Judge Mary C. Lee
Immigration Judge at Philadelphia, PA
Judge Mary C. Lee serves at the Philadelphia, PA Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 11.7%, 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
Mary C. Lee is listed with the Philadelphia, PA Immigration Court. The headline asylum grant rate shown here is 11.7% 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 (1,611 decided, 5.8% grant rate), Brazil (1,196 decided, 2.0% grant rate), and Honduras (780 decided, 6.8% 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 Other procedural outcomes, including terminated, withdrawn, administratively closed, or removed cases, are tracked separately where available and are not treated as asylum grants.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
| Nationality | Cases | Grant rate |
|---|
| Guatemala |
1,611 |
5.8% |
| Brazil |
1,196 |
2.0% |
| Honduras |
780 |
6.8% |
| Mexico |
400 |
20.8% |
| Dominican Republic |
392 |
3.6% |
| Ecuador |
292 |
4.8% |
| El Salvador |
172 |
17.4% |
| Venezuela |
160 |
15.6% |
Yearly Trends
| Year | Cases | Grant rate |
|---|
| 2026 |
1,346 |
5.4% |
| 2025 |
1,477 |
9.5% |
| 2024 |
847 |
14.9% |
| 2023 |
1,005 |
13.8% |
| 2022 |
938 |
11.9% |
| 2021 |
416 |
27.6% |
| 2020 |
499 |
14.0% |
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Judge Mary C. Lee's asylum approval rate?
Judge Mary C. Lee's asylum approval rate is 11.7% according to EOIR FOIA data.
How many asylum cases has Judge Mary C. Lee decided?
The dataset lists 6,783 total asylum cases for Judge Mary C. Lee.
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
Garcy, Annie S.
26.7% approval rate
Honeyman, Charles M.
32.0% approval rate
Malloy, Rosalind K.
34.0% approval rate
Mills, Miriam K.
28.1% approval rate
Carle, John B.
17.0% approval rate
Morley, Steven A.
35.2% approval rate
Ferlise, Donald V.
30.9% approval rate
Hoover, Forrest W., III
8.5% approval rate
Scott, Joseph C.
10.3% approval rate
Farber, Lauren T.
14.7% approval rate
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