Immigration Judge at New Orleans, LA
Judge Lanny J. Acosta serves at the New Orleans, LA Immigration Court. Limited case data available. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
According to public news reporting, Immigration Judge Lanny J. Acosta was reported to have left the EOIR immigration bench in 2025 (fired, terminated, or not renewed) as part of the 2025–2026 wave of immigration-judge dismissals.
Source: https://www.allsides.com/news/2025-02-22-0315/immigration-three-new-orleans-immigration-judges-fired-trump-administration
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Lanny J. Acosta is listed with the New Orleans, LA Immigration Court. The headline asylum grant rate shown here is 0.0% based on granted and denied asylum decisions represented in the current dataset.
Nationality-specific rows are shown when enough decided cases are available in the source data. 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 Other procedural outcomes, including terminated, withdrawn, administratively closed, or removed cases, are tracked separately where available and are not treated as asylum grants.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.
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Judge Lanny J. Acosta's asylum approval rate is 0.0% according to EOIR FOIA data.
The dataset lists 0 total asylum cases for Judge Lanny J. Acosta.
The approval rate is calculated as granted divided by (granted + denied). It excludes terminations and withdrawals, and the source is EOIR FOIA data.