Judge Whipple, David C.

Immigration Judge at Cleveland, OH

4.5%

Approval Rate

Granted

2,878

Denied

2,960

Total Decided

Judge Whipple, David C. serves at the Cleveland, OH Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 4.5%, this judge is below average compared to the national average. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).

Community Discussion

DATA AsylumTracker Data 2026-05-22

Judge Whipple (Cleveland, OH) data snapshot: 6,187 cases over 22 years, 4.3% grant rate

A few numbers worth knowing if you have a hearing in front of Judge Whipple, David C. (IJ code DCW, Cleveland, OH):

Overall track record

22 years on the bench (since 2005), 6,187 cases total, lifetime grant rate 4.3%

Last 3 years (2023–2026): 3,216 cases, grant rate 2.5% — roughly in line with the Cleveland court average (2.9%)

Nationality breakdown (2023–2026 cumulative)

Nationality / Cases / Grant rate
Guatemala              519    0.6%
Mexico                 472    1.4%
Venezuela              361    3.1%
Honduras               356    0.4%
Nicaragua              294    0.4%
Colombia               182    0.0%
El Salvador            131    1.3%
Haiti                  123    0.0%
Brazil                  83    0.0%
Mauritania              70    1.5%
Ecuador                 61    0.0%

Year-by-year

2023:  899 cases, 4.0% grant rate
2024:  605 cases, 2.1% grant rate
2025:  843 cases, 3.0% grant rate
2026:  869 cases, 1.1% grant rate

If you've appeared before Judge Whipple, I'd love to hear:

1. What's your nationality, and when was your most recent hearing?

2. How did your attorney prepare for this judge specifically?

Source: EOIR (U.S. Executive Office for Immigration Review) public statistics, May 2026 release, compiled by AsylumTracker. A judge's historical pattern does not predict the outcome of any individual case; this is shared to help set realistic expectations. Real-experience accounts from the community are welcome.

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How to Interpret These Judge Statistics

Whipple, David C. is listed with the Cleveland, OH Immigration Court. The headline asylum grant rate shown here is 4.5% based on granted and denied asylum decisions represented in the current dataset.

Among the largest nationality groups shown for this judge, the table highlights Guatemala (648 decided, 0.5% grant rate), Mexico (458 decided, 2.4% grant rate), and Honduras (419 decided, 0.2% grant rate). Compare these rows with the judge's overall rate because nationality mix can materially change how the headline number should be read.

Grant rate is calculated as granted / (granted + denied). Other procedural outcomes, including terminated, withdrawn, administratively closed, or removed cases, are tracked separately where available and are not treated as asylum grants.

This page is based on public EOIR data last updated 2026-05-08. It is for research and information only, not legal advice.

Read the grant-rate methodology or learn how to read immigration judge statistics.

Approval Rate by Nationality

Nationality	Approval Rate	Granted	Denied	Decided
Guatemala	0.5%	3	645	648
Mexico	2.4%	11	447	458
Honduras	0.2%	1	418	419
Nicaragua	0.3%	1	294	295
Venezuela	4.0%	10	239	249
Colombia	0.0%	0	149	149
El Salvador	7.0%	8	106	114
Haiti	0.0%	0	94	94
Brazil	0.0%	0	75	75
Uzbekistan	0.0%	0	49	49
Ecuador	0.0%	0	46	46
Mauritania	2.3%	1	43	44
Peru	0.0%	0	42	42
Ghana	10.0%	3	27	30
Ukraine	31.6%	6	13	19
Senegal	5.9%	1	16	17
Cameroon	29.4%	5	12	17
India	0.0%	0	15	15
Kazakhstan	0.0%	0	15	15
Russia	7.7%	1	12	13
Dominican Republic	0.0%	0	12	12
Jordan	0.0%	0	11	11
Stateless - Alien Unable To Name A Country	70.0%	7	3	10
Jamaica	33.3%	3	6	9
Nigeria	33.3%	3	6	9
Costa Rica	0.0%	0	9	9
Palestine	0.0%	0	8	8
Angola	0.0%	0	8	8
Turkey	0.0%	0	8	8
Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan)	0.0%	0	7	7
Afghanistan	100.0%	7	0	7
Guinea	16.7%	1	5	6
Cuba	33.3%	2	4	6
Dominica	0.0%	0	6	6
Belarus	80.0%	4	1	5
Philippines	0.0%	0	5	5
Pakistan	40.0%	2	3	5
Democratic Republic Of Congo	0.0%	0	5	5
Egypt	33.3%	1	2	3
China	0.0%	0	3	3
Turkmenistan	0.0%	0	3	3
Unknown Country	50.0%	1	1	2
Somalia	0.0%	0	2	2
Uganda	0.0%	0	1	1
Iraq	0.0%	0	1	1
Congo	0.0%	0	1	1

Yearly Trends

Year	Approval Rate	Granted	Denied	Decided
2026	0.9%	4	449	453
2025	3.0%	20	657	677
2024	2.1%	11	503	514
2023	4.0%	23	557	580
2022	5.6%	24	401	425
2021	9.0%	13	132	145
2020	4.1%	12	282	294

Community Discussion

Judge Whipple (Cleveland, OH) data snapshot: 6,187 cases over 22 years, 4.3% grant rate

How to Interpret These Judge Statistics

Approval Rate by Nationality

Yearly Trends

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