22 judges · VA
The Sterling, VA Immigration Court has an overall asylum approval rate of 7.4% across 33,638 decided cases. The court has 22 immigration judges. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
The Sterling, VA Immigration Court has an overall asylum grant rate of 7.4% 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. (5,421 total cases), Bonet, Illya-Karina J. (2,533 total cases), and Baez, Lucy (2,496 total cases). The largest nationality groups shown for this court include Honduras (8,512 decided, 7.6% grant rate), Guatemala (6,291 decided, 4.0% grant rate), and El Salvador (5,354 decided, 16.8% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gillies, John M. | 6.5% | 173 | 2,469 | 2,642 |
| Bonet, Illya-Karina J. | 8.7% | 181 | 1,896 | 2,077 |
| Baez, Lucy | 11.5% | 209 | 1,607 | 1,816 |
| Snavely, Luther M. | 4.4% | 95 | 2,085 | 2,180 |
| Racine, Xavier Francois Nicola. | 13.3% | 278 | 1,813 | 2,091 |
| Dehn, James T. | 11.2% | 199 | 1,575 | 1,774 |
| Padron, Kristie A. | 14.5% | 209 | 1,228 | 1,437 |
| Wyrosdick, Laura | 18.0% | 329 | 1,497 | 1,826 |
| Yeomans, Sarah Beth. | 14.8% | 267 | 1,537 | 1,804 |
| Egy, Julia E. | 11.0% | 194 | 1,563 | 1,757 |
| Masters, Bobbie C. | 6.1% | 92 | 1,418 | 1,510 |
| Gordon, Matthew | 10.9% | 160 | 1,303 | 1,463 |
| Davis, Michael P. | 9.2% | 149 | 1,475 | 1,624 |
| Kneedler, Jennie L. | 12.0% | 162 | 1,184 | 1,346 |
| Santiago, Luisa | 8.2% | 101 | 1,134 | 1,235 |
| Alexander, Erin | 19.8% | 250 | 1,013 | 1,263 |
| Marquez-Casillas, Karen | 6.0% | 65 | 1,017 | 1,082 |
| Cleveland, Chase Calder. | 7.7% | 73 | 874 | 947 |
| Lewandowski, Robert M. | 7.5% | 50 | 617 | 667 |
| Vergona, Mary Catherine. | 10.4% | 13 | 112 | 125 |
| Liebowitz, Ellen | 20.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Benincasa, Tanya | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Honduras | 7.6% | 647 | 7,865 | 8,512 |
| Guatemala | 4.0% | 252 | 6,039 | 6,291 |
| El Salvador | 16.8% | 902 | 4,452 | 5,354 |
| Mexico | 2.8% | 74 | 2,597 | 2,671 |
| Peru | 7.4% | 142 | 1,774 | 1,916 |
| Nicaragua | 14.0% | 268 | 1,646 | 1,914 |
| Venezuela | 15.0% | 277 | 1,573 | 1,850 |
| Colombia | 7.9% | 94 | 1,089 | 1,183 |
| Brazil | 1.4% | 7 | 510 | 517 |
| Afghanistan | 46.6% | 222 | 254 | 476 |
| Bolivia | 6.3% | 23 | 341 | 364 |
| Ecuador | 5.0% | 11 | 210 | 221 |
| Turkey | 41.5% | 86 | 121 | 207 |
| Ghana | 39.7% | 73 | 111 | 184 |
| Romania | 10.4% | 18 | 155 | 173 |
| Egypt | 56.2% | 82 | 64 | 146 |
| India | 23.7% | 31 | 100 | 131 |
| Cuba | 33.1% | 43 | 87 | 130 |
| Mauritania | 15.4% | 20 | 110 | 130 |
| Cameroon | 70.5% | 86 | 36 | 122 |
| Russia | 75.5% | 77 | 25 | 102 |
| Haiti | 3.4% | 3 | 85 | 88 |
| Dominican Republic | 2.6% | 2 | 76 | 78 |
| China | 74.3% | 52 | 18 | 70 |
| Pakistan | 46.9% | 30 | 34 | 64 |
| Belize | 4.9% | 3 | 58 | 61 |
| Costa Rica | 1.7% | 1 | 57 | 58 |
| Ethiopia | 68.4% | 39 | 18 | 57 |
| Vietnam | 43.4% | 23 | 30 | 53 |
| Nepal | 35.3% | 18 | 33 | 51 |
| Senegal | 24.4% | 10 | 31 | 41 |
| Iraq | 61.8% | 21 | 13 | 34 |
| Guinea | 47.1% | 16 | 18 | 34 |
| Bangladesh | 45.2% | 14 | 17 | 31 |
| France | 29.6% | 8 | 19 | 27 |
| Nigeria | 34.6% | 9 | 17 | 26 |
| Sierra Leone | 20.8% | 5 | 19 | 24 |
| Jamaica | 20.8% | 5 | 19 | 24 |
| Iran | 54.5% | 12 | 10 | 22 |
| Chile | 0.0% | 0 | 20 | 20 |
| Eritrea | 58.8% | 10 | 7 | 17 |
| Jordan | 11.8% | 2 | 15 | 17 |
| Uzbekistan | 66.7% | 10 | 5 | 15 |
| Azerbaijan | 53.3% | 8 | 7 | 15 |
| Argentina | 0.0% | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| United Kingdom | 7.7% | 1 | 12 | 13 |
| Burkina Faso | 0.0% | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Canada | 28.6% | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| Turkmenistan | 28.6% | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| Unknown Nationality | 0.0% | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Sudan | 100.0% | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Syria | 83.3% | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| South Korea | 83.3% | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| Philippines | 33.3% | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Ireland | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Ukraine | 100.0% | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Trinidad And Tobago | 60.0% | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Somalia | 60.0% | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Panama | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Congo | 25.0% | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Tunisia | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Democratic Republic Of Congo | 100.0% | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Thailand | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 2 |