Prieto, Francisco R. | 12.8% | 371 | 2,520 | 2,891 |
| Averwater, Richard J. | 7.9% | 250 | 2,926 | 3,176 |
| Conroy, Charles R. | 15.6% | 495 | 2,673 | 3,168 |
| DeCure, John | 10.6% | 307 | 2,577 | 2,884 |
| Mungoven, Thomas | 27.2% | 631 | 1,692 | 2,323 |
| Norkin, David | 23.5% | 396 | 1,289 | 1,685 |
| Degaeto, Anthony M. | 42.3% | 274 | 374 | 648 |
| Wedderburn, Wendy | 12.4% | 147 | 1,037 | 1,184 |
| Billings, Lucy | 24.7% | 255 | 777 | 1,032 |
| Durkin, Jennifer | 24.9% | 252 | 761 | 1,013 |
| ul-Haq, Ubaid | 17.7% | 79 | 368 | 447 |
| Buchanan, Patricia L. | 12.6% | 53 | 366 | 419 |
| Lalor, Kieran | 1.8% | 9 | 496 | 505 |
| London, Charlesa E. | 23.3% | 94 | 310 | 404 |
| Lopez, Silvia | 26.9% | 99 | 269 | 368 |
| Aliferis, Themistoklis | 27.1% | 91 | 245 | 336 |
| Bowen, Denise | 1.8% | 5 | 268 | 273 |
Approval Rate by Nationality
Fiscal years 2020–2026 (Oct 2019 – Sep 2026).
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ecuador | 11.7% | 1,165 | 8,802 | 9,967 |
| Honduras | 9.0% | 426 | 4,290 | 4,716 |
| El Salvador | 13.5% | 503 | 3,228 | 3,731 |
| Guatemala | 7.7% | 222 | 2,675 | 2,897 |
| Colombia | 12.2% | 325 | 2,335 | 2,660 |
| Peru | 9.7% | 212 | 1,963 | 2,175 |
| India | 47.3% | 925 | 1,031 | 1,956 |
| China | 69.1% | 1,039 | 464 | 1,503 |
| Nicaragua | 17.2% | 251 | 1,205 | 1,456 |
| Venezuela | 27.1% | 239 | 642 | 881 |
| Turkey | 32.0% | 274 | 581 | 855 |
| Mexico | 16.8% | 128 | 636 | 764 |
| Haiti | 7.3% | 50 | 636 | 686 |
| Dominican Republic | 8.9% | 59 | 603 | 662 |
| Russia | 82.1% | 501 | 109 | 610 |
| Bangladesh | 70.3% | 272 | 115 | 387 |
| Uzbekistan | 57.4% | 182 | 135 | 317 |
| Jamaica | 30.1% | 89 | 207 | 296 |
| Nepal | 70.1% | 157 | 67 | 224 |
| Pakistan | 48.8% | 104 | 109 | 213 |
| Georgia | 65.7% | 117 | 61 | 178 |
| Brazil | 9.6% | 17 | 160 | 177 |
| Sri Lanka | 32.3% | 30 | 63 | 93 |
| Guinea | 76.4% | 68 | 21 | 89 |
| Chile | 14.6% | 12 | 70 | 82 |
| Albania | 92.4% | 73 | 6 | 79 |
| Egypt | 66.7% | 44 | 22 | 66 |
| Nigeria | 42.9% | 24 | 32 | 56 |
| Guyana | 34.7% | 17 | 32 | 49 |
| Ghana | 78.7% | 37 | 10 | 47 |
| Belize | 2.3% | 1 | 42 | 43 |
| Poland | 55.0% | 22 | 18 | 40 |
| Senegal | 40.0% | 16 | 24 | 40 |
| Costa Rica | 5.6% | 2 | 34 | 36 |
| Turkmenistan | 33.3% | 11 | 22 | 33 |
| Paraguay | 6.2% | 2 | 30 | 32 |
| Ukraine | 80.6% | 25 | 6 | 31 |
| Unknown Nationality | 61.3% | 19 | 12 | 31 |
| Vietnam | 35.5% | 11 | 20 | 31 |
| Trinidad And Tobago | 26.9% | 7 | 19 | 26 |
| Kazakhstan | 73.1% | 19 | 7 | 26 |
| Cameroon | 92.0% | 23 | 2 | 25 |
| Soviet Union | 75.0% | 18 | 6 | 24 |
| Burkina Faso | 70.8% | 17 | 7 | 24 |
| Cuba | 41.7% | 10 | 14 | 24 |
| Tajikistan (Tadzhik) | 75.0% | 18 | 6 | 24 |
| Belarus | 91.7% | 22 | 2 | 24 |
| Romania | 34.8% | 8 | 15 | 23 |
| Dominica | 0.0% | 0 | 23 | 23 |
| Afghanistan | 65.0% | 13 | 7 | 20 |
| Philippines | 36.8% | 7 | 12 | 19 |
| Panama | 5.6% | 1 | 17 | 18 |
| Bermuda | 41.2% | 7 | 10 | 17 |
| Mali | 100.0% | 16 | 0 | 16 |
| United Kingdom | 0.0% | 0 | 16 | 16 |
| Mauritania | 33.3% | 5 | 10 | 15 |
| Argentina | 20.0% | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| Comoro Islands | 100.0% | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Germany | 60.0% | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| Iran | 40.0% | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| Israel | 22.2% | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| Ireland | 0.0% | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan) | 100.0% | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| Burma (Myanmar) | 100.0% | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Singapore | 85.7% | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| Bolivia | 0.0% | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Spain | 0.0% | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Indonesia | 83.3% | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| Democratic Republic Of Congo | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Togo | 80.0% | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoire) | 25.0% | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| EO | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Macedonia | 100.0% | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Malaysia | 66.7% | 2 | 1 | 3 |