25 judges · VA
The Sterling, VA Immigration Court has an overall asylum approval rate of 10.8% across 38,774 decided cases. The court has 25 immigration judges. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
The Sterling, VA Immigration Court has an overall asylum grant rate of 10.8% 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 Gillies, John M. (5,423 total cases), Pope, Jason L. (5,256 total cases), and Baez, Lucy (2,905 total cases). The largest nationality groups shown for this court include Honduras (9,409 decided, 7.3% grant rate), Guatemala (6,955 decided, 3.8% grant rate), and El Salvador (6,070 decided, 15.2% 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 2026-07-01. The data is informational and should not be treated as legal advice or a prediction for any individual case.
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Based on the official EOIR ZIP-code assignment, the Sterling, VA Immigration Court is the assigned filing location for 1,334 ZIP codes. Main cities by state:
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| Judge | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gillies, John M. | 5.2% | 244 | 4,480 | 4,724 |
| Pope, Jason L. | 12.6% | 548 | 3,799 | 4,347 |
| Baez, Lucy | 11.0% | 249 | 2,023 | 2,272 |
| Bonet, Illya-Karina J. | 8.5% | 210 | 2,247 | 2,457 |
| Racine, Xavier Francois Nicola. | 13.2% | 335 | 2,194 | 2,529 |
| Snavely, Luther M. | 4.3% | 109 | 2,436 | 2,545 |
| Dehn, James T. | 10.9% | 239 | 1,948 | 2,187 |
| Padron, Kristie A. | 15.1% | 268 | 1,508 | 1,776 |
| Egy, Julia E. | 10.9% | 233 | 1,899 | 2,132 |
| Yeomans, Sarah Beth. | 14.3% | 312 | 1,870 | 2,182 |
| Wyrosdick, Laura | 19.5% | 426 | 1,754 | 2,180 |
| Hope, Karen | 6.7% | 143 | 1,985 | 2,128 |
| Gordon, Matthew | 12.1% | 220 | 1,603 | 1,823 |
| Davis, Michael P. | 10.0% | 168 | 1,505 | 1,673 |
| Marquez-Casillas, Karen | 6.3% | 95 | 1,409 | 1,504 |
| Kneedler, Jennie L. | 12.7% | 178 | 1,220 | 1,398 |
| Cleveland, Chase Calder. | 7.3% | 98 | 1,242 | 1,340 |
| Alexander, Erin | 21.0% | 282 | 1,059 | 1,341 |
| Krishna, Anupriya | 4.7% | 10 | 205 | 215 |
| Fucetola, John P. | 2.6% | 5 | 191 | 196 |
| Alcorn, Stephen | 1.1% | 2 | 180 | 182 |
| Vergona, Mary Catherine. | 13.6% | 19 | 121 | 140 |
| Corkery, Barbara | 14.9% | 15 | 86 | 101 |
| Liebowitz, Ellen | 20.0% | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Benincasa, Tanya | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Honduras | 7.3% | 684 | 8,725 | 9,409 |
| Guatemala | 3.8% | 267 | 6,688 | 6,955 |
| El Salvador | 15.2% | 922 | 5,148 | 6,070 |
| Mexico | 2.5% | 77 | 2,957 | 3,034 |
| Venezuela | 12.8% | 310 | 2,109 | 2,419 |
| Peru | 6.2% | 144 | 2,161 | 2,305 |
| Nicaragua | 13.7% | 287 | 1,810 | 2,097 |
| Colombia | 7.4% | 105 | 1,322 | 1,427 |
| Brazil | 1.6% | 9 | 551 | 560 |
| Afghanistan | 51.1% | 280 | 268 | 548 |
| Bolivia | 4.6% | 23 | 479 | 502 |
| Ecuador | 6.0% | 16 | 251 | 267 |
| Turkey | 41.4% | 92 | 130 | 222 |
| Ghana | 37.0% | 78 | 133 | 211 |
| Romania | 8.9% | 18 | 185 | 203 |
| Egypt | 53.6% | 98 | 85 | 183 |
| Cuba | 34.4% | 55 | 105 | 160 |
| India | 23.9% | 38 | 121 | 159 |
| Mauritania | 13.2% | 20 | 132 | 152 |
| Cameroon | 66.7% | 94 | 47 | 141 |
| Haiti | 3.2% | 4 | 120 | 124 |
| Russia | 76.2% | 80 | 25 | 105 |
| Dominican Republic | 2.2% | 2 | 89 | 91 |
| China | 69.2% | 54 | 24 | 78 |
| Vietnam | 34.2% | 25 | 48 | 73 |
| Costa Rica | 1.4% | 1 | 71 | 72 |
| Ethiopia | 62.5% | 45 | 27 | 72 |
| Pakistan | 43.7% | 31 | 40 | 71 |
| Belize | 4.4% | 3 | 65 | 68 |
| Nepal | 32.8% | 20 | 41 | 61 |
| Senegal | 19.6% | 10 | 41 | 51 |
| Guinea | 47.4% | 18 | 20 | 38 |
| Bangladesh | 41.7% | 15 | 21 | 36 |
| Iraq | 61.8% | 21 | 13 | 34 |
| Sierra Leone | 23.3% | 7 | 23 | 30 |
| Jamaica | 16.7% | 5 | 25 | 30 |
| Iran | 48.1% | 13 | 14 | 27 |
| France | 29.6% | 8 | 19 | 27 |
| Chile | 0.0% | 0 | 26 | 26 |
| Jordan | 7.7% | 2 | 24 | 26 |
| Nigeria | 34.6% | 9 | 17 | 26 |
| Azerbaijan | 59.1% | 13 | 9 | 22 |
| Eritrea | 63.2% | 12 | 7 | 19 |
| Uzbekistan | 58.8% | 10 | 7 | 17 |
| Togo | 6.7% | 1 | 14 | 15 |
| Argentina | 0.0% | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| United Kingdom | 7.7% | 1 | 12 | 13 |
| Canada | 18.2% | 2 | 9 | 11 |
| Democratic Republic Of Congo | 62.5% | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| Thailand | 12.5% | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| Burkina Faso | 0.0% | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Congo | 14.3% | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| Turkmenistan | 28.6% | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| Unknown Nationality | 0.0% | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Indonesia | 0.0% | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| South Africa | 0.0% | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| South Korea | 83.3% | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| Sudan | 100.0% | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Syria | 83.3% | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| Philippines | 33.3% | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Ireland | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 16.7% | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Somalia | 50.0% | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Tunisia | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Ukraine | 100.0% | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Trinidad And Tobago | 60.0% | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Benin | 40.0% | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Mongolia | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Morocco | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Stateless - Alien Unable To Name A Country | 20.0% | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Panama | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Lebanon | 100.0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |