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Judge Windrow, Hayden E.

Immigration Judge at Seattle, WA

25.5%
Approval Rate
617
Granted
1,869
Denied
2,486
Total Decided

Judge Windrow, Hayden E. serves at the Seattle, WA Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 25.5%, this judge is below average compared to the national average. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).

Community Discussion

DATA

Judge Windrow (Seattle, WA) data snapshot: Russia vs Guatemala grant rates differ 12×, overall rate fell from 39% to 4% in 3 years

A few numbers worth knowing if you have a hearing in front of Judge Windrow, Hayden E. (IJ code HEW, Seattle, WA):

Overall track record

6 years on the bench (since 2021), 3,637 cases total, lifetime grant rate 22.6%

Last 3 years (2023–2026): 2,986 cases, grant rate 20.1% — 6.8pp above the Seattle court average (13.4%)

Nationality breakdown (2023–2026 cumulative)

Nationality / Cases / Grant rate
Mexico                 843    9.3%
Guatemala              344    7.0%
Honduras               280   10.2%
Venezuela              213    8.3%
El Salvador            159   16.8%
Colombia               158   11.5%
Nicaragua              145   24.6%
Russia                 125   87.3%
Cuba                    90   35.7%
India                   82   26.9%
Ukraine                 68   70.0%

Russia applicants see a 87.3% grant rate versus 7.0% for Guatemala applicants — a 12.5× gap on this judge's docket.

Year-by-year

2023:  418 cases, 38.7% grant rate
2024:  533 cases, 28.1% grant rate
2025: 1086 cases, 24.3% grant rate
2026:  949 cases, 3.7% grant rate

If you've appeared before Judge Windrow, 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

Windrow, Hayden E. is listed with the Seattle, WA Immigration Court. The headline asylum grant rate shown here is 25.5% based on granted and denied asylum decisions represented in the current dataset.

Among the largest nationality groups shown for this judge, the table highlights Mexico (760 decided, 11.3% grant rate), Guatemala (309 decided, 13.9% grant rate), and Honduras (225 decided, 13.8% 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

NationalityApproval RateGrantedDeniedDecided
Mexico 11.3% 86 674 760
Guatemala 13.9% 43 266 309
Honduras 13.8% 31 194 225
El Salvador 24.7% 48 146 194
Venezuela 18.2% 24 108 132
Nicaragua 27.6% 34 89 123
Russia 89.0% 105 13 118
Colombia 14.8% 17 98 115
India 25.2% 26 77 103
Ukraine 75.0% 60 20 80
Brazil 15.2% 7 39 46
Peru 19.2% 5 21 26
Kenya 54.2% 13 11 24
Cuba 43.5% 10 13 23
China 61.9% 13 8 21
Eritrea 80.0% 16 4 20
Somalia 50.0% 9 9 18
Ecuador 12.5% 2 14 16
Vietnam 40.0% 6 9 15
Ethiopia 64.3% 9 5 14
Moldavia (Moldova) 9.1% 1 10 11
Turkey 63.6% 7 4 11
Canada 0.0% 0 10 10
Belarus 30.0% 3 7 10
Democratic Republic Of Congo 100.0% 8 0 8
Ghana 62.5% 5 3 8
Afghanistan 42.9% 3 4 7
Angola 33.3% 2 4 6
Mongolia 40.0% 2 3 5
Iraq 100.0% 5 0 5
Kazakhstan 100.0% 4 0 4
Philippines 75.0% 3 1 4
Indonesia 100.0% 3 0 3
Romania 0.0% 0 3 3
Egypt 66.7% 2 1 3
Guinea 100.0% 3 0 3
Nigeria 100.0% 2 0 2
Sierra Leone 0.0% 0 1 1

Yearly Trends

YearApproval RateGrantedDeniedDecided
20264.8%21419440
202524.3%221687908
202428.1%121309430
202338.7%133211344
202239.9%132199331
202128.2%46117163

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Data from EOIR (U.S. DOJ) · Last updated 2026-05-08
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