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Judge Michael Schnitzer

Immigration Judge at Eloy, AZ

11.9%
Approval Rate
161
Granted
1,195
Denied
1,356
Total Decided

Judge Michael Schnitzer serves at the Eloy, AZ Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 11.9%, 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

Michael Schnitzer is listed with the Eloy, AZ Immigration Court. The headline asylum grant rate shown here is 11.9% 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 (500 decided, 7.2% grant rate), Guatemala (175 decided, 6.9% grant rate), and Honduras (91 decided, 0.0% 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 Other procedural outcomes, including terminated, withdrawn, administratively closed, or removed cases, are tracked separately where available and are not treated as asylum grants.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 500 7.2%
Guatemala 175 6.9%
Honduras 91 0.0%
Venezuela 75 9.3%
El Salvador 60 11.7%
Russia 39 15.4%
Nicaragua 28 7.1%
Colombia 27 11.1%

Yearly Trends

YearCasesGrant rate
2026 289 4.2%
2025 448 10.3%
2024 190 13.7%
2023 96 17.7%
2022 142 16.9%
2021 134 26.9%
2020 21 0.0%

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Judge Michael Schnitzer's asylum approval rate?

Judge Michael Schnitzer's asylum approval rate is 11.9% according to EOIR FOIA data.

How many asylum cases has Judge Michael Schnitzer decided?

The dataset lists 1,356 total asylum cases for Judge Michael Schnitzer.

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

O'Leary, Thomas Michael 2.9% approval rate Keenan, Sean H. 4.3% approval rate Spencer-Walters, Linda I. 6.4% approval rate Phelps, Richard A. 5.2% approval rate Levay, Dean A. 12.7% approval rate Feldman, Irene C. 5.0% approval rate De Angelis, Kathryn L. 24.0% approval rate Mabry III, William 26.1% approval rate ORECHWA, NICOLAS 9.7% approval rate Logan, Steven P. 3.7% approval rate

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