Immigration court
Arlington West, VA Immigration Court
25 judges · VA
EOIR data through Oct 1, 2026 · updated monthly
- 28,880
- Granted
- 79,486
- Denied
- 25
- Judges
Distribution
How this court's judges compare
At Arlington West, VA, 17 judges range from 13.7% to 40.7%.
Each judge's all-time EOIR decided outcomes across every court they have served in: granted ÷ (granted + denied). Judges now based at this court with at least 100 decided cases. A historical pattern — not a prediction for any case.
Recent decisions (Oct 2024 – Sep 2026): Arlington West, VA Immigration Court granted asylum in 13.7% of 889 decided cases. That is lower than the court's all-time rate of 26.7% (108,366 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 Arlington West, VA Immigration Court, so the court average can differ sharply from any one judge's profile.
High-volume judge profiles at this court include Iskra, Wayne (17,613 total cases), Churchill, Joan V. (16,782 total cases), and Daniel, Roy J. (15,759 total cases). The largest nationality groups shown for this court (fiscal years 2020–2026) include Honduras (6,477 decided, 15.0% grant rate), El Salvador (6,433 decided, 30.4% grant rate), and Guatemala (5,183 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 2026-10-01. 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.
Areas Served by This Court
Based on the official EOIR ZIP-code assignment, the Arlington West, VA Immigration Court is the assigned filing location for 307 ZIP codes. Main cities by state:
VA — Alexandria, Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Arlington, Hampton, Newport News, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Chesapeake, Fairfax, Falls Church, Springfield, Yorktown, Reston, Vienna and 191 more cities
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Judges at This Court
| Judge | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iskra, Wayne | 33.2% | 4,340 | 8,722 | 13,062 |
| Churchill, Joan V. | 40.7% | 3,165 | 4,615 | 7,780 |
| Daniel, Roy J. | 25.3% | 2,557 | 7,533 | 10,090 |
| Hladylowycz, Roxanne C. | 15.7% | 1,936 | 10,421 | 12,357 |
| Schmidt, Paul W. | 26.7% | 2,326 | 6,387 | 8,713 |
| Snow, Thomas G. | 26.6% | 1,902 | 5,237 | 7,139 |
| Bernardis, Craig De | 35.2% | 1,538 | 2,834 | 4,372 |
| Grant, M. Christopher | 28.3% | 1,290 | 3,272 | 4,562 |
| Nejelski, Paul A. | 34.2% | 1,353 | 2,607 | 3,960 |
| Malphrus, Garry D. | 21.9% | 587 | 2,091 | 2,678 |
| O'Leary, Brian M. | 32.8% | 512 | 1,049 | 1,561 |
| Soper, Emmett D. | 32.2% | 544 | 1,147 | 1,691 |
| Kelly, Wynne P. | 17.5% | 289 | 1,366 | 1,655 |
| Jimenez, Christina | 13.7% | 184 | 1,160 | 1,344 |
| Spath, Vance H. | 17.0% | 224 | 1,090 | 1,314 |
| Perlman, Helaine R. | 21.0% | 202 | 758 | 960 |
| Herndon, Megan B. | 36.2% | 144 | 254 | 398 |
| Monsky, Megan Foote | 9.7% | 3 | 28 | 31 |
| Liebmann, Beth | 52.8% | 19 | 17 | 36 |
| O'Connor, Blair | 50.0% | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| Greer, Anne J. | 62.5% | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| Saenz, Andrea A. | 57.1% | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| Price, Abigail M. | 100.0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Kelly, Edward F. | 100.0% | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Short, Tracy | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Roster entries without a usable profile denominator: Former Immigration Judge. They are excluded from the rate table above.
Approval Rate by Nationality
Fiscal years 2020–2026 (Oct 2019 – Sep 2026).
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Honduras | 15.0% | 970 | 5,507 | 6,477 |
| El Salvador | 30.4% | 1,958 | 4,475 | 6,433 |
| Guatemala | 8.8% | 456 | 4,727 | 5,183 |
| 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 |
| Brazil | 3.7% | 4 | 104 | 108 |
| Cameroon | 84.3% | 91 | 17 | 108 |
| Pakistan | 53.6% | 52 | 45 | 97 |
| Bangladesh | 54.8% | 51 | 42 | 93 |
| India | 25.8% | 24 | 69 | 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 |
| Eritrea | 71.2% | 42 | 17 | 59 |
| Haiti | 8.5% | 5 | 54 | 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 |
| Argentina | 8.3% | 1 | 11 | 12 |
| Mongolia | 41.7% | 5 | 7 | 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 |
| Guyana | 14.3% | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| United Kingdom | 0.0% | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Chile | 0.0% | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Georgia | 71.4% | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan) | 42.9% | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Canada | 33.3% | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Thailand | 33.3% | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Belarus | 66.7% | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Panama | 33.3% | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Tajikistan (Tadzhik) | 66.7% | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoire) | 20.0% | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Trinidad And Tobago | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Uzbekistan | 80.0% | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Israel | 50.0% | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Liberia | 25.0% | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Unknown Country | 66.7% | 2 | 1 | 3 |