Judge Scott, Joseph C.

11.6%

Approval Rate

368

Granted

3,243

Denied

3,611

Total Decided

Judge Scott, Joseph C. serves at the Philadelphia, PA Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 11.6%, 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 Scott (Philadelphia, PA) data snapshot: Overall rate fell from 15% to 4% in 3 years

A few numbers worth knowing if you have a hearing in front of Judge Scott, Joseph C. (IJ code JHS, Philadelphia, PA):

Overall track record

22 years on the bench (since 2005), 4,887 cases total, lifetime grant rate 10.9%

Last 3 years (2023–2026): 3,948 cases, grant rate 9.6% — roughly in line with the Philadelphia court average (9.5%)

Nationality breakdown (2023–2026 cumulative)

Nationality / Cases / Grant rate
Guatemala              697    3.0%
Brazil                 619    1.6%
Mexico                 339    9.7%
Dominican Republic     334    2.3%
Honduras               327    6.4%
Ecuador                243    2.6%
Colombia               152    2.9%
Venezuela              149    2.9%
Nicaragua              134    3.2%
Haiti                   95    1.3%
Turkey                  95    6.7%

Mexico applicants see a 9.7% grant rate versus 1.3% for Haiti applicants — a 7.6× gap on this judge's docket.

Year-by-year

2023:  893 cases, 14.7% grant rate
2024:  857 cases, 11.8% grant rate
2025: 1323 cases, 8.4% grant rate
2026:  875 cases, 3.7% grant rate

If you've appeared before Judge Scott, 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

Scott, Joseph C. is listed with the Philadelphia, PA Immigration Court. The headline asylum grant rate shown here is 11.6% 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 (759 decided, 3.6% grant rate), Brazil (610 decided, 2.1% grant rate), and Honduras (380 decided, 5.3% 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 2026-05-08. 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
Guatemala	3.6%	27	732	759
Brazil	2.1%	13	597	610
Honduras	5.3%	20	360	380
Mexico	10.3%	30	262	292
Dominican Republic	3.6%	10	271	281
Ecuador	3.2%	7	212	219
Nicaragua	5.4%	7	123	130
Colombia	3.8%	4	100	104
Venezuela	5.8%	6	97	103
Turkey	10.5%	9	77	86
Haiti	4.1%	3	71	74
Russia	41.5%	27	38	65
El Salvador	13.8%	8	50	58
Uzbekistan	31.2%	15	33	48
Belarus	100.0%	40	0	40
Peru	2.5%	1	39	40
Nigeria	50.0%	15	15	30
Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan)	55.2%	16	13	29
China	66.7%	16	8	24
India	59.1%	13	9	22
Georgia	60.0%	12	8	20
Jamaica	25.0%	5	15	20
Pakistan	50.0%	9	9	18
Ukraine	60.0%	9	6	15
Ghana	69.2%	9	4	13
Dominica	0.0%	0	12	12
Guinea	16.7%	2	10	12
Romania	0.0%	0	11	11
Liberia	77.8%	7	2	9
Costa Rica	12.5%	1	7	8
Tajikistan (Tadzhik)	0.0%	0	8	8
Senegal	14.3%	1	6	7
Cameroon	100.0%	5	0	5
Bangladesh	80.0%	4	1	5
Turkmenistan	0.0%	0	5	5
Cuba	0.0%	0	4	4
Chile	0.0%	0	4	4
Indonesia	25.0%	1	3	4
Niger	25.0%	1	3	4
Burkina Faso	0.0%	0	4	4
Panama	0.0%	0	4	4
Kazakhstan	75.0%	3	1	4
Kosovo	100.0%	4	0	4
Egypt	33.3%	1	2	3
Kenya	100.0%	3	0	3
Democratic Republic Of Congo	0.0%	0	3	3
Mauritania	0.0%	0	3	3
Sierra Leone	100.0%	3	0	3
Vietnam	50.0%	1	1	2

Yearly Trends

Year	Approval Rate	Granted	Denied	Decided
2026	3.3%	11	327	338
2025	8.4%	98	1,062	1,160
2024	11.8%	91	680	771
2023	14.7%	119	690	809
2022	15.8%	80	426	506
2021	25.4%	43	126	169
2020	15.4%	4	22	26

Community Discussion

Judge Scott (Philadelphia, PA) data snapshot: Overall rate fell from 15% to 4% in 3 years

How to Interpret These Judge Statistics

Approval Rate by Nationality

Yearly Trends

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