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Judge David H. Paruch

Immigration Judge at Detroit, MI

17.4%
Approval Rate
940
Granted
4,453
Denied
5,393
Total Decided

Judge David H. Paruch serves at the Detroit, MI Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 17.4%, this judge is below average compared to the national average. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).

How to Interpret These Judge Statistics

David H. Paruch is listed with the Detroit, MI Immigration Court. The headline asylum grant rate shown here is 17.4% based on granted and denied asylum decisions represented in the current dataset.

Among the largest nationality groups shown for this judge, the table highlights Mexico (544 decided, 10.7% grant rate), Guatemala (264 decided, 1.5% grant rate), and Venezuela (246 decided, 7.3% 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 Other procedural outcomes, including terminated, withdrawn, administratively closed, or removed cases, are tracked separately where available and are not treated as asylum grants.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 2026-07-01. It is for research and information only, not legal advice.

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

Nationality Breakdown

NationalityCasesGrant rate
Mexico 544 10.7%
Guatemala 264 1.5%
Venezuela 246 7.3%
Honduras 227 0.0%
Iraq 182 67.0%
Nicaragua 124 18.5%
Cuba 70 47.1%
Colombia 69 1.4%

Yearly Trends

YearCasesGrant rate
2026 136 6.6%
2025 679 10.8%
2024 496 13.5%
2023 374 25.1%
2022 390 26.2%
2021 120 48.3%
2020 180 25.6%

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Judge David H. Paruch's asylum approval rate?

Judge David H. Paruch's asylum approval rate is 17.4% according to EOIR FOIA data.

How many asylum cases has Judge David H. Paruch decided?

The dataset lists 5,393 total asylum cases for Judge David H. Paruch.

How is this approval rate calculated?

The approval rate is calculated as granted divided by (granted + denied). It excludes terminations and withdrawals, and the source is EOIR FOIA data.

Other judges at this court

Hacker, Elizabeth A. 13.7% approval rate Newberry, Robert D. 12.4% approval rate Jebson, Mark J. 7.0% approval rate Hansen, Katherine L. 17.3% approval rate Simons, Ian R. 15.0% approval rate Koelsch, David C. 32.0% approval rate Gorland, Jennifer M. 24.7% approval rate Guilloty, Crimilda 33.3% approval rate Pullen, Thomas L. 50.6% approval rate Davey, Benjamin 6.5% approval rate

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