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Judge Ivan E. Gardzelewski

Immigration Judge at Denver, CO

8.9%
Approval Rate
579
Granted
5,911
Denied
6,490
Total Decided

Judge Ivan E. Gardzelewski serves at the Denver, CO Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 8.9%, 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

Ivan E. Gardzelewski is listed with the Denver, CO Immigration Court. The headline asylum grant rate shown here is 8.9% 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 (1,035 decided, 15.0% grant rate), Nicaragua (848 decided, 2.4% grant rate), and Venezuela (840 decided, 3.8% 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 Other procedural outcomes, including terminated, withdrawn, administratively closed, or removed cases, are tracked separately where available and are not treated as asylum grants.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 2026-07-01. 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 1,035 15.0%
Nicaragua 848 2.4%
Venezuela 840 3.8%
Colombia 804 8.3%
Honduras 529 4.0%
Guatemala 417 5.5%
Peru 258 1.9%
El Salvador 204 8.3%

Yearly Trends

YearCasesGrant rate
2026 777 4.8%
2025 1,791 3.3%
2024 1,300 5.5%
2023 557 17.2%
2022 380 15.0%
2021 105 65.7%
2020 430 13.3%

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Judge Ivan E. Gardzelewski's asylum approval rate?

Judge Ivan E. Gardzelewski's asylum approval rate is 8.9% according to EOIR FOIA data.

How many asylum cases has Judge Ivan E. Gardzelewski decided?

The dataset lists 6,490 total asylum cases for Judge Ivan E. Gardzelewski.

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

Cordova, David J. 17.9% approval rate Livingston, Donn L. 28.7% approval rate Kaufman, Matthew W. 9.7% approval rate Kane, Alison R. 16.0% approval rate Carbone, Nina M. 9.8% approval rate Trujillo, Eileen R. 25.7% approval rate Burgie, Brea C. 14.2% approval rate Calcador, Kerri 15.1% approval rate Koppenhofer, Andrea 12.6% approval rate Visiting Judge 2 8.8% approval rate

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