Immigration court
Orlando, FL Immigration Court
38 judges · FL
EOIR data through Oct 1, 2026 · updated monthly
- 18,160
- Granted
- 111,342
- Denied
- 38
- Judges
Distribution
How this court's judges compare
At Orlando, FL, 35 judges range from 0.0% to 29.9%.
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): Orlando, FL Immigration Court granted asylum in 2.7% of 42,347 decided cases. That is lower than the court's all-time rate of 14.0% (129,502 decided cases). Over the same months, the national rate was 5.0%.
What people ask about Orlando, FL Immigration Court
These are the questions people asked most about this court from Apr 2026 to Oct 2026. The answers come from EOIR immigration court data and ICE arrest records.
Which judges at Orlando, FL Immigration Court grant asylum most often?
Among the 31 judges at this court with at least 25 decided asylum cases in Oct 2024 – Sep 2026, the highest grant rates were: James K. Grim, 18.6% of 156 decided; Stuart F. Karden, 12.1% of 149 decided; and Nicole Mouakar, 9.6% of 52 decided. The median judge among them granted 2.9%.
What is the asylum grant rate at Orlando, FL Immigration Court?
In Oct 2024 – Sep 2026, the court granted asylum in 2.7% of 42,347 decided cases (grants plus denials). Across all years in EOIR data, it granted 14.0% of 129,502 decided cases. Over the same recent months, the national rate was 5.0%.
How often does Orlando, FL Immigration Court grant motions?
Across all years of EOIR motion records for this court, the most common decided motions were: Motion for Change of Venue, granted in 91.9% of 48,268; Motion to Terminate, granted in 75.9% of 48,043; and Motion for Continuance, granted in 73.4% of 41,488. The rate counts every decided motion, including outcomes other than granted or denied.
How many ICE arrests are recorded in Orlando, Florida?
ICE recorded 4,809 arrests in Orlando, Florida from Aug 2025 to Jul 2026, 1,055 of them in Jul 2026. That is the highest month in these records, which start in Oct 2022. These are arrests anywhere in the city, not only at the immigration court.
How to Interpret This Court's Data
Court-level statistics aggregate the judges and cases assigned to the Orlando, FL Immigration 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 (24,711 total cases), Mchugh, R. Kevin (21,994 total cases), and Ghartey, Victoria L. (19,959 total cases). The largest nationality groups shown for this court (fiscal years 2020–2026) include Honduras (9,994 decided, 0.9% grant rate), Guatemala (9,755 decided, 0.9% grant rate), and Venezuela (8,599 decided, 10.9% 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.
Read how EOIR data works or learn how to compare asylum approval rates.
Areas Served by This Court
Based on the official EOIR ZIP-code assignment, the Orlando, FL Immigration Court is the assigned filing location for 733 ZIP codes. Main cities by state:
FL — Orlando, Jacksonville, Tampa, Saint Petersburg, Pensacola, Tallahassee, Sarasota, Gainesville, Ocala, Bradenton, Clearwater, Lakeland, Fort Pierce, Kissimmee, Panama City and 375 more cities
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Judges at This Court
| Judge | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ortiz-Segura, Rafael | 27.2% | 4,972 | 13,310 | 18,282 |
| Mchugh, R. Kevin | 10.9% | 2,084 | 17,056 | 19,140 |
| Ghartey, Victoria L. | 28.6% | 4,183 | 10,424 | 14,607 |
| Wilson, Earle B | 11.4% | 1,284 | 10,016 | 11,300 |
| Harris, Rodger C. | 13.4% | 1,516 | 9,794 | 11,310 |
| Hanson, Mahlon F. | 25.6% | 2,083 | 6,057 | 8,140 |
| Alberdi, Yon K. | 8.3% | 604 | 6,708 | 7,312 |
| Grim, James K. | 18.5% | 1,273 | 5,624 | 6,897 |
| Lippman, Daniel | 17.3% | 1,181 | 5,644 | 6,825 |
| Page-Lozano, Jennifer Leigh | 6.2% | 395 | 5,998 | 6,393 |
| Lang, Elizabeth G. | 13.6% | 736 | 4,660 | 5,396 |
| Karden, Stuart F. | 19.9% | 1,007 | 4,042 | 5,049 |
| Jamadar, Richard A. | 8.5% | 458 | 4,952 | 5,410 |
| Burke, Brian | 9.7% | 431 | 4,008 | 4,439 |
| Rosen, Benjamin | 4.2% | 144 | 3,320 | 3,464 |
| Moreno, Roberto | 29.9% | 1,497 | 3,505 | 5,002 |
| Espinal, Pedro J. | 6.2% | 198 | 2,973 | 3,171 |
| Stanley, Kevin | 3.5% | 117 | 3,241 | 3,358 |
| Niziolek, Alec J. | 2.1% | 69 | 3,204 | 3,273 |
| Adams, Anna | 6.9% | 189 | 2,565 | 2,754 |
| Rojas, Raphael | 4.5% | 129 | 2,729 | 2,858 |
| Frederick, Jeffrey | 3.1% | 64 | 1,993 | 2,057 |
| Cato, Richard | 4.9% | 133 | 2,607 | 2,740 |
| Diaz-Rex, Julia | 8.2% | 221 | 2,465 | 2,686 |
| Talavera-Peraza, Elvin | 6.2% | 165 | 2,491 | 2,656 |
| Padgett, Gail | 23.4% | 530 | 1,738 | 2,268 |
| Klinedinst, James | 5.6% | 26 | 442 | 468 |
| Brady, Jeffry | 0.8% | 3 | 363 | 366 |
| Moroz, Harold R. | 0.0% | 0 | 353 | 353 |
| Allmond, Thomas | 7.9% | 19 | 220 | 239 |
| Levinson, Eric L. | 3.7% | 6 | 157 | 163 |
| Ford, Christopher R. | 1.9% | 3 | 153 | 156 |
| Miller, Mark | 1.6% | 2 | 120 | 122 |
| Fighter, Thomas | 4.7% | 5 | 101 | 106 |
| Palmer, Robert G. | 4.8% | 6 | 118 | 124 |
| Faerber, Peter | 4.0% | 4 | 95 | 99 |
| Mouakar, Nicole | 9.6% | 5 | 47 | 52 |
| McCluskey, Jeffrey | 2.0% | 1 | 49 | 50 |
Roster entries without a usable profile denominator: Hernandez, Hector, Status Judge Docket 1. They are excluded from the rate table above.
