17 judges · PA
The Philadelphia, PA Immigration Court has an overall asylum approval rate of 4.8% across 32,247 decided cases. The court has 17 immigration judges. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
The Philadelphia, PA Immigration Court has an overall asylum grant rate of 4.8% 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 Garcy, Annie S. (21,688 total cases), Honeyman, Charles M. (13,725 total cases), and Malloy, Rosalind K. (11,045 total cases). The largest nationality groups shown for this court include Guatemala (7,773 decided, 6.2% grant rate), Brazil (4,990 decided, 2.2% grant rate), and Honduras (3,813 decided, 6.8% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garcy, Annie S. | 19.1% | 231 | 979 | 1,210 |
| Honeyman, Charles M. | 22.9% | 36 | 121 | 157 |
| Malloy, Rosalind K. | 24.4% | 122 | 379 | 501 |
| Mills, Miriam K. | 28.1% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carle, John B. | 17.4% | 804 | 3,822 | 4,626 |
| Lee, Mary C. | 11.2% | 620 | 4,931 | 5,551 |
| Morley, Steven A. | 35.4% | 309 | 565 | 874 |
| Ferlise, Donald V. | 30.9% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Golparvar, Kuyomars Q. | 6.1% | 216 | 3,335 | 3,551 |
| Hoover, Forrest W., III | 8.8% | 365 | 3,806 | 4,171 |
| Espinal, Pedro J. | 7.7% | 170 | 2,041 | 2,211 |
| Scott, Joseph C. | 10.2% | 368 | 3,243 | 3,611 |
| Kulick, Dawn | 7.3% | 212 | 2,704 | 2,916 |
| Capistrano, Antonio | 11.3% | 218 | 1,714 | 1,932 |
| Gansallo, Ayodele | 23.3% | 253 | 832 | 1,085 |
| Futcher, Mary A. | 2.7% | 33 | 1,185 | 1,218 |
| Ehlers, Patrick J. | 23.2% | 185 | 612 | 797 |
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guatemala | 6.2% | 483 | 7,290 | 7,773 |
| Brazil | 2.2% | 109 | 4,881 | 4,990 |
| Honduras | 6.8% | 258 | 3,555 | 3,813 |
| Mexico | 24.7% | 607 | 1,848 | 2,455 |
| Dominican Republic | 3.4% | 71 | 2,007 | 2,078 |
| Ecuador | 5.0% | 74 | 1,405 | 1,479 |
| Haiti | 4.5% | 38 | 806 | 844 |
| Venezuela | 12.3% | 101 | 719 | 820 |
| El Salvador | 16.8% | 134 | 665 | 799 |
| Colombia | 4.9% | 37 | 720 | 757 |
| Turkey | 8.9% | 65 | 667 | 732 |
| Nicaragua | 7.0% | 49 | 650 | 699 |
| Russia | 55.1% | 330 | 269 | 599 |
| Uzbekistan | 28.6% | 108 | 270 | 378 |
| Peru | 6.1% | 19 | 293 | 312 |
| Belarus | 85.6% | 250 | 42 | 292 |
| Nigeria | 58.9% | 132 | 92 | 224 |
| India | 34.8% | 78 | 146 | 224 |
| Jamaica | 20.4% | 44 | 172 | 216 |
| China | 59.6% | 124 | 84 | 208 |
| Georgia | 39.1% | 77 | 120 | 197 |
| Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan) | 48.9% | 90 | 94 | 184 |
| Dominica | 0.0% | 0 | 156 | 156 |
| Liberia | 50.4% | 71 | 70 | 141 |
| Pakistan | 63.6% | 84 | 48 | 132 |
| Cuba | 11.9% | 15 | 111 | 126 |
| Guinea | 32.4% | 34 | 71 | 105 |
| Chile | 1.0% | 1 | 100 | 101 |
| Ghana | 57.0% | 49 | 37 | 86 |
| Costa Rica | 2.4% | 2 | 83 | 85 |
| Ukraine | 64.0% | 48 | 27 | 75 |
| Cameroon | 65.7% | 46 | 24 | 70 |
| Mauritania | 18.2% | 12 | 54 | 66 |
| Egypt | 41.7% | 25 | 35 | 60 |
| Kazakhstan | 50.0% | 30 | 30 | 60 |
| Tajikistan (Tadzhik) | 30.0% | 18 | 42 | 60 |
| Bangladesh | 66.1% | 39 | 20 | 59 |
| Vietnam | 23.2% | 13 | 43 | 56 |
| Afghanistan | 13.0% | 6 | 40 | 46 |
| Senegal | 12.5% | 5 | 35 | 40 |
| Sri Lanka | 28.2% | 11 | 28 | 39 |
| Turkmenistan | 0.0% | 0 | 38 | 38 |
| Romania | 3.0% | 1 | 32 | 33 |
| Indonesia | 59.4% | 19 | 13 | 32 |
| Democratic Republic Of Congo | 3.1% | 1 | 31 | 32 |
| Mali | 62.1% | 18 | 11 | 29 |
| Azerbaijan | 40.0% | 10 | 15 | 25 |
| Kenya | 66.7% | 16 | 8 | 24 |
| Poland | 75.0% | 18 | 6 | 24 |
| Trinidad And Tobago | 43.5% | 10 | 13 | 23 |
| Burkina Faso | 43.5% | 10 | 13 | 23 |
| Bolivia | 0.0% | 0 | 23 | 23 |
| Soviet Union | 63.6% | 14 | 8 | 22 |
| Canada | 18.2% | 4 | 18 | 22 |
| Sierra Leone | 52.4% | 11 | 10 | 21 |
| Angola | 57.1% | 12 | 9 | 21 |
| Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoire) | 57.9% | 11 | 8 | 19 |
| Panama | 0.0% | 0 | 19 | 19 |
| Algeria | 77.8% | 14 | 4 | 18 |
| Belize | 20.0% | 3 | 12 | 15 |
| Jordan | 76.9% | 10 | 3 | 13 |
| Germany | 0.0% | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| Syria | 22.2% | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| Burma (Myanmar) | 88.9% | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| South Korea | 57.1% | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| Benin | 71.4% | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| Saudi Arabia | 0.0% | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Niger | 57.1% | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| Guyana | 50.0% | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Guadeloupe | 16.7% | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Iraq | 100.0% | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Malaysia | 100.0% | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Togo | 83.3% | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| Unknown Nationality | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Unknown Country | 16.7% | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Hungary | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Israel | 60.0% | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Nepal | 100.0% | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Libya | 100.0% | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Burundi | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Holland | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Chad | 25.0% | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Lebanon | 50.0% | 1 | 1 | 2 |