Immigration court
Philadelphia, PA Immigration Court
22 judges · PA
EOIR data through Oct 1, 2026 · updated monthly
- 16,219
- Granted
- 68,607
- Denied
- 22
- Judges
Distribution
How this court's judges compare
At Philadelphia, PA, 21 judges range from 1.4% to 35.3%.
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): Philadelphia, PA Immigration Court granted asylum in 5.9% of 24,506 decided cases. That is lower than the court's all-time rate of 19.1% (84,826 decided cases). Over the same months, the national rate was 5.0%.
What people ask about Philadelphia, PA 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.
Which judges at Philadelphia, PA Immigration Court grant asylum most often?
Among the 15 judges at this court with at least 25 decided asylum cases in Oct 2024 – Sep 2026, the highest grant rates were: Ayodele Gansallo, 12.6% of 876 decided; John B. Carle, 10.6% of 3,007 decided; and Antonio Capistrano, 8.6% of 2,403 decided. The median judge among them granted 5.4%.
What is the asylum grant rate at Philadelphia, PA Immigration Court?
In Oct 2024 – Sep 2026, the court granted asylum in 5.9% of 24,506 decided cases (grants plus denials). Across all years in EOIR data, it granted 19.1% of 84,826 decided cases. Over the same recent 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 Philadelphia, PA Immigration Court, so the court average can differ sharply from any one judge's profile.
High-volume judge profiles at this court include Garcy, Annie S. (21,681 total cases), Honeyman, Charles M. (13,720 total cases), and Malloy, Rosalind K. (11,043 total cases). The largest nationality groups shown for this court (fiscal years 2020–2026) include Guatemala (9,413 decided, 5.3% grant rate), Brazil (6,401 decided, 1.9% grant rate), and Honduras (4,682 decided, 5.7% 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 2026-10-01. 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 Philadelphia, PA Immigration Court is the assigned filing location for 1,907 ZIP codes. Main cities by state:
DE — Wilmington, Newark, Dover, Bear, Bethany Beach, Bethel, Bridgeville, Camden Wyoming, Cheswold, Claymont, Clayton, Dagsboro, Delaware City, Delmar, Dover Afb and 39 more cities
PA — Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Erie, Harrisburg, Reading, Scranton, Allentown, York, Johnstown, Bethlehem, Lancaster, Levittown, Mckeesport, Wilkes Barre, Easton and 1626 more cities
VI — Kingshill, Christiansted, Frederiksted, St John, St Thomas
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Judges at This Court
| Judge | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garcy, Annie S. | 26.7% | 3,521 | 9,660 | 13,181 |
| Honeyman, Charles M. | 32.0% | 3,032 | 6,454 | 9,486 |
| Malloy, Rosalind K. | 34.0% | 2,624 | 5,099 | 7,723 |
| Mills, Miriam K. | 28.1% | 1,850 | 4,733 | 6,583 |
| Carle, John B. | 16.6% | 1,289 | 6,467 | 7,756 |
| Lee, Mary C. | 11.2% | 822 | 6,547 | 7,369 |
| Hoover, Forrest W., III | 7.8% | 455 | 5,397 | 5,852 |
| Morley, Steven A. | 35.3% | 1,454 | 2,665 | 4,119 |
| Ferlise, Donald V. | 30.9% | 1,391 | 3,116 | 4,507 |
| Scott, Joseph C. | 9.3% | 508 | 4,944 | 5,452 |
| Farber, Lauren T. | 14.4% | 626 | 3,721 | 4,347 |
| Kulick, Dawn | 6.9% | 274 | 3,710 | 3,984 |
| Capistrano, Antonio | 9.4% | 320 | 3,096 | 3,416 |
| Mcdermott, William | 27.3% | 629 | 1,674 | 2,303 |
| Gansallo, Ayodele | 21.7% | 317 | 1,143 | 1,460 |
| Futcher, Mary A. | 3.6% | 46 | 1,247 | 1,293 |
| Fox, Melissa | 5.5% | 49 | 842 | 891 |
| Ehlers, Patrick J. | 26.2% | 227 | 638 | 865 |
| Gaymer, Johanna P. | 2.9% | 12 | 406 | 418 |
| Lipiec, Keith | 1.4% | 4 | 292 | 296 |
| Winklosky, Devin A. | 5.0% | 9 | 170 | 179 |
| Kelly, Timothy | 2.9% | 1 | 33 | 34 |
Roster entries without a usable profile denominator: Visiting Judge 5. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guatemala | 5.3% | 497 | 8,916 | 9,413 |
| Brazil | 1.9% | 124 | 6,277 | 6,401 |
| Honduras | 5.7% | 268 | 4,414 | 4,682 |
| Mexico | 19.8% | 662 | 2,677 | 3,339 |
| Dominican Republic | 2.5% | 80 | 3,097 | 3,177 |
