Judge Tripi, Michael

Immigration Judge at Cleveland, OH

5.0%

Approval Rate

108

Granted

2,713

Denied

2,821

Total Decided

Judge Tripi, Michael serves at the Cleveland, OH Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 5.0%, 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 Tripi (Cleveland, OH) data snapshot: 4,589 cases over 7 years, 4.7% grant rate

A few numbers worth knowing if you have a hearing in front of Judge Tripi, Michael (IJ code MLT, Cleveland, OH):

Overall track record

7 years on the bench (since 2020), 4,589 cases total, lifetime grant rate 4.7%

Last 3 years (2023–2026): 3,257 cases, grant rate 3.9% — roughly in line with the Cleveland court average (2.9%)

Nationality breakdown (2023–2026 cumulative)

Nationality / Cases / Grant rate
Guatemala              519    0.0%
Mexico                 401    1.8%
Nicaragua              353    3.5%
Honduras               302    0.8%
Venezuela              297    5.0%
Colombia               237    0.9%
Haiti                  151    0.0%
El Salvador            103    6.6%
Mauritania             102    5.3%
Brazil                  90    0.0%
Uzbekistan              82    0.0%

Year-by-year

2023:  743 cases, 8.7% grant rate
2024:  580 cases, 3.3% grant rate
2025: 1027 cases, 3.1% grant rate
2026:  907 cases, 2.1% grant rate

If you've appeared before Judge Tripi, 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

Tripi, Michael is listed with the Cleveland, OH Immigration Court. The headline asylum grant rate shown here is 5.0% 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 (525 decided, 1.0% grant rate), Mexico (381 decided, 1.8% grant rate), and Honduras (373 decided, 2.4% 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	1.0%	5	520	525
Mexico	1.8%	7	374	381
Honduras	2.4%	9	364	373
Nicaragua	3.7%	12	315	327
Colombia	1.0%	2	207	209
Venezuela	6.5%	13	186	199
El Salvador	3.5%	4	110	114
Haiti	1.0%	1	102	103
Brazil	0.0%	0	75	75
Uzbekistan	0.0%	0	69	69
Peru	0.0%	0	65	65
Mauritania	7.0%	4	53	57
Senegal	3.2%	1	30	31
Ecuador	0.0%	0	28	28
Russia	33.3%	9	18	27
Ghana	13.0%	3	20	23
Turkey	40.0%	8	12	20
Dominican Republic	5.0%	1	19	20
Nigeria	5.3%	1	18	19
Cameroon	36.8%	7	12	19
Afghanistan	10.5%	2	17	19
Cuba	0.0%	0	13	13
Kazakhstan	15.4%	2	11	13
India	10.0%	1	9	10
China	50.0%	4	4	8
Chile	0.0%	0	8	8
Sierra Leone	0.0%	0	8	8
Jordan	33.3%	2	4	6
Costa Rica	0.0%	0	6	6
Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan)	0.0%	0	6	6
Guinea	0.0%	0	6	6
Democratic Republic Of Congo	0.0%	0	5	5
Somalia	20.0%	1	4	5
Pakistan	0.0%	0	5	5
Congo	0.0%	0	4	4
Gambia	0.0%	0	3	3
Iran	100.0%	3	0	3
Equatorial Guinea	100.0%	3	0	3
Mali	66.7%	2	1	3
Jamaica	0.0%	0	2	2
Belarus	100.0%	1	0	1

Yearly Trends

Year	Approval Rate	Granted	Denied	Decided
2026	2.2%	12	539	551
2025	3.1%	25	779	804
2024	3.3%	17	494	511
2023	8.7%	44	459	503
2022	8.5%	34	364	398
2021	8.4%	14	153	167
2020	9.4%	3	29	32

Community Discussion

Judge Tripi (Cleveland, OH) data snapshot: 4,589 cases over 7 years, 4.7% grant rate

How to Interpret These Judge Statistics

Approval Rate by Nationality

Yearly Trends

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