24 judges · FL
The Orlando, FL Immigration Court has an overall asylum approval rate of 2.6% across 36,933 decided cases. The court has 24 immigration judges. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
The Orlando, FL Immigration Court has an overall asylum grant rate of 2.6% 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 Ortiz-Segura, Rafael (24,725 total cases), Mchugh, R. Kevin (21,995 total cases), and Ghartey, Victoria L. (19,982 total cases). The largest nationality groups shown for this court include Guatemala (6,970 decided, 1.2% grant rate), Honduras (6,966 decided, 1.2% grant rate), and Venezuela (4,978 decided, 17.7% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ortiz-Segura, Rafael | 27.2% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mchugh, R. Kevin | 10.9% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ghartey, Victoria L. | 8.1% | 197 | 2,232 | 2,429 |
| Wilson, Earle B | 1.4% | 3 | 218 | 221 |
| Harris, Rodger C. | 6.5% | 232 | 3,341 | 3,573 |
| Hanson, Mahlon F. | 25.6% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grim, James K. | 16.2% | 256 | 1,322 | 1,578 |
| Alberdi, Yon K. | 8.5% | 319 | 3,432 | 3,751 |
| Lippman, Daniel | 5.1% | 34 | 637 | 671 |
| Page-Lozano, Jennifer Leigh | 6.8% | 255 | 3,513 | 3,768 |
| Karden, Stuart F. | 11.5% | 159 | 1,229 | 1,388 |
| Moreno, Roberto | 29.9% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Burke, Brian | 12.4% | 372 | 2,635 | 3,007 |
| Stanley, Kevin | 4.6% | 104 | 2,171 | 2,275 |
| Rosen, Benjamin | 6.1% | 114 | 1,751 | 1,865 |
| Niziolek, Alec J. | 1.9% | 38 | 1,911 | 1,949 |
| Adams, Anna | 9.3% | 172 | 1,684 | 1,856 |
| Rojas, Raphael | 6.2% | 96 | 1,457 | 1,553 |
| Frederick, Jeffrey | 4.8% | 42 | 837 | 879 |
| Cato, Richard | 7.9% | 119 | 1,387 | 1,506 |
| Padgett, Gail | 23.4% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Diaz-Rex, Julia | 10.0% | 163 | 1,461 | 1,624 |
| Talavera-Peraza, Elvin | 6.5% | 99 | 1,425 | 1,524 |
| Status Judge Docket 1 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guatemala | 1.2% | 82 | 6,888 | 6,970 |
| Honduras | 1.2% | 84 | 6,882 | 6,966 |
| Venezuela | 17.7% | 881 | 4,097 | 4,978 |
| Mexico | 9.6% | 364 | 3,438 | 3,802 |
| Colombia | 5.5% | 133 | 2,275 | 2,408 |
| Nicaragua | 5.5% | 118 | 2,039 | 2,157 |
| Brazil | 2.2% | 46 | 2,077 | 2,123 |
| Haiti | 2.4% | 49 | 2,018 | 2,067 |
| Cuba | 15.5% | 269 | 1,469 | 1,738 |
| El Salvador | 5.5% | 35 | 605 | 640 |
| Russia | 47.4% | 195 | 216 | 411 |
| Peru | 5.2% | 20 | 361 | 381 |
| Ecuador | 2.0% | 6 | 298 | 304 |
| Romania | 1.7% | 4 | 237 | 241 |
| Jamaica | 17.6% | 37 | 173 | 210 |
| Chile | 0.5% | 1 | 188 | 189 |
| Dominican Republic | 8.2% | 15 | 168 | 183 |
| Egypt | 58.9% | 96 | 67 | 163 |
| India | 10.0% | 12 | 108 | 120 |
| Turkey | 19.3% | 21 | 88 | 109 |
| China | 48.9% | 46 | 48 | 94 |
| Ukraine | 54.0% | 27 | 23 | 50 |
| Costa Rica | 4.1% | 2 | 47 | 49 |
| Bahamas | 16.7% | 7 | 35 | 42 |
| Bangladesh | 37.5% | 15 | 25 | 40 |
| Belarus | 61.8% | 21 | 13 | 34 |
| Vietnam | 14.3% | 4 | 24 | 28 |
| Uzbekistan | 44.4% | 12 | 15 | 27 |
| Jordan | 3.7% | 1 | 26 | 27 |
| Kazakhstan | 46.2% | 12 | 14 | 26 |
| Afghanistan | 30.8% | 8 | 18 | 26 |
| Panama | 9.1% | 2 | 20 | 22 |
| Nigeria | 23.8% | 5 | 16 | 21 |
| Canada | 20.0% | 4 | 16 | 20 |
| Moldavia (Moldova) | 33.3% | 6 | 12 | 18 |
| Unknown Nationality | 0.0% | 0 | 16 | 16 |
| Italy | 18.8% | 3 | 13 | 16 |
| Spain | 0.0% | 0 | 16 | 16 |
| Philippines | 20.0% | 3 | 12 | 15 |
| Hungary | 33.3% | 5 | 10 | 15 |
| Argentina | 13.3% | 2 | 13 | 15 |
| United Kingdom | 28.6% | 4 | 10 | 14 |
| Syria | 50.0% | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| Guyana | 16.7% | 2 | 10 | 12 |
| Bolivia | 10.0% | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| Iraq | 0.0% | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Morocco | 33.3% | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| Cameroon | 88.9% | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| Trinidad And Tobago | 22.2% | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| Dominica | 0.0% | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| Uruguay | 28.6% | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| Bulgaria | 40.0% | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Saudi Arabia | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Chad | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Albania | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Thailand | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Portugal | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Czech Republic | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Democratic Republic Of Congo | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| St. Lucia | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Israel | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| South Africa | 66.7% | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Sri Lanka | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Pakistan | 33.3% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Belgium | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |