16 judges · WA
The Seattle, WA Immigration Court has an overall asylum approval rate of 20.9% across 70,730 decided cases. The court has 16 immigration judges. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
The Seattle, WA Immigration Court has an overall asylum grant rate of 20.9% 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 Josephson, Kenneth (41,587 total cases), Kandler, Edward R. (13,413 total cases), and Parchert, Brett M. (13,094 total cases). The largest nationality groups shown for this court include Mexico (8,173 decided, 10.4% grant rate), Guatemala (3,661 decided, 8.9% grant rate), and Honduras (2,769 decided, 7.9% 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 2026-07-01. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josephson, Kenneth | 19.3% | 5,757 | 24,049 | 29,806 |
| Kandler, Edward R. | 24.5% | 2,313 | 7,121 | 9,434 |
| Parchert, Brett M. | 24.9% | 2,421 | 7,314 | 9,735 |
| Nail, William F., JR. | 20.2% | 2,052 | 8,124 | 10,176 |
| Defonzo, Paul | 34.3% | 2,639 | 5,065 | 7,704 |
| Scala, Theresa | 9.8% | 671 | 6,146 | 6,817 |
| Mcseveney, Robert B.C. | 20.9% | 1,140 | 4,310 | 5,450 |
| Johnson, Shane E. | 13.4% | 504 | 3,264 | 3,768 |
| Sogabe, Kenneth | 11.1% | 411 | 3,300 | 3,711 |
| Windrow, Hayden E. | 20.7% | 694 | 2,654 | 3,348 |
| Evans, David W. | 17.0% | 569 | 2,773 | 3,342 |
| Tisocco, Michael | 5.8% | 183 | 2,994 | 3,177 |
| Sloan, Andrea | 41.0% | 736 | 1,059 | 1,795 |
| Reyes, Susana | 25.9% | 306 | 875 | 1,181 |
| Rosen, Joshua | 4.0% | 8 | 193 | 201 |
| Nishiyama, Drew T. | 5.7% | 11 | 182 | 193 |
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 10.4% | 848 | 7,325 | 8,173 |
| Guatemala | 8.9% | 325 | 3,336 | 3,661 |
| Honduras | 7.9% | 220 | 2,549 | 2,769 |
| Colombia | 6.5% | 121 | 1,748 | 1,869 |
| Venezuela | 7.6% | 133 | 1,612 | 1,745 |
| El Salvador | 18.3% | 286 | 1,278 | 1,564 |
| Nicaragua | 10.6% | 134 | 1,132 | 1,266 |
| Brazil | 5.2% | 63 | 1,141 | 1,204 |
| Russia | 68.3% | 630 | 293 | 923 |
| Peru | 7.5% | 56 | 693 | 749 |
| India | 26.7% | 162 | 445 | 607 |
| Ecuador | 4.7% | 14 | 285 | 299 |
| Ukraine | 66.1% | 187 | 96 | 283 |
| Afghanistan | 23.0% | 65 | 218 | 283 |
| Angola | 46.8% | 132 | 150 | 282 |
| China | 47.4% | 118 | 131 | 249 |
| Romania | 8.2% | 14 | 156 | 170 |
| Somalia | 33.7% | 57 | 112 | 169 |
| Kenya | 38.7% | 58 | 92 | 150 |
| Eritrea | 68.6% | 83 | 38 | 121 |
| Ethiopia | 64.5% | 71 | 39 | 110 |
| Cuba | 29.1% | 25 | 61 | 86 |
| Moldavia (Moldova) | 40.3% | 31 | 46 | 77 |
| Belarus | 81.3% | 61 | 14 | 75 |
| Haiti | 9.6% | 7 | 66 | 73 |
| Senegal | 11.1% | 8 | 64 | 72 |
| Turkey | 34.8% | 24 | 45 | 69 |
| Vietnam | 43.5% | 27 | 35 | 62 |
| Democratic Republic Of Congo | 51.0% | 26 | 25 | 51 |
| Ghana | 40.0% | 20 | 30 | 50 |
| Bolivia | 6.1% | 3 | 46 | 49 |
| Guinea | 20.4% | 10 | 39 | 49 |
| Pakistan | 63.8% | 30 | 17 | 47 |
| Congo | 50.0% | 21 | 21 | 42 |
| Canada | 7.5% | 3 | 37 | 40 |
| Gambia | 43.2% | 16 | 21 | 37 |
| South Korea | 42.3% | 11 | 15 | 26 |
| Mongolia | 33.3% | 8 | 16 | 24 |
| Iraq | 82.6% | 19 | 4 | 23 |
| Iran | 55.0% | 11 | 9 | 20 |
| Mauritania | 0.0% | 0 | 20 | 20 |
| Libya | 33.3% | 6 | 12 | 18 |
| Kazakhstan | 83.3% | 15 | 3 | 18 |
| Philippines | 35.3% | 6 | 11 | 17 |
| Unknown Nationality | 0.0% | 0 | 17 | 17 |
| Indonesia | 31.2% | 5 | 11 | 16 |
| Nigeria | 62.5% | 10 | 6 | 16 |
| Uzbekistan | 46.7% | 7 | 8 | 15 |
| United Kingdom | 7.7% | 1 | 12 | 13 |
| Uganda | 54.5% | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| Dominican Republic | 0.0% | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| Costa Rica | 0.0% | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Jamaica | 10.0% | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| Chile | 11.1% | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| Sudan | 0.0% | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan) | 12.5% | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| Azerbaijan | 57.1% | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| Tajikistan (Tadzhik) | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Panama | 33.3% | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Egypt | 80.0% | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Djibouti | 40.0% | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Niger | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Cambodia | 75.0% | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Armenia | 100.0% | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Jordan | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Cameroon | 100.0% | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Germany | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Nepal | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Thailand | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Sierra Leone | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |