10 judges · NM
The Otero, NM Immigration Court has an overall asylum approval rate of 9.0% across 7,883 decided cases. The court has 10 immigration judges. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
The Otero, NM Immigration Court has an overall asylum grant rate of 9.0% 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 Palomino, Jacinto (4,856 total cases), Taylor, Brock E (3,577 total cases), and Girvin, Ralph E. (1,716 total cases). The largest nationality groups shown for this court include Mexico (2,129 decided, 3.2% grant rate), Venezuela (855 decided, 4.8% grant rate), and Guatemala (810 decided, 2.1% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palomino, Jacinto | 2.9% | 59 | 1,955 | 2,014 |
| Taylor, Brock E | 24.4% | 486 | 1,507 | 1,993 |
| Girvin, Ralph E. | 1.7% | 27 | 1,527 | 1,554 |
| Williams, Samuel G. | 3.9% | 31 | 768 | 799 |
| French, Kathleen | 2.6% | 9 | 336 | 345 |
| Meredith, Steven | 4.8% | 3 | 59 | 62 |
| Bolling, Brandon M. | 25.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Otero Detail Judge 2 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Otero Detail Judge 1 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Otero Detail Judge 3 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 3.2% | 68 | 2,061 | 2,129 |
| Venezuela | 4.8% | 41 | 814 | 855 |
| Guatemala | 2.1% | 17 | 793 | 810 |
| Honduras | 3.3% | 19 | 564 | 583 |
| Ecuador | 2.0% | 10 | 481 | 491 |
| Colombia | 3.5% | 15 | 416 | 431 |
| Nicaragua | 11.0% | 47 | 381 | 428 |
| Cuba | 18.4% | 69 | 305 | 374 |
| Turkey | 70.0% | 236 | 101 | 337 |
| El Salvador | 5.1% | 17 | 319 | 336 |
| Brazil | 1.0% | 2 | 195 | 197 |
| China | 11.1% | 15 | 120 | 135 |
| Haiti | 6.1% | 7 | 108 | 115 |
| Peru | 2.7% | 3 | 107 | 110 |
| Dominican Republic | 1.8% | 2 | 108 | 110 |
| India | 4.3% | 3 | 67 | 70 |
| Iran | 48.5% | 16 | 17 | 33 |
| Bolivia | 3.3% | 1 | 29 | 30 |
| Jamaica | 10.0% | 3 | 27 | 30 |
| Senegal | 34.8% | 8 | 15 | 23 |
| Cameroon | 43.5% | 10 | 13 | 23 |
| Vietnam | 4.8% | 1 | 20 | 21 |
| Russia | 57.1% | 12 | 9 | 21 |
| Bangladesh | 5.0% | 1 | 19 | 20 |
| Romania | 0.0% | 0 | 19 | 19 |
| Egypt | 21.1% | 4 | 15 | 19 |
| Afghanistan | 60.0% | 9 | 6 | 15 |
| Jordan | 0.0% | 0 | 15 | 15 |
| Uzbekistan | 14.3% | 2 | 12 | 14 |
| Pakistan | 8.3% | 1 | 11 | 12 |
| Nigeria | 20.0% | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| Panama | 0.0% | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Sudan | 14.3% | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| Mauritania | 0.0% | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Azerbaijan | 33.3% | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Nepal | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Costa Rica | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Syria | 60.0% | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Morocco | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Belarus | 80.0% | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Bahamas | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Belize | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Ghana | 100.0% | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Argentina | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Ukraine | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 2 |