39 judges · VA
The Arlington West, VA Immigration Court has an overall asylum approval rate of 0.0% across 25,395 decided cases. The court has 39 immigration judges. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
The Arlington West, VA Immigration Court has an overall asylum grant rate of 0.0% 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 Burman, Lawrence O. (20,692 total cases), Iskra, Wayne (17,613 total cases), and Churchill, Joan V. (16,782 total cases). The largest nationality groups shown for this court include Honduras (6,477 decided, 15.0% grant rate), El Salvador (6,426 decided, 30.5% grant rate), and Guatemala (5,181 decided, 8.8% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burman, Lawrence O. | 45.0% | 814 | 994 | 1,808 |
| Iskra, Wayne | 33.2% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Churchill, Joan V. | 40.7% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Daniel, Roy J. | 25.3% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hladylowycz, Roxanne C. | 24.2% | 95 | 298 | 393 |
| Schmidt, Paul W. | 26.7% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Snow, Thomas G. | 21.7% | 101 | 365 | 466 |
| Bernardis, Craig De | 35.2% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grant, M. Christopher | 28.3% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nejelski, Paul A. | 34.2% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Malphrus, Garry D. | 21.9% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mccloskey, Paul A. | 4.0% | 95 | 2,259 | 2,354 |
| Nadkarni, Deepali | 19.0% | 415 | 1,764 | 2,179 |
| Choi, Raphael | 10.9% | 226 | 1,847 | 2,073 |
| Torg, Cynthia Shepherd | 7.5% | 174 | 2,138 | 2,312 |
| Donoso-Stevens, Karen | 14.9% | 208 | 1,190 | 1,398 |
| Lukose, Lolita M. | 19.3% | 328 | 1,373 | 1,701 |
| O'Leary, Brian M. | 32.8% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Soper, Emmett D. | 31.1% | 214 | 473 | 687 |
| Kelly, Wynne P. | 22.9% | 217 | 729 | 946 |
| Lewis, Michael A. | 11.0% | 176 | 1,425 | 1,601 |
| Vanveldhuisen, Richard W. | 12.2% | 178 | 1,279 | 1,457 |
| Lakomy, Michelle L. | 8.1% | 93 | 1,051 | 1,144 |
| Jimenez, Christina | 12.3% | 158 | 1,129 | 1,287 |
| Spath, Vance H. | 14.3% | 77 | 463 | 540 |
| Gadson-Andrews, Ashley | 12.5% | 117 | 822 | 939 |
| Perlman, Helaine R. | 17.6% | 41 | 192 | 233 |
| Gardey, David A. | 5.9% | 54 | 860 | 914 |
| Former Immigration Judge | 22.9% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Herndon, Megan B. | 32.6% | 114 | 236 | 350 |
| Mayberry, Karen E. | 23.7% | 14 | 45 | 59 |
| Monsky, Megan Foote | 9.7% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Liebmann, Beth | 51.4% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| O'Connor, Blair | 66.7% | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Greer, Anne J. | 100.0% | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Saenz, Andrea A. | 60.0% | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Price, Abigail M. | 100.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kelly, Edward F. | 100.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Short, Tracy | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Honduras | 15.0% | 970 | 5,507 | 6,477 |
| El Salvador | 30.5% | 1,957 | 4,469 | 6,426 |
| Guatemala | 8.8% | 456 | 4,725 | 5,181 |
| Mexico | 15.9% | 207 | 1,098 | 1,305 |
| Nicaragua | 16.2% | 129 | 669 | 798 |
| Peru | 12.1% | 91 | 662 | 753 |
| Bolivia | 11.9% | 83 | 612 | 695 |
| Venezuela | 31.8% | 110 | 236 | 346 |
| Ethiopia | 84.0% | 273 | 52 | 325 |
| Colombia | 10.2% | 30 | 265 | 295 |
| Afghanistan | 42.3% | 123 | 168 | 291 |
| Turkey | 39.4% | 93 | 143 | 236 |
| China | 76.0% | 165 | 52 | 217 |
| Russia | 71.5% | 93 | 37 | 130 |
| Mauritania | 39.5% | 49 | 75 | 124 |
| Ghana | 51.4% | 56 | 53 | 109 |
| Cameroon | 84.3% | 91 | 17 | 108 |
| Brazil | 3.7% | 4 | 104 | 108 |
| Pakistan | 53.6% | 52 | 45 | 97 |
| India | 25.8% | 24 | 69 | 93 |
| Bangladesh | 54.8% | 51 | 42 | 93 |
| Sudan | 59.5% | 47 | 32 | 79 |
| Cuba | 55.7% | 39 | 31 | 70 |
| Iraq | 59.7% | 40 | 27 | 67 |
| Egypt | 78.1% | 50 | 14 | 64 |
| Haiti | 8.5% | 5 | 54 | 59 |
| Eritrea | 71.2% | 42 | 17 | 59 |
| Ecuador | 13.8% | 8 | 50 | 58 |
| Jamaica | 44.4% | 24 | 30 | 54 |
| Dominican Republic | 11.4% | 5 | 39 | 44 |
| Nepal | 62.8% | 27 | 16 | 43 |
| Somalia | 51.3% | 20 | 19 | 39 |
| Sierra Leone | 66.7% | 24 | 12 | 36 |
| Nigeria | 48.6% | 17 | 18 | 35 |
| Syria | 84.8% | 28 | 5 | 33 |
| Vietnam | 46.9% | 15 | 17 | 32 |
| Iran | 54.8% | 17 | 14 | 31 |
| Burkina Faso | 6.5% | 2 | 29 | 31 |
| South Korea | 50.0% | 13 | 13 | 26 |
| Philippines | 33.3% | 8 | 16 | 24 |
| Romania | 13.6% | 3 | 19 | 22 |
| Azerbaijan | 42.9% | 9 | 12 | 21 |
| Ukraine | 75.0% | 15 | 5 | 20 |
| Morocco | 13.3% | 2 | 13 | 15 |
| Yemen | 85.7% | 12 | 2 | 14 |
| Jordan | 46.2% | 6 | 7 | 13 |
| Democratic Republic Of Congo | 53.8% | 7 | 6 | 13 |
| Turkmenistan | 69.2% | 9 | 4 | 13 |
| Costa Rica | 8.3% | 1 | 11 | 12 |
| Mongolia | 41.7% | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| Argentina | 8.3% | 1 | 11 | 12 |
| Senegal | 16.7% | 2 | 10 | 12 |
| Kazakhstan | 90.0% | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| Lebanon | 100.0% | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| Kenya | 25.0% | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| Moldavia (Moldova) | 14.3% | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| United Kingdom | 0.0% | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Guyana | 14.3% | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan) | 42.9% | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Georgia | 71.4% | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| Chile | 0.0% | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Canada | 33.3% | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Thailand | 33.3% | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Tajikistan (Tadzhik) | 66.7% | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Belarus | 66.7% | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Panama | 33.3% | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoire) | 20.0% | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Uzbekistan | 80.0% | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Trinidad And Tobago | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Israel | 50.0% | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Liberia | 25.0% | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Unknown Country | 66.7% | 2 | 1 | 3 |