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Judge Maureen O'Sullivan

Immigration Judge at Boston, MA

65.5%
Approval Rate
3,928
Granted
2,071
Denied
5,999
Total Decided

Judge Maureen O'Sullivan serves at the Boston, MA Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 65.5%, this judge is above average compared to the national average. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).

How to Interpret These Judge Statistics

Maureen O'Sullivan is listed with the Boston, MA Immigration Court. The headline asylum grant rate shown here is 65.5% 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 (678 decided, 84.2% grant rate), El Salvador (498 decided, 90.0% grant rate), and Brazil (380 decided, 43.7% 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 Other procedural outcomes, including terminated, withdrawn, administratively closed, or removed cases, are tracked separately where available and are not treated as asylum grants.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
Guatemala 678 84.2%
El Salvador 498 90.0%
Brazil 380 43.7%
Honduras 239 77.4%
Ecuador 104 83.7%
Dominican Republic 64 62.5%
Mexico 58 82.8%
Haiti 47 66.0%

Yearly Trends

YearCasesGrant rate
2025 305 81.3%
2024 531 94.0%
2023 454 74.4%
2022 573 75.2%
2021 363 73.3%
2020 427 65.8%

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Judge Maureen O'Sullivan's asylum approval rate?

Judge Maureen O'Sullivan's asylum approval rate is 65.5% according to EOIR FOIA data.

How many asylum cases has Judge Maureen O'Sullivan decided?

The dataset lists 5,999 total asylum cases for Judge Maureen O'Sullivan.

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

Shapiro, Leonard I. 27.4% approval rate Gagnon, Paul M. 28.0% approval rate O'Malley, Brenda 38.2% approval rate D'Angelo, Matthew J. 24.2% approval rate Sheppard, Patricia 24.8% approval rate Sturla, Mario J. 19.2% approval rate Masters, Todd A. 16.0% approval rate Furlong, John M., JR. 14.9% approval rate Cramer, Francis L. 20.0% approval rate Kahan, Michelle 11.7% approval rate

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