Judge Daugherty, Daniel J.

Immigration Judge at Las Vegas, NV

16.9%

Approval Rate

297

Granted

1,403

Denied

1,700

Total Decided

Judge Daugherty, Daniel J. serves at the Las Vegas, NV Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 16.9%, 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 Daugherty (Las Vegas, NV) data snapshot: Overall rate fell from 90% to 6% in 3 years

A few numbers worth knowing if you have a hearing in front of Judge Daugherty, Daniel J. (IJ code DJD, Las Vegas, NV):

Overall track record

11 years on the bench (since 2016), 5,147 cases total, lifetime grant rate 16.2%

Last 3 years (2023–2026): 3,277 cases, grant rate 15.8% — 5.3pp below the Las Vegas court average (21.0%)

Nationality breakdown (2023–2026 cumulative)

Nationality / Cases / Grant rate
Cuba                  1325   69.8%
Mexico                 833    6.6%
Venezuela              175   10.4%
Guatemala              161    8.6%
El Salvador            151    3.4%
Honduras               146    4.3%
Colombia               129    7.2%
Nicaragua               91   38.6%
Peru                    62    6.4%
Ecuador                 25    0.0%
China                   20   27.3%

Year-by-year

2023:   11 cases, 90.0% grant rate
2024:  511 cases, 21.0% grant rate
2025: 1684 cases, 19.2% grant rate
2026: 1071 cases, 6.3% grant rate

If you've appeared before Judge Daugherty, 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

Daugherty, Daniel J. is listed with the Las Vegas, NV Immigration Court. The headline asylum grant rate shown here is 16.9% 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 (692 decided, 9.5% grant rate), Cuba (157 decided, 70.7% grant rate), and El Salvador (146 decided, 11.6% 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
Mexico	9.5%	66	626	692
Cuba	70.7%	111	46	157
El Salvador	11.6%	17	129	146
Guatemala	7.7%	11	132	143
Honduras	5.5%	7	120	127
Venezuela	11.2%	14	111	125
Colombia	8.5%	7	75	82
Nicaragua	41.0%	32	46	78
Peru	6.5%	3	43	46
Ecuador	0.0%	0	18	18
China	35.7%	5	9	14
Russia	71.4%	10	4	14
Cameroon	23.1%	3	10	13
India	66.7%	6	3	9
Romania	0.0%	0	8	8
Brazil	0.0%	0	7	7
Philippines	0.0%	0	6	6
Bolivia	0.0%	0	4	4
Iran	100.0%	4	0	4
Israel	0.0%	0	3	3
United Kingdom	50.0%	1	1	2
Haiti	0.0%	0	2	2

Yearly Trends

Year	Approval Rate	Granted	Denied	Decided
2026	7.6%	32	391	423
2025	19.2%	133	561	694
2024	21.0%	85	320	405
2023	90.0%	9	1	10
2022	64.3%	9	5	14
2021	55.9%	38	30	68
2020	14.4%	26	154	180