| Ecuador | 3.6% | 83 | 2,193 | 2,276 |
| Venezuela | 7.4% | 106 | 1,322 | 1,428 |
| Colombia | 2.9% | 39 | 1,284 | 1,323 |
| Haiti | 3.3% | 42 | 1,242 | 1,284 |
| Turkey | 8.3% | 84 | 930 | 1,014 |
| El Salvador | 14.8% | 141 | 812 | 953 |
| Nicaragua | 6.6% | 61 | 867 | 928 |
| Russia | 47.9% | 396 | 431 | 827 |
| Uzbekistan | 21.4% | 120 | 442 | 562 |
| Peru | 4.4% | 23 | 503 | 526 |
| Belarus | 80.1% | 297 | 74 | 371 |
| Georgia | 37.3% | 115 | 193 | 308 |
| India | 27.8% | 84 | 218 | 302 |
| Jamaica | 17.8% | 51 | 236 | 287 |
| Nigeria | 54.5% | 133 | 111 | 244 |
| China | 55.0% | 133 | 109 | 242 |
| Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan) | 42.5% | 96 | 130 | 226 |
| Dominica | 0.0% | 0 | 197 | 197 |
| Cuba | 13.3% | 24 | 156 | 180 |
| Guinea | 26.4% | 43 | 120 | 163 |
| Liberia | 48.1% | 74 | 80 | 154 |
| Pakistan | 58.0% | 87 | 63 | 150 |
| Chile | 1.4% | 2 | 141 | 143 |
| Costa Rica | 3.0% | 4 | 130 | 134 |
| Egypt | 38.6% | 51 | 81 | 132 |
| Tajikistan (Tadzhik) | 25.8% | 33 | 95 | 128 |
| Ghana | 49.2% | 62 | 64 | 126 |
| Mauritania | 17.2% | 21 | 101 | 122 |
| Kazakhstan | 37.6% | 35 | 58 | 93 |
| Cameroon | 61.2% | 52 | 33 | 85 |
| Ukraine | 57.8% | 48 | 35 | 83 |
| Bangladesh | 56.3% | 40 | 31 | 71 |
| Vietnam | 22.5% | 16 | 55 | 71 |
| Senegal | 11.9% | 8 | 59 | 67 |
| Turkmenistan | 1.7% | 1 | 59 | 60 |
| Afghanistan | 13.0% | 7 | 47 | 54 |
| Azerbaijan | 26.1% | 12 | 34 | 46 |
| Sri Lanka | 25.0% | 11 | 33 | 44 |
| Democratic Republic Of Congo | 2.3% | 1 | 42 | 43 |
| Indonesia | 47.6% | 20 | 22 | 42 |
| Mali | 48.7% | 19 | 20 | 39 |
| Romania | 2.6% | 1 | 37 | 38 |
| Bolivia | 0.0% | 0 | 38 | 38 |
| Kenya | 52.9% | 18 | 16 | 34 |
| Algeria | 42.4% | 14 | 19 | 33 |
| Germany | 3.1% | 1 | 31 | 32 |
| Poland | 74.2% | 23 | 8 | 31 |
| Burkina Faso | 36.7% | 11 | 19 | 30 |
| Angola | 58.6% | 17 | 12 | 29 |
| Panama | 0.0% | 0 | 29 | 29 |
| Sierra Leone | 39.3% | 11 | 17 | 28 |
| Trinidad And Tobago | 40.7% | 11 | 16 | 27 |
| Canada | 16.0% | 4 | 21 | 25 |
| Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoire) | 50.0% | 12 | 12 | 24 |
| Soviet Union | 63.6% | 14 | 8 | 22 |
| Jordan | 57.9% | 11 | 8 | 19 |
| Belize | 21.1% | 4 | 15 | 19 |
| Syria | 18.8% | 3 | 13 | 16 |
| Somalia | 6.7% | 1 | 14 | 15 |
| Benin | 41.7% | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| Guyana | 36.4% | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| Iraq | 63.6% | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| Nepal | 45.5% | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| Togo | 63.6% | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| Chad | 10.0% | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| Hungary | 11.1% | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| Burma (Myanmar) | 88.9% | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| South Korea | 57.1% | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| Niger | 57.1% | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| Saudi Arabia | 0.0% | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Libya | 100.0% | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Spain | 0.0% | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Guadeloupe | 16.7% | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Malaysia | 100.0% | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Unknown Country | 16.7% | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Unknown Nationality | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Israel | 60.0% | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Burundi | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Congo | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Ethiopia | 60.0% | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Iran | 60.0% | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Sudan | 20.0% | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Holland | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Argentina | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Lebanon | 50.0% | 1 | 1 | 2 |