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Judge Dennis Ryan

Immigration Judge at Newark, NJ

5.8%
Approval Rate
153
Granted
2,506
Denied
2,659
Total Decided

Judge Dennis Ryan serves at the Newark, NJ Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 5.8%, 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

Dennis Ryan is listed with the Newark, NJ Immigration Court. The headline asylum grant rate shown here is 5.8% 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 (394 decided, 3.3% grant rate), Ecuador (359 decided, 5.0% grant rate), and Mexico (292 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 Other procedural outcomes, including terminated, withdrawn, administratively closed, or removed cases, are tracked separately where available and are not treated as asylum grants.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 2026-07-01. 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
Guatemala 394 3.3%
Ecuador 359 5.0%
Mexico 292 11.6%
Peru 222 4.1%
Colombia 218 4.1%
Honduras 201 7.0%
Brazil 133 7.5%
Dominican Republic 132 3.8%

Yearly Trends

YearCasesGrant rate
2026 994 3.9%
2025 762 6.0%
2024 820 7.9%
2023 14 14.3%
2022 17 5.9%
2021 2 0.0%
2020 2 0.0%

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Judge Dennis Ryan's asylum approval rate?

Judge Dennis Ryan's asylum approval rate is 5.8% according to EOIR FOIA data.

How many asylum cases has Judge Dennis Ryan decided?

The dataset lists 2,659 total asylum cases for Judge Dennis Ryan.

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

Riefkohl, Alberto J. 29.5% approval rate Reichenberg, Margaret R. 16.8% approval rate Meisner, Daniel A. 24.4% approval rate Dogin, Henry S. 25.0% approval rate Pugliese, Eugene 17.5% approval rate Finston, Leo A. 18.9% approval rate Strasser, William 42.5% approval rate Sagerman, Roger F. 4.8% approval rate Speer, John K. 54.4% approval rate Rastegar, Ramin 15.5% approval rate

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