Immigration court
Ulster, NY Immigration Court
4 judges · NY
EOIR data through Oct 1, 2026 · updated monthly
- 2,318
- Granted
- 28,059
- Denied
- 4
- Judges
Recent decisions (Oct 2024 – Sep 2026): Ulster, NY Immigration Court granted asylum in 1.6% of 554 decided cases. That is lower than the court's all-time rate of 7.6% (30,377 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 Ulster, NY Immigration Court, so the court average can differ sharply from any one judge's profile.
High-volume judge profiles at this court include Miller, Joe D. (10,732 total cases), Levinsky, Mitchell A. (5,040 total cases), and Ouslander, Charles (1,247 total cases). The largest nationality groups shown for this court (fiscal years 2020–2026) include Mexico (251 decided, 0.0% grant rate), Dominican Republic (205 decided, 2.0% grant rate), and El Salvador (132 decided, 2.3% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miller, Joe D. | 3.1% | 319 | 9,908 | 10,227 |
| Levinsky, Mitchell A. | 2.8% | 134 | 4,633 | 4,767 |
| Ouslander, Charles | 14.9% | 169 | 962 | 1,131 |
| Auh, Kyung S. | 21.6% | 196 | 712 | 908 |
Approval Rate by Nationality
Fiscal years 2020–2026 (Oct 2019 – Sep 2026).
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 0.0% | 0 | 251 | 251 |
| Dominican Republic | 2.0% | 4 | 201 | 205 |
| El Salvador | 2.3% | 3 | 129 | 132 |
| Guatemala | 0.0% | 0 | 100 | 100 |
| Ecuador | 0.0% | 0 | 99 | 99 |
| Honduras | 1.1% | 1 | 86 | 87 |
| Jamaica | 6.2% | 5 | 76 | 81 |
| Colombia | 2.2% | 1 | 45 | 46 |
| Guyana | 4.3% | 1 | 22 | 23 |
| Haiti | 5.9% | 1 | 16 | 17 |
| Venezuela | 0.0% | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| China | 16.7% | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| India | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |