8 judges · NE
The Omaha, NE Immigration Court has an overall asylum approval rate of 6.2% across 45,114 decided cases. The court has 8 immigration judges. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
The Omaha, NE 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 Meyer, Abby L. (7,948 total cases), Larsen, Alexandra R. (7,455 total cases), and Morrissey, Matthew E. (6,778 total cases). The largest nationality groups shown for this court include Guatemala (5,198 decided, 1.1% grant rate), Mexico (3,368 decided, 3.8% grant rate), and Honduras (2,025 decided, 0.5% 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 2026-07-01. The data is informational and should not be treated as legal advice or a prediction for any individual case.
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Based on the official EOIR ZIP-code assignment, the Omaha, NE Immigration Court is the assigned filing location for 1,556 ZIP codes. Main cities by state:
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| Judge | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meyer, Abby L. | 2.6% | 143 | 5,447 | 5,590 |
| Larsen, Alexandra R. | 1.1% | 59 | 5,383 | 5,442 |
| Morrissey, Matthew E. | 4.7% | 266 | 5,336 | 5,602 |
| Dillow, Eric | 1.9% | 27 | 1,392 | 1,419 |
| Paul, Nancy J. | 7.3% | 66 | 844 | 910 |
| Roman, Juan | 0.5% | 1 | 204 | 205 |
| Stransky, Brian | 3.8% | 5 | 128 | 133 |
| Abbott, Lucas | 0.0% | 0 | 40 | 40 |
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guatemala | 1.1% | 58 | 5,140 | 5,198 |
| Mexico | 3.8% | 127 | 3,241 | 3,368 |
| Honduras | 0.5% | 10 | 2,015 | 2,025 |
| El Salvador | 2.4% | 26 | 1,077 | 1,103 |
| Nicaragua | 0.4% | 3 | 849 | 852 |
| Romania | 0.0% | 0 | 567 | 567 |
| Venezuela | 0.7% | 2 | 285 | 287 |
| Cuba | 5.8% | 16 | 262 | 278 |
| Colombia | 0.0% | 0 | 197 | 197 |
| Ecuador | 0.0% | 0 | 141 | 141 |
| India | 3.6% | 2 | 54 | 56 |
| Haiti | 0.0% | 0 | 55 | 55 |
| Sudan | 17.6% | 9 | 42 | 51 |
| Peru | 0.0% | 0 | 50 | 50 |
| China | 4.9% | 2 | 39 | 41 |
| Unknown Nationality | 2.6% | 1 | 38 | 39 |
| Somalia | 0.0% | 0 | 38 | 38 |
| Afghanistan | 6.2% | 2 | 30 | 32 |
| Burma (Myanmar) | 16.1% | 5 | 26 | 31 |
| Democratic Republic Of Congo | 3.3% | 1 | 29 | 30 |
| Liberia | 16.7% | 5 | 25 | 30 |
| Iraq | 17.2% | 5 | 24 | 29 |
| Russia | 11.1% | 3 | 24 | 27 |
| South Sudan | 34.6% | 9 | 17 | 26 |
| Angola | 0.0% | 0 | 25 | 25 |
| Togo | 0.0% | 0 | 18 | 18 |
| Turkey | 0.0% | 0 | 18 | 18 |
| Cameroon | 0.0% | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| Vietnam | 0.0% | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Brazil | 0.0% | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Bosnia-Herzegovina | 22.2% | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| Bolivia | 0.0% | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| Tajikistan (Tadzhik) | 0.0% | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| Ethiopia | 33.3% | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan) | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| South Africa | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Zimbabwe | 100.0% | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Eritrea | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Saudi Arabia | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Nigeria | 100.0% | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Belize | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Chad | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Dominican Republic | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Ghana | 20.0% | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Sierra Leone | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Chile | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Georgia | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Nepal | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Burkina Faso | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Mauritania | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Kenya | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |