Immigration court
Portland, OR Immigration Court
5 judges · OR
EOIR data through Oct 1, 2026 · updated monthly
- 6,400
- Granted
- 20,817
- Denied
- 5
- Judges
Distribution
How this court's judges compare
At Portland, OR, 5 judges range from 0.6% to 42.4%.
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): Portland, OR Immigration Court granted asylum in 13.1% of 153 decided cases. That is lower than the court's all-time rate of 23.5% (27,217 decided cases). Over the same 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 Portland, OR Immigration Court, so the court average can differ sharply from any one judge's profile.
High-volume judge profiles at this court include Bennett, Michael H. (32,542 total cases), Kahn, Daniel L. (8,957 total cases), and Lyons, Joren (4,414 total cases). The largest nationality groups shown for this court (fiscal years 2020–2026) include Guatemala (1,557 decided, 8.2% grant rate), Mexico (1,472 decided, 26.9% grant rate), and Peru (498 decided, 1.2% 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.
Judges at This Court
| Judge | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bennett, Michael H. | 13.5% | 3,390 | 21,661 | 25,051 |
| Kahn, Daniel L. | 7.3% | 526 | 6,644 | 7,170 |
| Lyons, Joren | 42.4% | 1,399 | 1,900 | 3,299 |
| Andrasko, Matthew | 0.6% | 6 | 944 | 950 |
| Lemke, Kathy J. | 32.6% | 146 | 302 | 448 |
Roster entries without a usable profile denominator: Seattle Visiting Judge, Caley, Steven. 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 | 8.2% | 128 | 1,429 | 1,557 |
| Mexico | 26.9% | 396 | 1,076 | 1,472 |
| Peru | 1.2% | 6 | 492 | 498 |
| Honduras | 7.7% | 36 | 432 | 468 |
| Venezuela | 32.6% | 73 | 151 | 224 |
| Colombia | 7.0% | 15 | 200 | 215 |
| El Salvador | 12.8% | 25 | 170 | 195 |
| Nicaragua | 7.9% | 15 | 174 | 189 |
| Russia | 47.9% | 80 | 87 | 167 |
| India | 26.1% | 35 | 99 | 134 |
| Afghanistan | 65.7% | 46 | 24 | 70 |
| China | 58.6% | 34 | 24 | 58 |
| Ukraine | 52.5% | 21 | 19 | 40 |
| Romania | 7.7% | 3 | 36 | 39 |
| Cuba | 9.4% | 3 | 29 | 32 |
| Turkey | 16.7% | 3 | 15 | 18 |
| Cameroon | 78.6% | 11 | 3 | 14 |
| Ethiopia | 70.0% | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| Philippines | 33.3% | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| Haiti | 0.0% | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| Angola | 0.0% | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| Democratic Republic Of Congo | 0.0% | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| Iran | 87.5% | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| Eritrea | 28.6% | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| Somalia | 85.7% | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| Jordan | 80.0% | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Libya | 80.0% | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Unknown Nationality | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Canada | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Nepal | 33.3% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Iraq | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 2 |