Approval Rate by Nationality
Fiscal years 2020–2026 (Oct 2019 – Sep 2026).
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Honduras | 0.9% | 87 | 9,907 | 9,994 |
| Guatemala | 0.9% | 86 | 9,669 | 9,755 |
| Venezuela | 10.9% | 936 | 7,663 | 8,599 |
| Mexico | 6.5% | 392 | 5,600 | 5,992 |
| Colombia | 3.6% | 143 | 3,874 | 4,017 |
| Haiti | 1.6% | 51 | 3,191 | 3,242 |
| Brazil | 1.8% | 59 | 3,168 | 3,227 |
| Cuba | 11.3% | 362 | 2,850 | 3,212 |
| Nicaragua | 3.9% | 123 | 3,048 | 3,171 |
| El Salvador | 4.0% | 36 | 855 | 891 |
| Peru | 3.6% | 23 | 609 | 632 |
| Ecuador | 1.0% | 6 | 590 | 596 |
| Russia | 41.6% | 244 | 342 | 586 |
| Romania | 1.0% | 4 | 398 | 402 |
| Jamaica | 12.3% | 44 | 315 | 359 |
| Chile | 0.3% | 1 | 314 | 315 |
| Dominican Republic | 6.2% | 18 | 274 | 292 |
| Egypt | 52.0% | 105 | 97 | 202 |
| India | 6.4% | 12 | 176 | 188 |
| Turkey | 14.6% | 23 | 134 | 157 |
| China | 41.2% | 49 | 70 | 119 |
| Costa Rica | 3.7% | 3 | 78 | 81 |
| Ukraine | 42.4% | 28 | 38 | 66 |
| Bahamas | 12.9% | 8 | 54 | 62 |
| Panama | 5.0% | 3 | 57 | 60 |
| Bangladesh | 28.3% | 15 | 38 | 53 |
| Kazakhstan | 32.1% | 17 | 36 | 53 |
| Vietnam | 9.4% | 5 | 48 | 53 |
| Jordan | 2.2% | 1 | 45 | 46 |
| Hungary | 11.1% | 5 | 40 | 45 |
| Afghanistan | 20.9% | 9 | 34 | 43 |
| Belarus | 55.8% | 24 | 19 | 43 |
| Uzbekistan | 43.6% | 17 | 22 | 39 |
| Argentina | 5.9% | 2 | 32 | 34 |
| Bolivia | 3.0% | 1 | 32 | 33 |
| Nigeria | 15.6% | 5 | 27 | 32 |
| Canada | 18.8% | 6 | 26 | 32 |
| Italy | 9.7% | 3 | 28 | 31 |
| Spain | 3.3% | 1 | 29 | 30 |
| Philippines | 25.9% | 7 | 20 | 27 |
| United Kingdom | 24.0% | 6 | 19 | 25 |
| Unknown Nationality | 4.0% | 1 | 24 | 25 |
| Moldavia (Moldova) | 27.3% | 6 | 16 | 22 |
| Syria | 33.3% | 7 | 14 | 21 |
| Portugal | 5.3% | 1 | 18 | 19 |
| Dominica | 0.0% | 0 | 19 | 19 |
| Trinidad And Tobago | 17.6% | 3 | 14 | 17 |
| Israel | 0.0% | 0 | 17 | 17 |
| Guyana | 18.8% | 3 | 13 | 16 |
| Thailand | 0.0% | 0 | 15 | 15 |
| Morocco | 23.1% | 3 | 10 | 13 |
| South Africa | 15.4% | 2 | 11 | 13 |
| Uruguay | 16.7% | 2 | 10 | 12 |
| Iraq | 16.7% | 2 | 10 | 12 |
| Belize | 0.0% | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| Pakistan | 10.0% | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| Germany | 10.0% | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| Cameroon | 88.9% | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| Czech Republic | 0.0% | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan) | 25.0% | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| Ghana | 16.7% | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Iran | 16.7% | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Bulgaria | 40.0% | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Chad | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Saudi Arabia | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Georgia | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Indonesia | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Libya | 40.0% | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Albania | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Democratic Republic Of Congo | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| St. Lucia | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Poland | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Senegal | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Sri Lanka | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Guadeloupe | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Belgium | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |