Judge Michael Tripi
Immigration Judge at Cleveland, OH
Judge Michael Tripi serves at the Cleveland, OH Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 4.5%, 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 Tripi is listed with the Cleveland, OH Immigration Court. The headline asylum grant rate shown here is 4.5% 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 (567 decided, 0.9% grant rate), Mexico (440 decided, 1.8% grant rate), and Honduras (394 decided, 2.3% 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 Other procedural outcomes, including terminated, withdrawn, administratively closed, or removed cases, are tracked separately where available and are not treated as asylum grants.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 2026-07-01. 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 |
567 |
0.9% |
| Mexico |
440 |
1.8% |
| Honduras |
394 |
2.3% |
| Nicaragua |
361 |
3.3% |
| Colombia |
265 |
0.8% |
| Venezuela |
256 |
5.1% |
| El Salvador |
131 |
3.8% |
| Haiti |
118 |
0.8% |
Yearly Trends
| Year | Cases | Grant rate |
|---|
| 2026 |
1,065 |
2.0% |
| 2025 |
804 |
3.1% |
| 2024 |
511 |
3.3% |
| 2023 |
503 |
8.7% |
| 2022 |
398 |
8.5% |
| 2021 |
167 |
8.4% |
| 2020 |
32 |
9.4% |
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Judge Michael Tripi's asylum approval rate?
Judge Michael Tripi's asylum approval rate is 4.5% according to EOIR FOIA data.
How many asylum cases has Judge Michael Tripi decided?
The dataset lists 3,486 total asylum cases for Judge Michael Tripi.
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
Evans, D. William, JR.
5.5% approval rate
Janas, Thomas
6.6% approval rate
Whipple, David C.
4.2% approval rate
Adkins-Blanch, Charles
4.0% approval rate
Horton, Monte J.
5.4% approval rate
Brown, Alison M.
17.6% approval rate
Owens, Jonathan W.
2.5% approval rate
Riedthaler-Williams, Jennifer M.
6.3% approval rate
Drucker, Richard
14.1% approval rate
Santoro, Jeremy
2.8% approval rate
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